MARQUETTE, MICH.    The Michigan State Police is proud to announce the promotions of D/Lt. Kevin Ryan to the Eighth District Special Investigation Section and Sgt. Brock Artfitch to the St. Ignace Post.  The promotions took effect on February 6. Detective Lieutenant Ryan will oversee the MSP Special Investigative Section, commonly […]

Bobcat sightings are increasing in the southern Lower Peninsula, and state officials say their populations are now stable enough to expand hunting and trapping to that area. The wild cats with bobbed tails, which are about twice the size of house cats, disappeared from the Lower Peninsula after the logging […]

Authorities are currently on the lookout for a runaway teenage girl in the Upper Peninsula Monday afternoon. Via Facebook posts by Jamie Koski and WBUP ABC 10 Ishpeming, police say that 16-year-old Aili Biddle ran away from home during the early morning hours between 12:00 and 5:00 am. Aili is believed […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan is distributing 10 million free KN95 masks to help protect residents from COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday. Health experts suggest stepping up protection against the highly contagious omicron variant with stronger masks such as N95s or KN95s. The state health department […]

CALUMET, MI – A teenager has been arrested after a woman was found dead in the Upper Peninsula. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to the scene of the shootingat a home on Quincy Street in Franklin Township at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Monday. Deputies from the […]

MARQUETTE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes AgainstChildren (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Thomas Charles Raymus, 37, of Marquette, forchild sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. The investigation was initiated when a tip was received from the […]

LANSING, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Missing Children’s Clearinghouse invites fifth grade students statewide to participate in the 2022 National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest.  The annual contest creates an opportunity to promote child safety while discussing the issue of missing and/or exploited children.  There are over 900 missing children […]

Michigan may have undercounted the number of COVID-19-related deaths in long-term care settings by nearly 30 percent, according to a state review expected to be released Monday. But preempting the public release of the report, the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services criticized the findings as […]

Former House Speaker Lee Chatfield is being accused of sexual assault, an attorney for the accuser confirmed this evening. The Lansing City Pulse first reported the accusations. Jamie White, a Lansing attorney representing the accuser, confirmed that a criminal complaint was filed with the Lansing Police Department containing allegations of sexual […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan likely paid about $8.5 billion in fraudulent jobless benefits over a 19-month period during the coronavirus pandemic, far more than previously estimated, according to a report released Wednesday by the state’s unemployment agency. The figure, provided by Deloitte, came more than a year after the firm said […]