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Man enters guilty plea on explosives charges
MARQUETTE — A Marquette man facing explosives charges has entered a guilty plea in Marquette County Circuit Court. As part of a plea agreement, Christian Nutini, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of...
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Man arrested for illegal growth hormone bound to Circuit Court
MARQUETTE — A man facing drug charges is headed to circuit court. Tyler Paquette, 24, waived his probable cause conference in Marquette County District Court Tuesday morning and had his case bound...
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UPDATE: Police locate stolen vehicle
UPDATE — Wednesday, February 3, 2016 6:00 a.m. The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office has located the stolen SUV. Police found the vehicle thanks to a tip from the public. SANDS TOWNSHIP — Police are...
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Two in jail after GIANT drug bust
BESSEMER — One man has been arrested and another has been extradited back to the U.P. on several drug charges. Ironwood Public Safety reports that Donald Kirby, 28, of Ironwood Township is back in the...
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Police investigating larceny complaints
MARQUETTE — Investigators with the Marquette City Police Department are looking into numerous larceny complaints involving vehicles. Officials say the larceny complaints are spread out throughout the...
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Man arrested for attempted murder
ONTONAGON — An Ontonagon man is in jail on multiple charges including attempted murder. The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Timothy Wayne Pietila was arrested Wednesday morning...
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Police warn of phone scam involving schools
HARRIS — A new phone scam is making the rounds in the area, and this one involves schools. Michigan State Police from the Gladstone Post say they have received complaints about a scammer who claims to...
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Fugitive arrested in U.P. returns to Wisconsin
MERRILL, Wisc. — A fugitive from Wisconsin who was arrested in the U.P. last week is back in his home state. Twenty-seven-year old Kyle Murray of Merrill, Wisconsin, appeared in Lincoln County Circuit...
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Meth suspects bound for Circuit Court
ESCANABA — Four Escanaba residents arrested after two nearly back-to-back meth busts are headed to Circuit Court. Thirty-three-year old Lee Nelson and 30-year-old Boyd Nelson were bound over on...
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Woman arrested on embezzlement charge
MARQUETTE — An Ishpeming woman is behind bars on multiple felony counts after a nearly three-month long investigation by police. The Marquette City Police Department arrested 32-year-old Alison Jean...
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Police investigating threat made by student
CRYSTAL FALLS — Police in Crystal Falls are looking into a verbal threat that was made by a Forest Park student. According to authorities, the verbal threat was made at school on Thursday. The student...
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Verbal threat investigation moving forward
CRYSTAL FALLS — Charges have been filed against a juvenile student who made a verbal threat at school last week. The student, who has not been identified, allegedly made the threat at Forest Park on...
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Phone scammers claim to be government employees
MARQUETTE — Local law enforcement are letting residents know about another phone scam making its way through the area. Officers from both the Marquette City Police Department and Kingsford Public...
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Authorities on the lookout for car battery thief
HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department is on the look out for a thief who stole several car batteries. Nine batteries went missing late Monday night or early Tuesday morning out of U–Haul...
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Man sentenced on bath salts charge
BESSEMER — A man arrested for possession of bath salts last spring has been sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Forty-five-year old Dustin Garrick received six months in jail and eighteen...
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Man accused of numerous CSC crimes pleads not guilty
MARQUETTE — The case of a Forsyth Township resident accused of possessing child pornography and first-degree criminal sexual conduct is moving forward. Forty-three-year old Andrew Caron waived his...
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Man receives prison sentence in meth case
ESCANABA — An out of state man is off to prison after he was arrested at the scene of a meth lab last August. James Davidson, 39, of Apopka, FL, was sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison after pleading...
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Three people arrested in drug investigation
BESSEMER — A drug investigation has led to the arrest of three people. Officials from the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team say a search warrant on Porter Street in Bessemer led to the arrest of two...
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Meth investigation results in two arrests
SAULT STE. MARIE — Two people are in jail after an investigation into the manufacture of meth in Sault Ste. Marie. Tri-County Drug Enforcement Taskforce officials say several hours of surveillance...
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Police investigating hit and run
MARQUETTE — Police are currently investigating a hit and run accident. Officials from the Marquette City Police say that the hit and run accident happened Thursday morning at 11:15 a.m. They report...
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