Michigan
Sturgeon guards protect ancient Michigan fish
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Sturgeon guard Connie Warner stands on a cliff overlooking the Higher Black River on Sunday morning.
ONAWAY — Down a protracted, pockmarked dust highway that makes a Jeep’s coronary heart go pitter-patter, campers squat atop a low cliff overlooking a wending, swiftly-flowing river.
“Any motion but?” requested Dean Sherwood, strolling up from his campsite early Sunday morning, his head sporting a baseball cap studying, “Sturgeon Guard.”
A downstater spending a number of days this week tenting on the cliff close to Onaway, Sherwood for the previous few summers has spent a few of his private time scanning the spawning grounds of Up North lake sturgeon, waiting for poachers.
Labeled as threatened in Michigan, the fish can weigh 200 kilos and stay 100 years.
Sluggish to mature, sturgeon can’t reproduce quick sufficient to take care of a secure inhabitants if wildlife specialists don’t defend them, specialists say — and, not less than in northern Michigan, that requires the assistance of volunteers standing guard alongside a river.
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A sturgeon guard basecamp trailer close to Onaway seems on Sunday.
Throughout their spring migration, sturgeon congregate in parts of the Higher Black River, oblivious to human exercise and prone to poaching.
Sturgeon guards and regulation enforcement watch these areas across the clock, defending the species some imagine to have been alive hundreds of thousands of years earlier than the tyrannosaurus rex.
The sturgeon guard program, organized by the Black Lake Chapter of nonprofit group Sturgeon for Tomorrow, enlists volunteers to join shifts patrolling the banks of the Black River, safeguarding a Michigan treasure.
“We’re all armed with these,” stated sturgeon guard Connie Warner, of Cheboygan, on Sunday morning, flashing a notice card.
The cardboard lists the variety of a 24-hour poaching hotline and house to report a bodily description and different details about anybody guards see threatening the protected fish.
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Indicators guiding Sturgeon for Tomorrow guards to a distant spawning space alongside the Higher Black River close to Onaway seem on Sunday.
Guards additionally carry telephones and are fast to snap a photograph if wanted, stated Warner, who met her husband a number of years again whereas they had been each standing watch over the large fish.
Some days throughout the April-to-Might sturgeon spawning season, guards see a number of fish a day making their means upstream within the sometimes-shallow river, their monumental measurement making them seen from the cliff above.
Different days, as they patrol, guards may see a dozen of the enormous fish, forging upriver all collectively or circling in deep swimming pools, “proper there at your ft,” Warner stated.
The fish make a racket on their means up the river, stated Sherwood.
After they hear a big group on their means — or know they’re coming due to monitoring units implanted within the fish in earlier years — biologists who work the river get able to seize as many as they will, Warner stated.
The biologists measure, weigh, and tag the fish, gleaning eggs from some to take to a close-by DNR sturgeon hatchery. Researchers plant younger sturgeon again within the river after they’ve grown massive sufficient to face an excellent likelihood of survival.
Throughout 2021, biologists captured 351 grownup lake sturgeon throughout the spawning season, together with 56 in in the future, in keeping with Sturgeon for Tomorrow’s e-newsletter, “The Sturgeon Normal.”
Volunteers could run into conservation officers on foot, different regulation enforcement officers on horseback, or “coasties” working undercover, all watching over the fish, Warner stated.
Sturgeon, although fearsome in look, don’t have tooth — they simply suck up their meals from the river backside, stated Warner.
“They may give you an enormous hickey, and that’s about it,” she stated.
Then once more, she stated, the enormous, thrashing fish have been identified to interrupt an individual’s arm.
As they watch over massive creatures alongside a small river, sturgeon guards have an up-close view of a creature few folks get to see — and, as a bonus, a respite in Up North woods, the volunteers stated.
Throughout his off-duty time, Sherwood thought he’d hunt for morel mushrooms, he stated on Sunday.
“There’s simply not a greater volunteer gig on the market,” Sherwood stated. “This can be a blast, all the time.”
These with questions concerning the sturgeon guarding program can contact Jim and Mary Paulson at 989-763-7568 or go to sturgeonfortomorrow.org/guarding-program.php.
