KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, SAGINAW COUNTY. On Thursday September 17, 2020, at approximately 9:50am, troopers from the Michigan State Police Tri-City Post were dispatched to a residence in Kochville Township to investigate a missing person. Karl Adam Marker an 87-year-old male, from Kochville Township, left his residence on this morning at approximately […]

In a blow to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Supreme Court late last week unanimously said it would not hear a pair of appeals seeking to greenlight emergency rules to ban flavored nicotine vaping products. Justices wrote in an order issued Friday but released Saturday that they did not believe […]

LANSING – A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath, a secretly recorded videotape shows. The video showing Erik Tisinger, a trainer […]

It was six month ago this week that Michigan announced its first death from coronavirus. Since then, the state has tallied 6,632 confirmed deaths from coronavirus and another 320 probable deaths. But the true death toll of the pandemic appears to be thousands of deaths higher, based on “excess death” […]

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) issued COVID-19 “general duty” citations to 19 different businesses with serious violations for failing to uphold safety and health workplace guidelines, potentially putting workers in harm’s way. “The MIOSHA investigations determined that these employers were not taking precautions to protect employees and […]

Mountain biking or snowmobiling on scenic forest trails, going afield for the state’s time-honored hunting tradition, bird watching in wetland areas – these and countless other ways to enjoy Michigan’s great outdoors are available across the state thanks in part to the careful, thoughtful way the Department of Natural Resources […]

Michigan could remain in a state of emergency for months, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday.  “It’s not a matter of years,” Whitmer told Brian Calley, president of the Small Business Association of Michigan during a Facebook Live discussion. “It’s months.” Whitmer initiated the state of emergency March 10 during the […]

LANSING, MICH. Michigan State Police (MSP) Director Col. Joe Gasper today announced the creation of www.michigan.gov/MSPtransparency, a new Transparency and Accountability webpage that provides the public with easy access to information about the administration and operation of the MSP. Information includes department policies, strategic plan, training requirements, recruiting and staffing […]

MANCELONA, ANTRIM COUNTY, MI. – On Thursday morning, August 27, 2020 troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post and Hometown Security Team (HST) responded to a fleeing suspect driving a white Ford F-150 truck with a red topper who had assaulted a Petoskey Public Safety Officer. Troopers located […]