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State briefing

Search for missing pair continues

HOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. (AP) — Volunteers have searched part of a northern Michigan swamp for a man and a woman who’ve been missing nearly a month.

WWTV-TV reports that 12 volunteers joined six members of the Wexaukee Amateur Radio Club during Saturday’s search for 34-year-old Jeff Hurley of Prudenville and 19-year-old Alexandria Foust of Cadillac.

The search of the Dead Stream Swamp began near the site where hunters found Hurley’s truck stuck in mud Nov. 7 in a wooded area of Missaukee County.

The groups zigzagged through the swamp, searching the stream banks and an old railroad for possible clues.

Michigan State Police plan to organize additional searches throughout the week.

Anyone with information on Hurley and Foust’s disappearance should call troopers at the Houghton Lake State Police post at 989-422-5103.

‘Hugs, Not Bullets’ urged

DETROIT (AP) — A program that urges people in the Detroit area to refrain from firing guns skyward while celebrating the New Year is set for its annual kickoff.

The Neighborhood Service Organization says officials will discuss the “Hugs, Not Bullets” campaign Tuesday morning at Detroit’s Public Safety Headquarters.

The campaign focuses on student-led activities that involve community and classroom workshops on gun violence, celebratory gunfire, bullying and gang activity.

About 40 members of the NSO’s Youth Initiatives Project and police Chief James Craig will attend the kickoff.

The Neighborhood Service Organization is a private, nonprofit human services agency. The Youth Initiatives Project was started in 1999. It encourages youth activism and peer-to-peer collaboration to improve the capacity of neighborhood and community organizations.

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