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Coast Guard: Bodies of 2 missing boaters found
FRENCHTOSWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a search crew has found the bodies of two Detroit-area men who disappeared after going fishing in eastern Lake Erie. The Coast Guard says 54-year-old Godfried McKinney of Southfield...Tags: DTE Energy Company, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Coast Guard: Operator drunk when bridge hit ship
DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard official says the operator of a Detroit drawbridge was drunk when she lowered the bridge onto the top of a passing 690-foot Great Lakes freighter. Lt. Justin Westmiller tells The Detroit News the operator was...Tags: The Detroit News
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Boy, 14, rescued from ice floe in Michigan's UP a
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year old boy has been rescued form an ice floe at a marina in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A U.S. Coast Guard crew and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat team responded Sunday afternoon...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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South Bend police chief finalists announced
Three finalists have been selected to interview for the position of South Bend police chief, according to a news release from the office of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, According to the release, the three finalists are: - “Christopher Elg...
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Coast Guard reward to catch fake 'mayday' caller
MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has announced a $3,500 reward for help in catching a man who's made at least 20 fake "mayday" calls on a marine radio operating in the Monroe area. The Coast Guard's Cleveland office says the...Tags: Entertainment, Radio
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Coast Guard rescues 2 from capsized Lake Erie boat
OREGON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says two men rescued from Lake Erie were treated for hypothermia after their boat capsized in northwest Ohio. The Coast Guard says someone reported the situation in the lake a few miles east of Toledo on...Tags: Hypothermia
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Tsunami waves smaller than expected at start in Hawaii
OSKAR GARCIA,Associated PressHONOLULU (AP) — The first waves of a tsunami hitting Hawaii on Saturday night were smaller than expected roughly three hours after evacuations were ordered for coastal areas threatened after a powerful earthquake off the coast of Canada. Gerard...Tags: Local Government, Neil A. Abercrombie, Disasters and Accidents, Photography and Video, Earthquakes
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Coast Guard offers reward in Michigan laser case
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is offering a $1,000 reward for information after someone directed a green laser at one of its helicopters during training off West Michigan. The Coast Guard said Thursday that the laser was pointed at... -
Cruise ship runs aground in Detroit River
WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a cruise ship carrying 120 people has run aground and is stranded in the Detroit River. The Coast Guard says the 216-foot Yorktown ran aground about 8 p.m. Saturday south of Detroit, near Wyandotte....
Tags: Politics, Freedom of the Press, Detroit Free Press
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Ex-roommate: Man plotted dismemberment for years
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit man contemplated killing his former girlfriend, dismembering her body and dumping it in a body of water, an old roommate testified Monday during a preliminary hearing. Robert Slick, 35, testified that...Tags: Shootings, Sports, Bowling
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Coast Guard: Body found in search for 2 boaters
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says crews searching Lake Michigan for two missing boaters have found a body and a debris field in the waters off West Michigan. Senior Chief Petty Officer Shaun Cross in Ludington says a search began... -
2 bodies wash up in Detroit; no heads, hands, feet
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the bodies of a man and a woman whose heads, hands and feet were cut off have been found floating in the Detroit River and a nearby tributary. Coast Guard Lt. Justin Westmiller tells the Detroit Free Press...
Tags: Politics, Freedom of the Press, Detroit Free Press
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