Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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 […]
40-year-old, Leonard Sannes of Manistee was arrested on February 23 in connection with serious threats made against the Manistee County Sheriff. On February 23 at approximately 7:45 a.m., troopers from the Cadillac Post received a report of a person who was posting numerous Facebook messages threating to kill the Sheriff […]
On February 26, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m. troopers from the Gaylord Post, deputies from the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, and members of Otsego County Fire and EMS were dispatched to an address on Murner Road, regarding an adult male who was found deceased in his driveway, by a passing […]
Houghton County, Michigan. Defendant Jason Heikkinen was sentenced yesterday in the 12 thCircuit Court in Houghton for his charge of Embezzlement- Person in a Relationship of Trustwith a Vulnerable Adult. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post began this investigationin 2023. 47-year-old Jason Heikkinen from Dollar Bay, Michigan had been […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the court by the end of April, opening the door for the court to have a 6-1 majority of Democratic-backed justices. Elizabeth Clement did not give a reason for her upcoming resignation. […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post were called toinvestigate two persons squatting in a cabin located in Otsego County in June 2024. Troopers spoke with the occupants and confirmed they did not have permission to be there. The man, identified as 74-year- old John […]
