01-04-2017 21:43 via 10tv.com

Man barred for years from visiting county in Michigan's U.P.

BARAGA, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan man can't go home again - maybe for as long as nine years.The unusual restriction was upheld this week by a federal appeals court. When Eugene Rantanen is released from prison this year, he can't step foot in his home county, Baraga County, while on probation.Rantanen admits that Baraga in the Upper Peninsula isn't a good place for him to deal with addiction problems. He doesn't want to live there, but he objects to being banished for years.Rantanen says he won't
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