A Michigan man is facing federal charges for allegedly dredging a river inside a federal park along Lake Michigan. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten, announced ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Michigan DNR is stocking our lakes with millions of fish. UpNorthLive News visited the Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Benzie County to learn more about ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A man convicted of vandalism for diverting the path of the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes in 2022 has been sentenced, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office ...

A northern Michigan fisherman accused of digging a trench to change the flow of the Platte River into Lake Michigan is scheduled to appear in federal court on Feb. 7, where he faces misdemeanor ...

The aerial photograph on the left, taken in May of 2022, shows the natural flow of the Platte River running parallel to Lake Michigan. The photograph on the right shows the same area approximately 3 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Frankfort man faces charges for allegedly diverting the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes last summer. Park Rangers launched an investigation in August 2022 after the illegal ...

BENZIE COUNTY, MI — The state of Michigan is exploring a new plan to resume dredging of the Platte River mouth at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

Andrew Blair Howard, 63, of Sparta and Frankfort, was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay thousands in restitution for illegally dredging the Platte River. Howard was sentenced to 60 months’ ...

A 63-year-old northern Michigan fisherman was convicted Wednesday of tampering and vandalism in digging a trench to change the flow of the Platte River into Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Andrew Blair Howard, 63, of Frankfort was convicted of tampering and vandalism at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in connection with an Aug. 15, 2022 diversion of the Platte ...

The owners of a canoe livery that has operated on the Platte River in northern Michigan since the early 1970s have staved off an effort by the federal government to make them pay for the privilege. In ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A northern Michigan man faces federal charges for allegedly dredging the Platte River last summer in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Mark Totten, the U.S.