It's hard to find anything about the Upper Peninsula in the news right now that doesn’t have to do with the wildfires firefighters have been battling across the area. The worst is over, although there's still more work to do, and a lot of damage to be repaired.
Excerpt: A wildfire that has consumed about 21,500 acres in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is about 63 percent contained, allowing some residents to return to their homes.
Some people living in the Pike Lake, Bodi Lake, Little Lake Harbor and Culhane Lake communities can get back in between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, according to Dean Wilson, public information officer for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fire Management Team West.
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Source: The Washington Post
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