The Flint Journal – MLive.com New Lothrop's Diane Miller headed to Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame The Flint Journal – MLive.com Steve Landon | For The Flint JournalNew Lothrop resident Diane Miller competing in a Michigan International Snowmobile Association event during the 1970s. … [...]
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Wertz Warriors to help Special Olympics of Michigan The Arenac County Independent ALGER — For 30 years the Wertz Warriors Snowmobile Group and their Endurance Ride has been the presenting sponsor for the Michigan Special … [...] HOUGHTON — Charges have been filed against a Houghton man involved in a fatal snowmobile crash earlier this year. According to the Houghton County Prosecutor’s office, 26-year-old Christopher Puuri has been charged with negligent operation of a snowmobile causing serious injury or death. On March 6, Puuri was driving a snowmobile across a clearing near the Portage [...] Traverse City — Northwestern Michigan snowmobile trails are sloppy, muddy and falling apart, their disrepair a signal of the end to a season marked by limited snowfall and six fatalities. That’s one less regional snowmobile death than last year and comprises about a quarter of the state’s 23 recorded snowmobile deaths [...] Speed, alcohol blamed in many Michigan fatalities Speed, inexperience and alcohol were common denominators in most of the 17 snowmobile fatalities recorded in Michigan so far this season, officials say. Two, speed and alcohol, appear to have played a role in Saturday’s crash that killed James Daniel Barkley of Dearborn Heights, authorities [...] A 39-year-old man from Dansville was pronounced dead at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital Friday night, February 26, after apparently losing control of his snowmobile and crashing into several trees near Curtis, according to the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office. GRAYLING — A local man died after he rolled his snowmobile. The victim, 44, of Grayling, died Monday night after he lost control of his snowmobile and rolled it several times along Vista Drive in Grayling Township. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department did not release the victim’s name. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Speed and [...] Caseville (WWJ) — An Oakland County man and his two children had a close call over the weekend on Saginaw Bay. Huron County Sheriff deputies say 36-year old Christopher Marcus of Lake Orion was snowmobiling Saturday off Sand Point, between Port Austin and Caseville, when the vehicle went through the ice. The man and the children, ages [...] A five year old girl is dead after the snowmobile she was riding on was involved in a crash with a car in Chippewa County. **This accident did not involve a snowmobile** MARQUETTE -A body recovered from the Carp River is believed to be that of a woman involved in a rollover accident that occurred late Friday night. At about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, the Marquette City Police Department dive team recovered the body of a female in the Carp River, near the [...] Kevin Roth, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel The northern storm swirls southeastward from the upper Mississippi Valley today to the lower Ohio Valley Tuesday. Light to occasionally moderate snow moves along with the storm [...] Mackinac Island Police say two women died when the snowmobile they were riding fell off the West Bluff. Karen Schwark, from Mackinac Island and her sister Edith Bonno from Canton went missing last night. Schwark’s husband called police when the women did not come back from going out and shooting photos. They were found early this morning at [...] A man died in Antrim County when he crashed into a group of trees while snowmobiling on his property. The accident happened Saturday night in Jordan Township. Deputies say 54-year old Steven James Smigulec somehow crashed into the trees and was thrown from his snowmobile. He was not wearing a helmet. Family members found Smigulec about four [...] On more than one occasion this winter, I’ve heard the eye-popping $1 billion figure mentioned in discussions with snowmobilers about the economic impact of snowmobiling in Michigan. Snowmobiling, like so many things, has been affected [...] CADILLAC — A downstate teen was injured in a snowmobile crash in Wexford County’s Henderson Township. Emergency responders were called Saturday around 9:30 a.m. to a snowmobile trail where Russell Lowell Denker IV, 19, of Ionia, crashed. Denker missed a turn on a trail, hit a tree and was thrown from his Arctic Cat 900 [...] PELLSTON — A Petoskey woman was seriously injured in a snowmobile crash near Pellston Saturday. Emmet County Sheriff Pete Wallin identified the injured woman as Jamie Richie, 42. Richie was transported to Northern Michigan Regional Hospital by Allied EMS where she was listed in serious condition today, Monday. Wallin said the crash happened at about 6:20 p.m. [...] INDIAN RIVER, Mich. (AP) – A 70-year-old Cheboygan County man has died in a snowmobile accident in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula. The Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department says Donald Carver of Indiamna River lost control of his sled and struck several trees. They say he was thrown from the machine as it caught fire [...] Kristin Stowie, 18, died 01/10/10 in a snowmobile accident. Here’s a dedication to her from YouTube: A pair of Michigan entrepreneurs is getting ready to open a state-of-the art, year-round, snowmobile drag strip on 60 acres three miles north of Mancelona. Kirt and April Helsel have created the Infinity Raceway with 500 feet of track, more than 1,700 feet of “shut down area” and a computerized Race America timing and lighting system. “Most [...] |
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