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Rescuers Search Lake Michigan After Report Of Man Overboard

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching Lake Michigan off Big Sable Point in Mason County for a man reported overboard from a freighter.

A report from WPBN-WTOM says that the man went overboard about 1 a.m. Sunday from the Stewart J. Cort when the freighter was about four miles out from Big Sable.

A helicopter was brought in to help in the search.

Big Sable Point is north of Ludington.
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