Julie Riddle could be reached at 989-358-5693 or jriddle@thealpenanews.com. Observe her on Twitter @jriddleX.
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Sturgeon guard Connie Warner stands on a cliff overlooking the Higher Black River on Sunday morning.
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A sturgeon guard basecamp trailer close to Onaway seems on Sunday.
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Indicators guiding Sturgeon for Tomorrow guards to a distant spawning space alongside the Higher Black River close to Onaway seem on Sunday.
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Michigan
2 shot, 1 killed at Michigan State Fair in Novi, police say
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Two people were shot, one fatally, at the Michigan State Fair in Novi Saturday, according to police.
This was an isolated act and there’s no threat to the community, Novi police said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The two victims were taken to the hospital, where one of them died. Novi police did not give any information about the victims.
Novi police did not say if anyone had been arrested and did not respond to requests for further comment.
The state fair runs through Monday at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
kberg@detroitnews.com
Michigan
Family of 18-year-old killed in high-speed Michigan crash wants teen driver’s mother charged
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Detroit — A teenager drove nearly 140 miles per hour just days before a high-speed crash in suburban Detroit last November that killed his friend, according to video obtained by CBS News this week.
On Nov. 17, 2023, Flynn MacKrell, 18, was a passenger in a BMW X3 that crashed into a utility pole and tree minutes after he left his home in the city of Grosse Pointe Farms.
Flynn’s 16-year-old friend, Kiernan Tague, was behind the wheel and survived. Police say Tague was driving over 100 mph on a residential street where the speed limit was 25 mph.
“Every day I wake up and it literally feels like a horror show,” Anne Vanker, Flynn’s mother, told CBS News.
MacKrell’s parents believe Tague’s mother, Elizabeth Puleo-Tague, could and should have stopped him.
“I think both of them should go to jail,” said Thad MacKrell, Flynn’s father, of Tague and his mother.
“Gross negligence manslaughter for Elizabeth,” Vanker said.
Investigators found cell phone videos on Tague’s phone showing a pattern of excessive speeding, matched they say by records from an app called Life 360 which his mother used to track his car in the weeks leading up to the crash.
During a 17-day period, the app recorded that about a quarter of his trips involved speeds over 100 mph, and 10% involved speeds over 120 mph.
Police records showed that Tague’s mother was concerned about her son’s driving, texting him once that “it scares me to my bone,” and another time to “slow the f— down right now!”
Tague was charged in March with second-degree murder and remains out on bail. If found guilty, he could be sentenced at least partially as an adult. When contacted by CBS News, the family’s attorney had no comment, citing ongoing litigation.
Anne and Thad compare the case to that of Oxford, Michigan, school shooter Ethan Crumbley. Both his parents were separately convicted earlier this year for not securing the gun he used in the 2021 killing of four people.
CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson says she believes this case could be even stronger.
“She had months and months of knowledge of her son’s reckless driving,” Levinson said. “And she not only failed to take the keys away. She actually gave him a car that could go faster.”
Michigan
How to watch the Fresno State vs. Michigan NCAA college football game today: Livestream options, more
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Fresno State faces the reigning national champion Michigan Wolverines in Week 1 of the NCAA college football season. With a new coach at the helm, the Wolverines begin their campaign to defend their national title.
Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the Fresno State Bulldogs vs. University of Michigan Wolverines game today, even if you don’t have cable.
How and when to watch the Fresno State vs. Michigan NCAA college football game
The Fresno State vs. Michigan college football game will be played on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT). The college football game will air on NBC, and stream on Peacock and Sling TV and the platforms featured below.
How and when to watch today’s Fresno State vs. Michigan game without cable
While many cable packages include NBC, it’s easy to watch the game if NBC isn’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Sling TV is the most cost-effective way to stream the Fresno State vs. Michigan game
If you don’t have cable TV that includes NBC one of the most cost-effective ways to watch today’s game, and all the major sporting events happening this fall, is through a subscription to Sling TV. To watch NBC on Sling TV, you’ll need a subscription to the Blue tier. We suggest leveling up your coverage to get more NFL games this fall with the Orange + Blue tier.
That Orange + Blue plan normally costs $60 per month, but the streamer currently offers a half-off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $30.
