Crash is under investigation IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan State Police, Iron Mountain Post, are investigating a three-vehicle personal-injury crash that took place at about 4 p.m. Friday on M-69 at Kime Backlund Road in Breen Township, Dickinson County. Police said it was determined a vehicle, ...
ST. IGNACE — The St. Ignace Police Department is investigating a two-vehicle, single-fatality crash that occurred at 12:13 p.m. Friday on North State Street near South Airport Road in St. Ignace. A car, driven by an 18-year-old male from Marquette, along with two Marquette-area passengers ...
KINROSS — One man has died from injuries sustained in an alleged assault that took place at War Memorial Hospital in Chippewa County Thursday morning. Officers from the Kinross Police Department were dispatched around 12:10 a.m. Thursday to respond to a report of an unresponsive male at War ...
2 die in snowmobile accident MARQUETTE — Two men were pronounced dead after sustaining injuries Friday evening from a head-on collision involving a snowmobile near Lake Gogebic State Park. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post along with deputies from the Gogebic County ...
CALUMET — Charges are pending for a 54-year-old Calumet man after police conducted a two-month long investigation into allegations of the illegal sale of prescription drugs and attempted solicitation of sex for drugs. Police executed a search warrant at the man’s Pine Street residence and ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information is collected from Marquette City Police Department dispatch log books recorded at the time the calls were received. The incidents reported may have proven to be unfounded once police investigated. Some log entries may be edited or omitted due to space ...
Businesses help goverment folks MARQUETTE — Two local businesses are offering a free coffee and muffin to federal employees who are impacted by the record-breaking government shutdown every day until the matter is resolved. BabyCakes Muffin Co., of Marquette, and Huron Mountain Bakery, of ...
MARQUETTE — A 27-year-old woman from Amasa was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a one-vehicle personal injury crash occurred in Crystal Falls around 4 p.m. CT Wednesday. Police investigation determined the woman’s vehicle was traveling eastbound on U.S. 2 ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police Post in Iron Mountain Post is investigating a vehicle that was stolen between midnight and 8 a.m. Jan. 1 in Crystal Falls. The vehicle, a burgundy 2000 Oldsmobile Bravada, was later found south of Crystal Falls off of U.S. 2 and partially in a river, ...
LANSING — Twenty-four new conservation officers, including Byron Parks of Marquette, have joined the ranks of some of the most highly trained law enforcement professionals in Michigan. One of the most selective law enforcement academies in Michigan, the Michigan Department of Natural ...
MARQUETTE — One Nebraska woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a snowmobile accident on Lake Gogebic at 2:31 a.m. Thursday, according to the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office. Jill Swarts, 46, of Gretna, Nebraska, was following a group of other snowmobiles while traveling south on ...
MARQUETTE — One man was killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 180 near Oxbow Lane in the town of Wausaukee, Wisconsin, according to the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office. Robert W. Roland, 74 of Pembine, Wisconsin, passed away as a result of the crash, while Mary Lou ...
CALUMET— A Calumet man has died after sustaining a medical emergency while operating his vehicle. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were dispatched to a traffic crash at Fourth Street and Scott Street in the village of Calumet around 5:15 p.m. Thursday. On scene ...
MARENISCO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has turned aside a legal challenge aimed at trying to keep a prison open in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. State law requires the Corrections Department to consider the economic impact on a community when planning to close a prison. Marenisco Township ...
L’ANSE — Zoning ordinance changes concerning wind turbines dominated the discussion Monday at a meeting of the L’Anse Township Board. The new ordinance, which passed by a 4-1 vote, allows for a waiver of setback requirements on wind turbines between participating properties. Under the ...
L’ANSE — Canvassers from the Friends of the Huron Mountains group on Friday turned over 400 signatures to L'Anse Township Clerk Brian Jentoft on Friday. The petition calls for holding a referendum on recent changes to the township zoning ordinance previously approved by the board. The ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to preserve federal protections for gray wolves and force the agency to develop a national recovery plan for the species. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in federal court in ...
MENOMINEE, Mich. (AP) — A group is suing two federal agencies as part of an effort to block a proposed mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula near the Wisconsin line. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River names the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
TRENARY — A Michigan Department of Transportation inspection has deemed a bridge over Werners Creek, southwest of Trenary, unsafe for vehicle traffic of any kind. The bridge is located about a mile north of the Alger-Delta county line, along Deadhorse Creek Road, roughly 4 miles west of ...