OTSEGO COUNTY: On August 7, 2026, at approximately 4:15 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to a single-vehicle injury crash on northbound I-75 near Alexander Road in CorwithTownship.  A preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by a 65-year-old man was traveling north on I-75 when he got into a verbal argument with his 30-year-old male passenger. The passenger allegedly grabbed the steering wheel and turned it, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and strike a […]

PELLSTON (BridgeMI.com) — Fresh from retirement from United Airlines in 1996, James Gillett returned to the community where he was born, the quiet northern Michigan village of Pellston.  He’d barely moved in when he was asked to join the village board. Within a year, he was village president. It was […]

The Michigan Department of Corrections paid out $7 million in legal judgments and settlements in 2025, more than double the prior year, according to a mandated report recently filed with the state Legislature.  Most of those payouts stemmed from three cases: a $2.3 million settlement with a former MDOC employee […]

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. Two 15-year-old males were apprehended after allegedly causingdamage to multiple construction sites and stealing tools. The preliminary investigation indicated that on August 1, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP)Traverse City Post responded to a residential construction site in Long Lake Township for a breaking andentering […]

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan State Police (MSP) said three people who disappeared after a tubing trip on the Muskegon River in Newaygo County have been found alive. The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office said 28-year-old Jazmin Hock, 28-year-old Sarah Vida and 9-year-old Kayden Kovalcik went tubing Tuesday but never returned.  MSP […]

ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI. Kyle Roginson, 41, was arrested following a traffic stop on M-55 near Old27 in Roscommon Township on August 4. At approximately 6:45 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Houghton Lake Postresponded to US127 near Snowbowl Road for a report of a reckless driver. The preliminary investigationindicated […]

HOUGHTON COUNTY, MI. On August 5 at approximately 12:30 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post responded to a traffic crash on US-41 near Golf Course Road in Osceola Township. The preliminary investigation indicates that an SUV driven by a 45-year-old female, with two children aspassengers, was […]

The top of the general election ticket has been settled Tuesday night, with a faceoff between Jocelyn Benson and John James to become Michigan’s next governor. Benson rolled to a blowout win that exceeded even the lofty expectations created by a poll showing her up 60 points, defeating Genesee County […]

UPDATE: The Associated Press has declared Al-Sayed the winner of the Michigan Democratic Primary for US Senate against Haley Stevens. Original Story:The Democratic primary for Michigan’s Senate seat hung on a razor’s edge early Wednesday, with the unresolved race becoming the latest and most dramatic example of a lingering divide […]

LANSING, MICH. As Michigan continues to face increasingly frequent and complex disasters that require coordinated response efforts across all levels of government, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared August as Emergency Management Awareness Month. The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is recognizing the dedicated emergency management professionals who […]