LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer deployed the Michigan National Guard to provide more personnel and specialized equipment to help with ice storm recovery efforts in northern Michigan. The governor also signed two executive orders to add Alcona and Antrim counties to the state of emergency declaration and to lift trucking restrictions to help expedite getting fuel and other critical supplies to impacted areas.  “We are continuing our all-hands-on-deck approach to help families […]

GAYLORD, Mich. – As northern lower Michigan waits for thawing ice, reestablishment of electrical and Internet services, and clearing of trees from roadways, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is working to support those efforts.  Accumulating ice on trees, power lines, structures and roadways north of M-72 and east of US-131 […]

Car seats and booster seats are life-saving devices. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) estimates that correctly used child restraints reduce traffic crash fatalities by 71 percent for infants younger than 1 year old and by 54 percent for children 1 to 4 years old in passenger cars.Unfortunately, vehicle crashes […]

Gogebic County, Michigan. At approximately 11:20 pm on March 26th, troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post and deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’sDepartment responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover crash on M-64 in MareniscoTownship. The vehicle was traveling southbound on M-64 when the driver lost control […]

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, MI. On Saturday, March 1, 2025 at approximately 7:00 p.m., troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) Alpena Post witnessed a dirt bike crash on County Road 451 in Presque Isle County. Troopers’ investigation indicated an 87-year-old Rogers City man walked across County Road 451 with a flashlight […]

WEBBER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The closed private prison near Baldwin will reopen as a federal immigration processing center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the prison company announced Thursday. The GEO Group, based in Florida, said the prison would be immediately activated as a processing center. It said the […]

Trooper Mack Schlicht of the Negaunee Post is being recognized as the Marquette County Law Enforcement Administrator’s Association (MCLEAA) – 2024 Officer of the Year Award. Trooper Schlicht enlisted with the Michigan State Police in July of 2004 as a member of the120th Trooper Recruit School before being assigned to […]

For the first time in more than 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the Michigan wild. State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the existence of two cougar cubs on private land in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula. The spotted cubs, believed to be 7 to 9 […]

Marquette County, Michigan. A Gwinn man was arrested yesterday (03/04/2025) for multiplefelony offenses including Home Invasion First Degree, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon,Felony Firearm, Assault Causing Great Bodily Harm, Aggravated Domestic Violence, andResisting/Obstructing a Police Officer. On 03/03/2025 at approximately 11:10 PM, Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers from theNegaunee Post […]

Marquette County, Michigan. A Negaunee man was presented with the Michigan State Police(MSP) “Pride of the Eighth” award today by the MSP Negaunee Post Commander, F/Lt. TomNolan in a ceremony at the Negaunee Post. On February 15, 2025, at approximately 5:00 AM, Trooper Jenich from the MSP Negaunee Postwas attempting […]