Friday, September 4, 2026
MISSAUKEE COUNTY, MICH. Detectives from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post areinvestigating the deaths of six individuals, including a suspect, discovered in three different locations, inNorthern Lower Michigan. As investigators continue to gather information and notify next of kin, the ages and genders of the victims are not being […]
Attorney General Dana Nessel is charging five non-citizens who are alleged to have voted in Michigan’s 2024 November general election and one U.S. citizen alleged to have registered their non-citizen spouse to vote. Following an audit, the Department of State referred 16 cases of suspected non-citizen voting in the 2024 […]
Getting caught on camera speeding through a construction zone or blowing past a school bus stop sign could cost Michigan motorists hundreds of dollars, but it won’t cost them points on their driver’s license. A new law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ensures automated traffic tickets can only result in fines in […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On August 10, at approximately 8:07 a.m., troopers from the Michigan StatePolice (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to a traffic crash on Milbocker near the Badger Parkway in BagleyTownship. The preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle driven by a 68-year-old Mancelona man wastraveling east on Milbocker when the […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On August 9 at approximately 7:27 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to a motorcycle crash on Finnegan Road near Gingell Road in Charlton Township. The preliminary investigation indicates that two motorcycles were traveling west on Finnegan Road together. The riders were […]
BARAGA COUNTY, MI. On August 10, at approximately 10:20 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Calumet Post responded to a traffic crash on US-41 near the Baraga Lakeside Inn. The preliminary investigation indicates that as vehicledriven by a 66-year-old man was traveling southwest on US-41 when a 50-year-old woman entered the roadway on foot. The driver was unable to avoid her, and she was struck. The woman was pronounced […]
LANSING, Mich. (News 10) – A Michigan state senator has introduced legislation to limit the use of automatic license plate reader cameras, which have drawn privacy concerns from the public even as law enforcement agencies say the technology has proven effective. State Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) introduced the bill, […]
Michigan had the sixth-worst rate among 44 states for the number of students who were chronically absent from school in 2025, according to the new report. Last year, 29% of students in the Great Lakes State were chronically absent. The American Enterprise Institute report, “From Attendance Crisis to Chronic Condition?,” […]
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 […]
