PONTIAC, Mich.—Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2024-1 to help train 5,000 new infrastructure workers, who will each earn an industry-recognized certificate or credential or receive on-the-job training. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) will work to ensure all 5,000 workers receive their training and are placed in good-paying jobs.  “We are building up our infrastructure in Michigan, from […]

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post is announcing the arrest of 54-year-old Daniel Arthur Zarzycki of Petoskey, on multiple counts first and third degree criminal sexualconduct. The alleged sexual assaults began as early as 2013. The victim came forward after another caseinvolving Zarzycki was being investigated. […]

On Earth Day, Michigan was provided some additional help from Washington for its efforts in transitioning to renewable energy powering people’s homes through an announcement of federal grant monies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday $159 million in grant funding to the state of Michigan through Inflation Reduction Act […]

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. On Friday, April 19, 2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m. troopers fromthe Michigan State Police (MSP) Traverse City Post stopped a vehicle for a moving violation on US-31South in Blair Township. The driver, a 44-year-old woman from Kingsley, was looking through her purse when the trooper noticed […]

LANSING — Republican leaders in the state House and Senate want Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deploy the Michigan National Guard to the country’s southern border to help deter illegal immigration, and they’re calling for an $8 million budget allocation to do so. Thursday’s request from House Minority Leader Matt Hall […]

The recidivism rate tracked by the Michigan Department of Corrections reached its second-lowest level since the department began tracking the data, officials announced Tuesday. The corrections department cited data on the three-year recidivism rate of the 2020 release group. That rate was 22.7%, up by 0.6% from last year, but […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker was raising millions of dollars from his powerful post. Lee Chatfield misused various political […]

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post is announcing the arrest of 50-year-old Jamie Allen Rocheleau of Cheboygan, for possession child sexually abusive material and aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material. The investigation began in January 2024 when troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post were asked […]

OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On Sunday evening, April 14, 2024, troopers from the Michigan State Police(MSP) Gaylord Post were dispatched to the area of Finnegan Rd and Turtle Lake Rd in ChesterTownship for a report of a person discharging a firearm in an unsafe and reckless manner. Troopersresponded spoke with a […]

EMMET COUNTY, MI. On Wednesday evening, April 10, 2024, the Gaylord Regional CommunicationCenter was contacted by a member of a police agency in West Virgina requesting assistance from theMichigan State Police (MSP). Troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post spoke with an officer from the WestVirginia police department. The officer told […]