The DNR stocks fish in Michigan waters every year, providing fishing opportunities and helping maintain healthy ecosystems.

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Michigan DNR is stocking our lakes with millions of fish. UpNorthLive News visited the Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Benzie County to learn more about ...

The aerial photograph on the left, taken in May of 2022, shows the natural flow of the Platte River running parallel to Lake Michigan. The photograph on the right shows the same area approximately 3 ...

A northern Michigan fisherman accused of digging a trench to change the flow of the Platte River into Lake Michigan is scheduled to appear in federal court on Feb. 7, where he faces misdemeanor ...

The aerial photograph on the left, taken in May of 2022, shows the natural flow of the Platte River running parallel to Lake Michigan. The photograph on the right shows the same area approximately 3 ...

BENZIE COUNTY, MI — The state of Michigan is exploring a new plan to resume dredging of the Platte River mouth at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

The owners of a canoe livery that has operated on the Platte River in northern Michigan since the early 1970s have staved off an effort by the federal government to make them pay for the privilege. In ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Frankfort man has been convicted for diverting the flow of the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in August 2022. Andrew Blair Howard, 63, has ...

A 63-year-old northern Michigan fisherman was convicted Wednesday of tampering and vandalism in digging a trench to change the flow of the Platte River into Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes ...