09/15/2025
Good morning- here is the NEWS 9-15-25
*Sunny conditions today, little breezy this afternoon. Highs upper 70's to around 80.
-LAST NIGHT- THE NORTHERN LIGHTS WERE ON DISPLAY ABOVE CHEBOYGAN. Very bright.
-IN GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, A MISSING STOP SIGN IS BEING BLAMED FOR AN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. IT HAPPENED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILLER ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 633 IN MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE SAY A JEEP DRIVEN BY A 33 – YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM NORTHPORT WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP, BUT THE SIGN HAD BEEN DAMAGED IN A PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND WAS LYING IN A DITCH. ANOTHER JEEP DRIVEN BY A 47 – YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM COPEMISH HIT THE FIRST JEEP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. A 39 – YEAR OLD MAN FROM GA***RD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE WOMAN HE WAS RIDING WITH LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. TWO OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON–LIFE THREATENING INJURES.
-TWO NORTHERN MICHIGAN MEN ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY DRAGGING A MAN WITH THEIR CAR IN MACKINAW CITY. POLICE DISCOVERED THE MAN LIMPING ON SOUTH HURON AVENUE. THE MAN SAID HE HAD BEEN DRAGGED BY A CAR HEADING TO CHEBOYGAN. EARLIER THAT NIGHT, THE VICTIM SAD HE WITNESSED SOMEONE THROWING A PARK BENCH INTO THE WATER NEAR THE MARINA. WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CALL 9–1-1, THE SUSPECTS CAR ACCELERATED AT HIM. HE JUMPED ON THE HOOD TO AVOID BEING HIT, BUT ENDED UP BEING DRAGGED UNTIL HE LET GO NEAR LAKE STREET. POLICE IN CHEBOYGAN EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE VEHICLE AND ARRESTED TWO MEN – A 21–YEAR OLD FROM CHEBOYGAN AND A 19–YEAR OLD FROM LEVERING. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE CHEBOYGAN COUNTY JAIL. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, YET.
-TONIGHT’S POWERBALL JACKPOT IS $64 MILLION. WEDNESDAY’S MEGA MILLIONS IS $400 MILLION.
-MLB….YESTERDAY IN MIAMI, THE TIGERS SHUTOUT THE MARLINS, TWO TO NOTHING. DETROIT (85 – 65) CURRENTLY LEADS CLEVELAND BY SIX AND A HALF GAMES. THEY HAVE THE DAY OFF TODAY, AND BEGIN A THREE GAME SERIES WITH THE GUARDIANS ON TUESDAY AT COMERICA PARK.
-NFL….YESTERDAY AT FORD FIELD, THE DETROIT LIONS CELEBRATED THEIR HOME OPENER, ROLLING OVER THE CHICAGO BEARS, 52 – 21. JARED GOFF THREW FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, THREE OF THOSE TO AMON–RA ST. BROWN. LIONS (1 – 1) ARE AT THE BALTIMORE RAVENS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT…..OTHER SCORES YESTERDAY: COWBOYS BEAT THE GIANTS IN OVERTIME, 40 – 37…. EAGLES 20, CHIEFS 17….SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: FALCONS 22, VIKINGS 6….MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS A DOUBLE–HEADER TONIGHT: TAMPA BAY AT HOUSTON, 7:00 P.M. ON ABC AND ESPN….CHARGERS AND THE RAIDERS AT 10:00 P.M. ON ESPN.
-COLLEGE FOOTBALL….OVER THE WEEKEND: MICHIGAN ROLLED OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN, 63 – 3. 21ST–RANKED WOLVERINES (2 – 1) ARE AT NEBRASKA NEXT WEEKEND. CMU HOSTS WAGNER…. MICHIGAN STATE BEAT YOUNGSTOWN STATE, 41 – 24. SPARTANS (3 – 0) TRAVEL TO U.S.C. TO FACE THE TROJANS, SATURDAY NIGHT.
-HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL….GA***RD BEAT MARQUETTE IN OVERTIME, 28 – 27….BOYNE CITY 30, CHEBOYGAN 14….NORWAY 40, ST. IGNACE 6….INLAND LAKES 50, CENTRAL LAKE 0….PELLSTON 46, BELLAIRE 8….ESCANABA 27, PETOSKEY 10….PINE RIVER 24, HOUGHTON LAKE 0, ZEELAND EAST 35, ALPENA 0.
-NASCAR….JOE GIBBS RACING COMPLETED A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE FIRST ROUND OF CUP SERIES PLAYOFF RACING AS CHRISTOPHER BELL CHARGED TO VICTORY SATURDAY NIGHT AT BRISTOL.
