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DNR to offer new deer check stations in Gogebic County

GOGEBIC COUNTY, MI--   The Michigan DNR is setting up new deer check stations along the Michigan-Wisconsin border this firearm season.

Officials say the stations in Watersmeet and Wakefield are part of a stepped-up effort to monitor Chronic Wasting Disease. The Wakefield station is at 1405 East US-2, while the Watersmeet station will be in a temporary spot at the Ottawa National Forest Visitors Center.

CWD has been found in the Lower Peninsula and in Wisconsin, about 30 miles from the Michigan border. Testing has not found the disease in any Upper Peninsula deer so far.

DNR officials are urging hunters to have their deer voluntarily tested by bringing them to one of 11 deer check stations in the UP.

For a complete list and map, go to www.mi.gov/deercheck.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.