2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (495+ words) Marquette County residents make public comments during the most recent Marquette Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. (Screenshot from the ISDEPT MQTCO Youtube Page) MARQUETTE " Large numbers of Marquette county residents Tuesday attended the Marquette County Board of Commissioners meeting....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (350+ words) In August, state representatives Gregory Markkanen of the 110th district and Joseph Fox of the 101st district offered a resolution urging the federal government to purchase the Ojibway Correctional Facility and turn it into a detention and deportation center for the United…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1683+ words) LANSING " The weekend killing of a US citizen by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota has sparked renewed calls for reform nationally and in Michigan, primarily by Democrats frustrated by Republican President Donald Trump's aggressive immigrant deportation tactics. Deportations surged in…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (796+ words) MARQUETTE " Can tiny pieces of moss become crime-busters? Yes, according to a new study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and " in…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (124+ words) MARQUETTE " Marquette Police Department officers were called to a location off Presque Isle Avenue in north Marquette Wednesday morning to the scene of an apparent suicide. Several people posted on social media that a body was observed during their early…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (394+ words) IRONWOOD " The Michigan State Police at the Wakefield Post have announced the recent promotion of a new sergeant. James Gilmer has been a member of the MSP for over 25 years prior to this promotion. Gilmer grew up in Bergland, before…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (697+ words) For decades I have been hearing the old courtroom saying about how a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if given the chance, but I never expected to see it happen. What the saying conveys is that grand juries,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (142+ words) MUNISING " The Alger County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that foul play may be involved in the disappearance of Starla Goings, 65, missing since mid-August and the subject of a large multi-agency search since then. In statements this week, sheriff's officials said…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (153+ words) Capt. Christopher Gerard, Michigan State Police MARQUETTE " The new Michigan State Police officer who has been placed in charge of the agency's 8th District, which comprises the entire Upper Peninsula, has deep ties to the region, hailing from Baraga County. Capt....

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) IRON MOUNTAIN " Seven people were arrested as the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, along with law enforcement partners from across the Upper Peninsula, conducted a three-day human trafficking operation targeting individuals involved in the sexual exploitation of children and vulnerable adults,…...