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Snowmobiler resuced by hovercraft near Munising

ALGER COUNTY, MI--   A snowmobile accident on Munising Bay over the weekend injured one person.

The Alger County Sheriff’s Office says Saturday around 4:30 p.m. It received a report of a crash near the East Channel Lighthouse. Officials say Danielle Kolbus of Christmas was driving her sled when it hit a large mogul or chunk of ice. Kolbus was ejected from the snowmobile.

Alger County Rescue 21 used a hovercraft to retrieve Kolbus from the ice. She was taken to Munising Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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.