OTSEGO COUNTY, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Seventh District Special InvestigationsSection (SIS) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Sparr near Wilkinson Road inDover Township early Saturday morning. The preliminary investigation indicates that on August 22, at approximately 1:35 a.m., troopers from theMSP Gaylord Post conducted a traffic […]

LANSING — An inmate was found dead in his cell at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia on Aug. 19 and his cellmate is suspected of killing him, a Michigan State Police spokesman said. It’s the second similar incident at the prison in less than five months. The 36-year-old victim was found […]

As voters consider who should fill Michigan’s open US Senate seat, there are several big policy issues for candidates to address: What is the future of health care? What to do about high costs of living and affordable housing shortages? Should the rules around money in politics be changed? In […]

Republican U.S. Rep. John James picked state Rep. Jay DeBoyer, R-Clay Twp., as his running mate for Michigan’s 2026 governors race. If the pick is approved at the Aug. 22 Republican Nominating Convention, it will be the first time Republicans don’t have a woman candidate on their ticket in 48 […]

MISSAUKEE COUNTY, MICH. Autopsies have been completed on all six deceased individuals involved in the Aug. 14 Missaukee County shootings.  Each is being identified by name, and through the investigation it has been determined that the suspect was known by all involved. • The three deceased individuals found at the South LaChance Road address have been identified as 45-year-old Shane McGowan, 40-year-old Amanda Everitt, and 16-year-old Eric Thomas. The 13-year-old girl […]

The group seeking to amend the Michigan Constitution so that non-citizens are blocked and purged from the voter list and require all voters to show identification when voting has fallen short of the needed number valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, according to Bureau of Elections staff. The […]

Trooper Tom Kinnunen has lived most of his life in the Upper Peninsula, worlds away from where he was born in Korea.  “My parents adopted me when I was one,” said Trooper Kinnunen. “The U.P. is my home. I have a wonderful life and career here, but I don’t know […]

GRAND RAPIDS — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson has selected Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks of Grand Rapids as her running mate and potential lieutenant governor, she announced Wednesday.  To enact her agenda, “I need a governing partner who has a track record for getting things done,” Benson said in […]

Michigan Republicans are highlighting Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson’s connections to a civil-rights nonprofit facing criminal charges under President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice.  The Southern Poverty Law Center and one of its former executives are accused of defrauding donors by giving payments to members of extremist groups it had recruited as […]