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Monday, March 17, 2025
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies continue to adjust annual spring weight restriction areas to protect roads. Effective 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including US-2/US-141 at the […]
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police, United States Coast Guard, and local agencieswill be conducting an emergency response training exercise on Beaver Island in Charlevoix County onApril 28th and 29th. Local residents on Beaver Island will see an increase in emergency response activities as multipleagencies will be testing response […]
ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI. On Friday, April 21, 2023, at approximately 10:10 a.m. troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) Houghton Lake Post responded to a two-vehicle crash on RoscommonRoad near E. Robinson Lake Road in Higgins Township. A preliminary investigation indicates a 2015 BMW driven by 36-year-old Ben William Coffin fromPrudenville […]
After ice and snow cover melt on Michigan lakes this spring, it may be more likely for people to discover dead fish or other aquatic animals. While such sights can be startling, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds everyone that it is normal, since winter conditions can cause fish […]
ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI. On the evening of May 28, 2022, troopers from the Michigan State Police(MSP) Houghton Lake Post were dispatched to a residence on Houghton Heights Manor in RoscommonTownship for an unresponsive 47-year-old man who was being given CPR by his fiancée. The fiancéearrived at the residence to find […]
While our snow is disappearing (and in many areas mostly gone), it’s time to watch out forinvasive species that are easily visible in spring and early summer. Invasive species, such as garlicmustard and invasive phragmites, are non-native species that cause harm to our economy,environment, and/or human health. While many invasive […]
MONTMORENCY COUNTY. Early Thursday morning, April 13, 2023, a deputy from the MontmorencyCounty Sheriff’s Office attempted a traffic stop near Lewiston. The driver, 56-year-old Keith Kelly Howardfrom Lewiston, fled and a short pursuit was initiated. Howard’s vehicle became disabled, and he fled onfoot. As Howard fled on foot, he turned […]
LANSING, MICH. To learn how to better prepare for chemical disasters, hazmat teams from across the state are assembling with local emergency managers and other first responders for the second annual Michigan State Police (MSP) Michigan HazMat Responder Conference at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville, from April 17 – 19. “Dealing […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 26 at the Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department lower-level conference room, located at 14150 Hamilton Lake Road in Newberry. Among the meeting agenda items, the group is scheduled […]
On 4-15-2023 at 5:10 pm Central Dispatch received a 911 call. The man calling reported he was with some friends on Wildcat Trail near Whitefish Point in Paradise Michigan when he became separated from his group. He was reporting he was lost in the woods, and he was wet. That […]