**This accident did not involve a snowmobile** MARQUETTE -A body recovered from the Carp River is believed to be that of a woman involved in a rollover accident that occurred late Friday night. At about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, the Marquette City Police Department dive team recovered the body of a...
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Snowmobile sales stagnant in U.P.
ISHPEMING — Snowmobile sales have reportedly gone up in Minnesota this season, but how about the U.P.? At Meyer Enterprises in Ishpeming Township, snowmobile sales have been stagnant since people are spending more money repairing their old sleds. “Generally speaking, Presidents Day weekend and Valentines Day weekend when they fall...
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Stolen signs a problem (UP)
MARQUETTE — Snowmobiling is a huge tourist draw for the Upper Peninsula and the DNR is asking for your help to keep it that way. They’re asking if you see any snowmobile trail signs being vandalized or stolen that you report it. It’s a problem throughout the U.P. and Lower...
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One teen dead, another injured in Ogemaw County snowmobile crash
Troopers from the Michigan State Police West Branch Post are investigating a snowmobile crash which has left one teen dead and another injured. Around 9:45 p.m. Monday, two teens were riding the winter craft on Grebe Lake at the Rifle River Recreation Area near Lupton, in Ogemaw County. The pair...
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Snowmobiler plunges through ice
GLADSTONE — Authorities have released the name of the snowmobiler who fell through the ice in Little Bay de Noc Monday afternoon. Carl Nyberg, 22, of Gladstone plunged through the ice by the coal docks in about 50 feet of water. He was able to crawl his way out. Nyberg’s brother called...
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Season sees first snowmobile fatalities
22 people died in crashes in Michigan in winter 2008-09 LAKE ANN — A snowmobiler in Benzie County apparently was driving too fast when she missed a curve and struck a tree, becoming the county’s first snowmobile death this season. Candace Grace McDonald, 29, of the Midland County village of...
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Local woman dead after snowmobile accident
A local 29-year-old woman died after a Saturday night snowmobile accident in northern Michigan. Candace Grace McDonald, 29, was riding in a group with two other family members when she lost control on a curve on Burnt Mill Road in Benzie County’s Almira Township about 8:20 p.m. The snowmobile hit...
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What's going on with UP trails??
The areas of Marquette and Ishpeming, MI in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have received dozens of inches of snow by now and yet…the groomers still have not left the storage shed..that according to their website at UPsnowmobiling.com. Marquette and Ishpeming’s economy highly depend on a good winter with all of the...
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