Officials said a hydro dam is online at the Cheboygan dam, and water levels are dropping.

In Northern Michigan, raging floodwaters near Black Lake have the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Office urging some residents to consider self-evacuating and to grab important belongings.

The American Red Cross has deployed 22 trained disaster workers to Northern Michigan amid rising floodwaters and has opened an emergency shelter in Cheboygan.

A slight decrease in water levels was recorded at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex on Friday morning, leaving the water about 5 inches below the top of the dam.

Water levels at the Cheboygan Dam complex kept climbing overnight, and more rain is in the forecast. As of Wednesday morning, the water level is just 6.6 inches below the top of the dam. As crews work around the clock, residents prepare for the possibility that the dam could be topped.

Michigan DNR crews are using two 24-inch pumps at the Cheboygan dam, as officials work to keep the water level from rising further.

A levee break at the Little Black River prompted an evacuation order for parts of the city of Cheboygan on Tuesday afternoon. It comes as water is rising rapidly at the Cheboygan dam, and the area braces for a possible dam failure.

The County Office of Emergency Management has ordered immediate evacuations for low-lying areas following a levee breach in the Little Black River watershed in the city of Cheboygan.

Local and state agencies were on high alert Friday after a state of emergency was declared in Cheboygan, following rising water levels near a dam that raised concerns about potential flooding.

The State Emergency Operations Center was activated in the northern Lower Michigan Friday due to rising water levels at the Cheboygan Dam.

The highly anticipated 2026 Black Lake sturgeon season opens this week, bringing anglers back to the ice for one of Michigan’s most closely managed fishing events.

Damien Joseph-Michael Slaven was arrested after an investigation allegedly revealed he was viewing child sexually abusive material online.

State police are still seeking answers after an antique safe was found along a Northern Michigan road last summer.

Black Lake sturgeon fishing season is expected to return in 2025 after being canceled last year due to lack of safe ice last year.

A Michigan man who sent nude photos to a minor was caught with child pornography on his cellphone, police said.

Sturgeon for Tomorrow is looking for volunteers to stand guard as mature lake sturgeon travel upstream to spawning sites along the Black River.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has canceled the 2024 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season due to a lack of safe ice on the lake.

Sturgeon for Tomorrow Black Lake, Michigan Chapter is looking for volunteers to stand guard and protect lake sturgeon at their spawning sites along Black River in Cheboygan County during spawning season.

Is it any surprise that the “best campground in America” is right here in Michigan?

The season started at 8 a.m. on Saturday (Feb. 4) and ended at 9:05 a.m. after the allowed number of sturgeon had been caught.

A Michigan man is facing charges of reckless and intoxicated driving after police found substances at the scene where he crashed into a tree, according to authorities.

The 2023 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan County will begin next month.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is hiring, and not the position you might expect, workers are needed to work on top of the Mackinac Bridge.

A Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.

Glassy eyes, poor balance, a large open can of beer: Police in northern Michigan figured they had a strong case of drunken driving, especially after they needed a boat to haul a man out of the Indian River in 2020.

A Michigan resident goes down in history winning the largest prize ever from a scratch-off ticket, winning $6 million from Michigan Lottery’s new $300,000,000 Diamond Riches game.

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,500-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county.

Firefighters and Michigan DNR are working to contain a 2,300-acre wildfire burning up Montmorency and Cheboygan county.

A Michigan man was shot and killed when he attacked deputies with a hatchet during a welfare check, officials said.

State police say a northern Michigan sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man who attacked another deputy with a hatchet.

Three hotels in Mackinaw City are accused of deceiving customers with a bogus cancellation policy and by advertising rooms and amenities that turned out to be unavailable when travelers arrived, according to the attorney general.

A Michigan man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after he had “several sexual encounters” with a girl under 13 years old, police said.

A Michigan man is OK after crashing a private plane at the Cheboygan County Airport Wednesday afternoon.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. – An Afton man was arrested for assault after he was accused of chasing people with an axe. Police said Leese had injuries to his face and hands and appeared to be intoxicated. Witnesses reported that Leese had gotten into an argument with another man and assaulted a woman. The victims fled the home with children in the vehicle, police said. AdLeese was arraigned Monday on five counts assault with a dangerous weapon, one count second-degree child abuse, one count domestic violence, one count assault and battery, and one count malicious destruction of personal property less than $200.

WOLVERINE, Mich. – Three Detroit residents were arrested earlier this week after methamphetamine and fentanyl were sold to undercover officials. Hariston is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. Bennett is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, delivery of methamphetamine, conspiracy to deliver fentanyl and delivery of fentanyl. McAfee is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. He also received a habitual offender -- fourth offense notice, which carries a possible life sentence.

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A northern Michigan man is facing charges after he allegedly choked his ex-girlfriend, threw glass bottles at her and shot a hole through a door. Andrew Baker, 34, of Cheboygan, told police he had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend over his children. Baker's ex-girlfriend, who was in the home, told police he wouldn't leave. She said Baker started drinking, became intoxicated and started breaking objects, police said. Baker also allegedly threw bottles at the woman, choked her several times and shot a hole in the front door, police said.

The driver was arrested for operating while intoxicated and having open intoxicants in the vehicle. (WDIV)CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A Michigan woman was arrested this week after driving the wrong way on I-75 while intoxicated, police say. Gaylord troopers responded to a wrong way driver heading northbound on I-75 in the southbound lanes in Cheboygan County Thursday evening. Callers said the vehicle was at mile marker 288 and later near mile marker 294. Troopers located the vehicle at the 301 mile marker as it approached them head-on in the southbound lane.

Three people were arrested Sept. 21, 2019, in a drug bust on northbound I-75 in Cheboygan. (SANE)CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. - A Detroit man and a man and woman from Northern Michigan were arrested on I-75 while transporting meth, cocaine and fentanyl from Metro Detroit, police said. Detectives from Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement learned Saturday that three people were transporting drugs to Cheboygan from Metro Detroit, according to authorities. Ashanti Brian Lockett, 45, of Detroit; Janine Louise Schmidt, 66, of Cheboygan; and a 35-year-old Cheboygan man were taken into custody, officials said. Schmit is charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, second or subsequent offense, and habitual offense -- fourth offense notice.