The streamer is also currently offering big savings on four months of the Orange + Blue tier plus the Sports Extras plan when you prepay for the Sling TV Season Pass. The Sports Extras plan includes SEC Network, Golf Channel and Big Ten Network among others. Prepay for four months of the Sling TV Season Pass and spend $219, reduced from $300.
Because Sling TV does not carry CBS, Sling subscribers will want to add Paramount+ to their bundle. Note that Paramount+ and CBS Essentials are both subsidiaries of Paramount Global.
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue plan:
- Sling TV is our top choice for streaming major sporting events like NASCAR.
- There are 46 channels to watch in total, including local NBC, Fox and ABC affiliates (where available).
- You get access to most local NFL games and nationally broadcast games at the lowest price.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
- You can add Golf Channel, NBA TV, NHL Network, NFL RedZone, MLB Network, Tennis Channel and more sports-oriented channels (19 in total) via Sling TV’s Sports Extras add-on.
Watch the Fresno State vs. Michigan game for free with FuboTV
You can watch every college football game airing on network TV, including tonight’s game, on FuboTV. FuboTV is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to almost every NFL game of the season. Packages include CBS, Fox Sunday NFC games via “NFL on Fox”, NBC (Sunday Night Football), ESPN (Monday Night Football), NFL Network and more, so you’ll be able to watch more than just today’s games, all without a cable subscription.
To watch the NFL without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to NFL football, FuboTV offers MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games.
Top features of FuboTV Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with FuboTV — you can cancel at any time.
- The Pro tier includes over 180 channels, including NFL Network. (You’ll need to upgrade to Ultimate for NFL RedZone.)
- FuboTV includes all the channels you’ll need to watch college and pro football, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Watch today’s game on Peacock
College football and NFL fans can stream games airing on NBC on Peacock, in addition to getting access to Peacock-exclusive NFL games like the Week 1 Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs game scheduled to be played in São Paulo, Brazil. Peacock subscribers can also access Peacock originals like “Love Island” and the Annette Bening thriller “Apples Never Fall,” plus live NBC-aired content with a Peacock Premium Plus subscription, and Peacock’s library of on-demand content including “The Office.”
Your best value, you can get a year of Peacock Premium (with ads) for $80, or a year of Peacock Premium Plus (mostly ad-free) for $120. Or, get a monthly subscription: Peacock Premium subscription costs $8 per month, while Peacock Premium Plus is $14 per month.
Watch the Fresno State vs. Michigan game on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch the NFL, including NBC, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including both Fox and FS1. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every game on every network with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch live NFL preseason games, exclusive live regular season games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated show Good Morning Football) and lots more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month after a three-day free trial.
Watch today’s game with a digital HDTV antenna
You can also watch sports airing on network TV with an affordable indoor antenna, which pulls in local over-the-air HDTV channels such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision and more. Here’s the kicker: There’s no monthly charge.
For anyone living in a partially blocked-off area (those near mountains or first-floor apartments), a digital TV antenna may not pick up a good signal — or any signal at all. But for many homes, a digital TV antenna provides a seriously inexpensive way to watch sports without paying a cable company. Indoor TV antennas can also provide some much-needed TV backup if a storm knocks out your cable.
This ultra-thin, multi-directional Mohu Leaf Pro Supreme digital antenna with a 65-mile range can receive hundreds of HDTV channels and can filter out cellular and FM signals. It delivers a high-quality picture in 1080p HDTV and top-tier sound. It comes with a 12-foot digital coax cable.
If you’re anxiously waiting for today’s game to begin, now is a great time to check out Amazon’s college football fan shop. The Amazon College Fan Shop is filled to the brim with officially licensed fan gear: You’ll find jerseys, team flags, T-shirts, hoodies and more, including tons of great gear for the football fan in your life. There are plenty of great deals awaiting you at Amazon, too, including some must-see deals on TVs for watching sports.
Tap the button below to head directly to the College Fan Shop page on Amazon and select your favorite team.
What is Michigan’s current team ranking?
The University of Michigan is currently ranked 9 out of 134 teams, according to our sister site CBS Sports.
What is the Fresno State current team ranking?
The Bulldogs are currently ranked 56 out of 134 teams, according to CBS Sports.
When is the 2024 NCAA college football championship game?
The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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