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CHILD SHOT-MICHIGAN

Police: Girl, 3, hospitalized in Benton Harbor shooting

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old girl has been hospitalized in a shooting in Benton Harbor. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office says police responded to a shooting early Saturday and found the girl with a gunshot wound in the arm lying in a bed. She was taken to Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. Investigators found a “large amount” of bullets had struck the house. No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting. No further details were released.

RECORD SALMON-MICHIGAN

No fish story: Teen sets new Michigan salmon record

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Louis Martinez will never have to embellish the proverbial fish story, after confirmation that he set a new state record for the largest Chinook salmon ever caught in Michigan. The teenager from Ortonville, Michigan, reeled in the nearly 48-pounder on Saturday morning while fishing on a charter boat in Lake Michigan with his mom, sister and stepdad. The Ludington Daily News reports that the 19-year-old battled to pull the record-setting fish in for some 30 minutes off the lake’s Big Sable Point. The previous record was a Chinook salmon of just over 46 pounds caught in 1978 on the Grand River in Kent County.

AP-US-ODD-NOISY-PICKLEBALL

Knock it off! Loud pickleball games annoy some in Michigan

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (AP) — Some residents in a northern Michigan community are complaining about noise during summer nights. Is it rowdy teens? No, it’s adults playing pickleball. Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula won’t restrict pickleball hours at four courts. The city manager had suggested ending games at 6 p.m., but 20 players attended a recent council meeting to object. Roxanne Hudson, who lives next to the courts in Iron Mountain, says she and her husband “just want to move.” Pickleball is played on courts that resemble tennis courts but are much smaller. Players use wood paddles and plastic balls. Scott McLure, speaking on behalf of players, says they might try quieter paddles.

FORMER PAPER MILL-CLEANUP

Officials to discuss demolition at paper mill site in Otsego

OTSEGO, Mich. (AP) — Officials in southwestern Michigan are expected to update residents on demolition and cleanup efforts at the site of a vacant paper mill. A public meeting is scheduled Aug. 17 in Otsego in Allegan County. The county will oversee the razing of buildings at the former Rock-Tenn mill this summer and fall. The 32-acre site is about 35 miles south of Grand Rapids. The mill closed in 2004 and the property was sold two years later. It went into foreclosure in 2011 due to unpaid property taxes and is owned by the county. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was called in late 2011 after county officials discovered chemicals on the property.

MICHIGAN FLOODING-ORGAN REPAIR

Organ experts try to get the music going again after flood

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) — A summer flood in southeastern Michigan ruined basements in thousands of homes. It also created urgent business for pipe organ specialists. The keys, pedals and pipes weren’t directly affected by the water. But pipe organs have critical parts installed in church basements, and those parts got soaked during the flood in late June. David Hufford of Renaissance Pipe Organ in Ann Arbor services churches in Detroit and the suburbs. Hufford says the flood damaged key parts that are considered the “lungs of the organ.” Meanwhile, the Senate Theater in Detroit, which is home to a Mighty Wurlitzer organ, is recovering from several feet of water in the basement.

UPPER PENINSULA FIRE-EMERGENCY DECLARATION

Authorities: Employee dies during fire at U.P. cedar mill

CARNEY, Mich. (AP) — A person who died in a large fire at a cedar mill in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula has been identified as an employee of the business. The Menominee County sheriff’s office says that deputies were attempting to locate workers Thursday at Superior Cedar Products in Carney when the employee was found on burning equipment. The worker’s name was not released. The blaze started Thursday afternoon about 80 miles south of Marquette and east of the Wisconsin state line. Deputies were called to the mill on a report that an equipment fire had spread to piles of wood. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer later declared a state of emergency in Menominee County to make sure state resources were available to help in preventing the fire’s further spread.

COUNTY-RESCUE CREW

Remote Michigan county might start search-and-rescue team

EAGLE HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — An Upper Peninsula county that has become a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts might create a search-and-rescue team. Keweenaw County is on the Keweenaw Peninsula, surrounded by Lake Superior. Two people stranded for hours on Porter’s Island during a recent storm were rescued. Sheriff Curt Pennala says any plan would probably include some training with staff at Fort Wilkins State Park in Copper Harbor. He would like to find groups of people around the county to increase efficiency. The sheriff says rescues have increased as more people explore Keweenaw. The county has Sea-Doo personal watercraft and a police dog named Dogo.

BODY-WORN CAMERAS-OAKLAND COUNTY

Body-worn camera program OK’d for Oakland County deputies

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Oakland County commissioners have approved implementation of a body-worn camera system for sheriff’s deputies. A resolution for the 1,000-unit program unanimously was adopted this week. The total cost is estimated at around $3.1 million for the first five years and includes equipment, maintenance and system operation. The county, north and northwest of Detroit, is expected to seek grants to help fund the program. Commissioner Janet Jackson sponsored the resolution and says “body-worn cameras bring additional state-of-the-art policing techniques to the sheriff’s office, and they will go a long way in improving trust between officers and the public.”

MAN RESCUED-MICHIGAN WOODS

Michigan conservation officer rescues man injured in woods

CUSTER, Mich. (AP) — An elderly man has been rescued nearly 11 hours after falling about 30 feet from a tree and injuring his back in a remote, wooded area of western Michigan. Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources says a conservation officer located the 75-year-old man who was able Tuesday to call 911 before his cellphone lost reception. Authorities were told that the man had gone to the Whiskey Creek area near Custer, northwest of Grand Rapids, to prepare tree stands for the upcoming deer hunting season. Conservation officer Josiah Killingbeck found the man’s truck and a set of footprints. The injured man was at the base of a large oak tree. He later was airlifted to a trauma center.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ANTI-VACCINE RALLY

Hundreds rally at Michigan Capitol against vaccine mandates

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol on Friday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Carrying signs with slogans such as “Jab or Job? Wrong!” and “Let me call my shots,” the demonstrators heard speakers criticize government officials and and urge their audience to contact elected representatives to express their opposition. Ron Armstrong, president for Stand Up Michigan, one of the organizers of the rally, said they were fighting “for individuals’ rights to choose — that’s all — in the employment area, in the student area, in the schools, in the universities . . .or wherever else it is mandated.”