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Friday, May 1, 2026
NEWBERRY, Mich. – The detour of the M-48 overpass project at I-75 near Rudyard in Chippewa County has been lifted and the bridge is now open to traffic. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invested about $5 million to repair the second of two M-48 overpasses over I-75 this summer. Work included deck overlays; deck, substructure and […]
On September 6, Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to the Pigeon River State Forest to assist the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office in locating a 36-year-old woman missing from California. The woman was a contestant in a YouTube survival challenge and had become lost the previous […]
Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Traverse City Post responded to Voice Road in Kingsley for a 54-year-old man who was experiencing a mental crisis and attempting to walk into traffic. Upon arrival, troopers quickly established rapport with the man, who voluntarily agreed to be transported to Munson Medical […]
Chippewa County, Michigan. There are still openings for the upcoming free Teen DefensiveDriving School hosted by the Michigan State Police (MSP), but interested students must registerby 5:00 PM on Friday, September 5, 2025. Held at the Continental Brimley Development Center, the course offers four hours of hands-on,behind-the-wheel instruction using MSP […]
ALGER COUNTY, MI – On September 3, 2025, detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested a 27-year-old man from Alger County for possession of firearms. After a 6 month long joint investigations involving agents from with the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and UPSET, it […]
Planning to be on the water this fall? Be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys from late September to mid-October. These surveys are an important tool for fisheries managers to determine whether walleye that hatched in the spring (known as young-of-year) […]
Delta County, Michigan. At approximately 12:33 a.m. on September 1, 2025, troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) Gladstone Post responded to a report of a fire at the Rapid RiverPub, located at 10491 S. Main Street in Rapid River. At the time of the fire, the building was occupied by […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – At 1:57pm MIFD along with EMS was dispatched for a man who fell down a cliff and had a possible broken arm. Updates from dispatch while units were enroute was that the man was slipping and couldn’t hold on much longer. Squad 1 went to the […]
Menominee County, Michigan. Further details are being provided regarding a fatal shootingwhich took place at a residence in Harris Township in the early hours of Thursday, August 28,2025, which resulted in the death of an adult male. On August 28, 2025, at approximately 12:19 a.m., troopers from the Michigan State […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $550,000 to restore concrete pavement on I-75 from the Mackinac Bridge plaza to US-2 in St. Ignace. Work includes concrete repairs in each direction of I-75, including associated ramps. “Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to […]