ISHPEMING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is holding a “Conversations & Coffee” to give people an opportunity to discuss local issues and management activities with DNR Fisheries Division managers and biologists from 7 to 9 p.m. April 24 at Ishpeming Township Hall, 1575 ...
SAGOLA TOWNSHIP — One person has died from injuries sustained from an industrial accident in Sagola Township. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain Post responded to Minerick Logging Inc. ...
MENOMINEE — A South Dakota man is accused of killing and dismembering his “on-again, off-again” girlfriend, then transporting her body across several states before dumping it in a Menominee Township river near his hometown in Michigan. Officials from the Menominee County Sheriff’s ...
MUNISING — The Alger County Sheriff’s Office has released names of the two people who were pronounced dead at the scene of a two-snowmobile crash Monday night. Douglas Eugene Snow, 21, of Pennsylvania and John George Shadian, 54, of Wisconsin were the two men involved in the head-on ...
MUNISING — Seven people in Alger County were arrested by detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team on drug charges related to the distribution of prescription pills, according to UPSET. The investigation was initiated in 2017 after “bulk amounts of various ...
MANISTIQUE — The Manistique Department of Public Safety said recently that upon continuing an investigation into a narcotics case initiated in February, officers seized 85 grams of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $13,000 from a Schoolcraft County residence. Pursuant ...
HANCOCK — An investigation by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Adult Protective Services into the death of a 22-year-old resident of the Atlantic House has concluded that there was “moderate risk of neglect” at the facility. The Daily Mining Gazette obtained ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A two-vehicle traffic crash involving a Michigan State Police patrol car occurred at 7 a.m. Saturday on Larson Lane in Dickinson County’s Breitung Township. No serious injuries were reported in the incident, according to a state police press release. A trooper was ...
Fatal snowmobile, vehicle collision MARQUETTE — The driver of a snowmobile is dead following an accident in Houghton County Thursday involving a snowmobile and a motor vehicle, according to the Michigan State Police Calumet Post. The accident occurred around 4:20 p.m. Thursday when ...
CALUMET — A Michigan State Police patrol car was rear-ended by a snowmobiler who was taken to the hospital for injuries Sunday in Calumet Township, according to the Michigan State Police Calumet Post. The patrol car was struck by the snowmobile during “blizzard conditions” around 3:50 ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration recently recognized the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center for providing its patients with outstanding health care experiences. The Iron Mountain-based VA Medical Center received the 2018 Best ...
3-car accident in Dickinson County NORWAY — A three vehicle crash in Dickinson County left a woman with minor injuries on Thursday. Around 12:40 p.m., a vehicle driven by 65-year-old Loretto Township resident Dennis Saint Vincent turned onto U.S. 2 from Summit Road in Norway Township into ...
By LISA BOWERS Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The Chocolay Township Board will consider authorizing the township clerk to pay over $250,000 to Gundlach Champion, Inc for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s elevated water tank under a prior agreement to use 2 percent funds for the ...
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 ...