OCEANA COUNTY — On Monday, Jeffrey Scott Barrett, 43, of Gwinn, was sentenced by Judge Susan Sniegowski of the 51st Circuit Court in Oceana County to 50-75 years in prison on four counts of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Barrett was ...
MARQUETTE — Monday was marked by two sudden and intense thunderstorms in Marquette. One of these storms, which occurred during the late morning, led to a lightning strike which hit the Meijer store in Marquette Township, causing a fire and prompting a store-wide evacuation. The fire was ...
BARAGA — A former Michigan Department of Corrections corrections officer has been arraigned on a felony charge after allegedly opening a prison cell door, resulting in the assault of another MDOC corrections officer. On March 28, Shelby Pennock, 44, was working in a cell block at the Baraga Correctional Facility alongside another MDOC corrections officer. While the other officer was performing a separate task, it was alleged that Pennock intentionally opened an inmate's cell door knowing that her actions would result in a physical assault on another corrections officer. After the ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain has received funding for non-recurring maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funds earlier in the year (Q2 Infrastructure Updates). The funding is part of $4.8 billion in ...
FROM A NEWS RELEASE MARQUETTE — This year’s Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year is Steve Kwarciany of Delta County. He will be honored at the U.P. Veteran of the Year ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Kwarciany’s ...
FROM A NEWS RELEASE MARQUETTE — A suspect, 22-year-old Daniel Allard from Woodridge, Illinois, has been arrested after allegedly committing felony offenses spanning multiple counties in the Upper Peninsula. On July 14, after an attempted traffic stop by Gogebic County Deputies, the ...
