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 […]
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Intoxicated Felon Arrested for Reckless Discharge of a Firearm
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 […]
Registered Sex Offender in Petoskey Found Harboring a Juvenile Runaway from West Virginia
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 […]
Showcasing the DNR: Conservation officers teach wildlife crime scene investigation techniques
As part of their mission to protect the state’s natural and cultural resources, the environment and the health and safety of the public through effective law enforcement and education, Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have found innovative ways to deliver science-based education. It started during the 1940s, when […]
Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to 10 years in prison for not stopping a ‘runaway train’
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday as a Michigan judge lamented missed opportunities that could have prevented their teenage son from possessing a gun and killing four students in 2021. “These convictions […]
Michigan Gov. Whitmer wants federal relief for businesses hit by warm winters
Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling on federal lawmakers to develop new policies to provide relief for businesses impacted by exceptionally warm winters. In a Wednesday letter to leaders in the U.S. Congress, the Democratic governor described high temperatures as a “likely increasing problem affecting winter tourism industries […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her potential presidential ambitions. “True Gretch” is scheduled for release July 9 and a book announcement provided to The […]
Wolf killed in southern Michigan is first sighting in more than 100 years
Wildlife officials confirmed Wednesday the killing of a gray wolf in southern Michigan, hundreds of miles from the state’s only known wolf population in the Upper Peninsula. A hunter killed the wolf in January in Calhoun County, believing it to be a coyote, according to the Michigan Department of Natural […]
MSP Bomb Squad Responds to two Incidents in Antrim County on Easter Sunday
ANTRIM COUNTY, MI. On Sunday, March 31, 2024, the Michigan State Police (MSP) Bomb Squad wascalled to two separate incidents in Antrim County. The first incident was a call to assist the Antrim CountySheriff’s Office with the disposal of military ordinance that had washed up on shore. A homeowner inKewadin […]
Whitmer: Michigan Is Counting On Economic Development Plan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office praised several pieces of the economic development proposal that cleared the Senate on Tuesday but didn’t directly address the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve Fund bill that would move up to $250 million toward community-focused projects. The Senate in a late night session on what was […]