Local communities rally to provide shelter, support after devastating ice storm

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency focusing on 10 northern Michigan counties following the damaging ice storm over the weekend.

“It sounded like a war was going on,” Cheboygan resident Steve Bergeron said. “You would hear loud cracking, trees totally snapping off. Every second, that’s what you would hear, if not worse.”

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A weekend ice storm leaving many northern Michiganders in the dark and stuck at home. Many roadways blocked for passengers.

“My wife has been diagnosed with stage 4 bone cancer. We’ve been going through the cancer treatments for almost two years, and we can’t make this one on Friday,” Bergeron said…

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