LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the State of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor and remember the victims of the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]

LANSING, MICH. In today’s digital environment, sexual predators use social media, messaging apps and gaming platforms to gain access to our children and the use of these tools can be like opening a door right into your child’s bedroom. That’s the message of the Michigan State Police’s new public awareness campaign […]

On September 6, Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to the Pigeon River State Forest to assist the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office in locating a 36-year-old woman missing from California. The woman was a contestant in a YouTube survival challenge and had become lost the previous […]

Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Traverse City Post responded to Voice Road in Kingsley for a 54-year-old man who was experiencing a mental crisis and attempting to walk into traffic. Upon arrival, troopers quickly established rapport with the man, who voluntarily agreed to be transported to Munson Medical […]

The Trump administration has agreed to release the remainder of roughly $171 million in frozen federal education funding for Michigan following a multistate lawsuit. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday, Aug. 26, she had secured the agreement from President Donald Trump’s administration to release the full balance of remaining education […]

Michigan has a new law on the books criminalizing the creation and distribution of so-called “deep fakes” that rely on technology to create sexually exploitative images. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the “Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act” into law Tuesday, Aug. 26, prohibiting manipulated videos, images or sound recordings that […]

St. Louis, MI – Michigan Department of Corrections’ officer and intelligence staff recovered a large amount of contraband after an attorney/client visit at Central Michigan Correctional Facility.  During the visit, which took place on Mon. Aug. 4., the attorney was seen passing a package to their client, who is currently […]

WEXFORD COUNTY, MI. Troopers from the MSP Cadillac Post responded to E. 44 ½ Road near S. 43½ Road in Clam Lake Township for a single vehicle traffic crash. On June 11 at approximately 12:15 a.m., troopers arrived on scene and observed a vehicle off the roadway that had struck […]

While bowfishing recently in Monroe County, an angler from Newport, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a flathead catfish weighing in at 64.46 pounds and measuring 45 inches! Codie Carlson was bowfishing Plum Creek in the early-morning hours of Sunday, June 29, when he brought in the record-breaker. This fish […]

Wexford County, Michigan. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, InternetCrimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Michael DaleKoschmider, 41 of Cadillac, for aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material andusing a computer to commit a crime. Koschmider was arrested following an investigation requested by […]