UPSET gets new commander
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team is getting a new commanding officer. The Michigan State Police has announced the promotion of Detective Sergeant Matthew LaBonte to detective lieutenant, where he will oversee UPSET. The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team ...
An unusual armpit
“I found a lump in my armpit,” Amina, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, told her doctor. She explained that the mass had been there for the past 12 years. The doctor began asking questions, the way doctors do when trying to narrow a vast realm of possibilities into a diagnosis that makes ...
Deceased man recovered from Cloverland Power Canal in Sault Ste. Marie
SAULT STE. MARIE — Sault Ste. Marie police released a statement detailing the conclusion of a search operation in the Cloverland Power Canal after a deceased man was found. “The Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire Departments have concluded the search operation for an individual who entered the Cloverland Electric Power Canal from the Ashmun Street Bridge on July 24,” said their statement. “The individual, an adult male, was located today within the canal near the Cloverland Electric power plant and was found deceased. Out of respect for the family, the individual’s name is not ...
Menominee man sentenced to 5-10 years for meth possession
MENOMINEE — On July 10, Shane Allen Konell, 51, of Menominee, was sentenced by Judge Christopher S. Ninomiya in the 41st Circuit Court to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 years for possession of methamphetamine and a separate count of receiving and concealing a firearm, according to Menominee ...
Michigan Supreme Court vacates key Line 5 permit
ST. IGNACE — The Michigan Supreme Court Friday ruled that the Michigan Public Service Commission erred when it granted a key permit for the Line 5 petroleum pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Among other findings in its 58-page ruling, the majority found the commission’s ...