PENTWATER, MI -- As the Labor Day weekend looms, Pentwater is offering a refrigerated semi-truck to help residents preserve food after strong storms knocked out electricity to many in Northern Michigan.

Pentwater Village President talked about the gesture Wednesday, Aug. 29.

"We just though it was a good idea. We all need it," he said.

He said the storms and power outages came at time when most people were preparing for the last big outing of the summer.

A Consumers Energy outage map shows a large swath of outages stretching from the greater Ludington area in a line across the upper part of Lower Michigan to Au Gres.

According to the map, power may not be restored until late Friday for some in Pentwater and other areas.