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Friday, May 9, 2025
Marquette County, Michigan. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Negaunee Post is announcingthe arrest of 34-year-old Gerald Burton of Ishpeming following multiple investigations intoalleged criminal sexual conduct. On April 23, 2025, Burton was arraigned in the 96th District Court on two counts of CriminalSexual Conduct in the First Degree. Following the […]
LANSING, Mich – The Michigan Department of Corrections released new data reporting a continued decrease in prison population, illustrating success in rehabilitating offenders and saving Michigan taxpayers money. The report measured prison population through the end of calendar year 2024 and finds a total of 32,778 incarcerated individuals statewide, down […]
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff on Friday, May 2, to honor the life and service of Army Staff Sergeant Troy S. Knutson-Collins, who passed away at the age of 28 during a training accident in Lithuania. The flag lowering will coincide with the day of […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit, known […]
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Trump, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and across all public buildings and grounds to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Tuesday, April 22, until sunset on the day of interment to honor and remember Pope Francis. “Pope […]
Douglas Allen Smith, 66, from Lewiston pleaded not guilty to four charges related to impersonating an emergency responder in the Montmorency County 88th District Court on Friday. Smith faces one misdemeanor charge for the unlawful use of fire department/emergency medical services emblems and three felony charges, including: On Feb. 18, […]
Marquette County, Michigan. On April 14, 2025, the Michigan State Police (MSP) werenotified by the Moorhead, Minnesota Police Department that two individuals wanted inconnection with a homicide that took place on April 13, 2025, were believed to be in theIshpeming area. The homicide, which occurred in Moorhead, Minnesota, resulted in […]
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer deployed the Michigan National Guard to provide more personnel and specialized equipment to help with ice storm recovery efforts in northern Michigan. The governor also signed two executive orders to add Alcona and Antrim counties to the state of emergency declaration and to lift trucking restrictions to help expedite getting fuel and other critical supplies to impacted areas. “We are continuing our all-hands-on-deck approach to help families […]
GAYLORD, Mich. – As northern lower Michigan waits for thawing ice, reestablishment of electrical and Internet services, and clearing of trees from roadways, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is working to support those efforts. Accumulating ice on trees, power lines, structures and roadways north of M-72 and east of US-131 […]
Car seats and booster seats are life-saving devices. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) estimates that correctly used child restraints reduce traffic crash fatalities by 71 percent for infants younger than 1 year old and by 54 percent for children 1 to 4 years old in passenger cars.Unfortunately, vehicle crashes […]