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 […]
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One vehicle crash results in one person dead
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 […]
Motorcycle vs Motorcycle results in death of one biker
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 […]
Fatal Traffic Crash in Baraga County
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 […]
Michigan Senate bill targets license plate reader cameras amid privacy concerns
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 ranks No. 6 among states for worst record in chronic absenteeism
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?,” […]
Cheboygan Man Arrested After Allegedly Crashing Car and Resisting Police
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 […]
Rural Michigan in crisis: Too many governments that too few want to lead
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 […]
Michigan prisons paid millions over inmate deaths, disability discrimination
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 […]
Two Juveniles Caught Damaging Property
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 […]











