Police seeks public’s help in identifying subject
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Police Department requests the public’s help in identifying the subject or the vehicle in this photo. The department is asking if you recognize the person, to please respond...
View ArticleSuspects arrested after investigation into illegal drug trafficking
DICKINSON COUNTY — Two individuals were arrested Tuesday evening following a several week long investigation into illegal drug trafficking. The K.I.N.D Drug Enforcement Team was able to make multiple...
View ArticlePolice release sketch of attempted child abduction suspect
MACKINAC COUNTY — The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office has released a composite sketch of a man they believe attempted to abduct a child in Engadine last month. The alleged incident occurred on March...
View ArticleSentencing pushed back for convicted murderer
MENOMINEE — The sentencing of a man convicted of second-degree murder has been pushed back until next month. Gregory Ihander, 49, was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday afternoon in Menominee County...
View ArticleSuspect captured involved in nationwide manhunt
WISCONSIN — After a 9-day manhunt, fugitive Joseph Jakubowski has been captured in western Wisconsin. According to WBAY, a tip late Thursday led officers to Jakubowski, who had been camping out on a...
View ArticlePolice looking for stolen pickup truck
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP– Police are looking for a stolen pickup truck and are asking for the community for help. According to their Facebook page, the Forsyth Township Police Department is looking for a...
View ArticleManager of local organization arraigned on charges
MARQUETTE–A Marquette man arrested for embezzlement was arraigned Monday morning, in Marquette County District Court. Twenty-eight year-old Brice Burge was arraigned on a two-count felony warrant....
View ArticleMan arrested for breaking into multiple vehicles
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Police Department has arrested a man on charges all relating to breaking & entering. Allan Lee Blondeau, 23, of Marquette, was arrested Friday by the department on a...
View ArticleKidnapping suspect enters guilty plea
SAULT STE. MARIE — A McMillan man arrested last summer for forcing a couple into their residence at gunpoint has entered a plea agreement in Chippewa County Circuit Court. Michael Millette, 46,...
View ArticleMan arrested following domestic dispute
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP — One man is in jail after he was arrested for allegedly causing serious injury to an animal and assaulting a woman. Officers from the Forsyth Township Police Department say they...
View ArticleMan arrested after injuring MSP Trooper in traffic accident
L’ANSE — A Michigan State Trooper was sent to the hospital Thursday night after his vehicle was struck by a passing motorist. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post say a trooper was...
View ArticleWoman sentenced on reduced meth charge
MARQUETTE — A Marquette woman arrested last year as part of a meth bust in Big Bay received was sentenced this morning. Holly Bates, 32, received one year in jail with six months to be served upfront...
View ArticleMan sentenced defrauding the Social Security Administration
ESCANABA — A downstate man who pleaded guilty to welfare fraud received his sentence Monday afternoon in Delta County Circuit Court. Michael Rhines, 36, of Williamston received 45 days in jail and two...
View ArticleTeenager enters plea agreement in gun case
ESCANABA — A teenager accused of discharging a firearm in a Gladstone alley and running from police pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and of reckless use of a firearm Monday morning....
View ArticleTrial scheduled for murder suspect
MARQUETTE — A trial has been scheduled for an Ishpeming man accused of murder. Derek Blemke, 24, is accused of stabbing and killing Brandon LaFavre, 21, of Marquette on June 24, 2016. The incident...
View ArticlePlea agreement entered in assault case
CRYSTAL FALLS — An Iron River man charged with three felony counts stemming from an incident last month has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Johan Harju, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of...
View ArticleTrial date set in open murder case
MARQUETTE — The case of a Gwinn man charged with open murder is headed to trial later this year. Darrell Gutzman, 52, is accused of stabbing and killing Robin Anne Lampinen, 53, of Gwinn last December...
View ArticleUPDATE: Suspects involved with malicious destruction of property arrested
UPDATE — Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 3:37 p.m. EDT The suspects involved in over thirty reports of property damage across the city of Marquette, have been arrested. According to the Marquette Police...
View ArticleMan receives probation in destruction of property case
MARQUETTE — A Little Lake man arrested last year on a four-count warrant was sentenced Thursday morning in Marquette County District Court. Arthur Sharkey, 49, received 12 months probation and $600 in...
View ArticleFederal marijuana charge nets man prison sentence
MARQUETTE — A Manistique man will spend 46 months behind bars on a federal drug count. Jason Gregurash, 37, received his sentence Wednesday in U-S District Court in Marquette. He pleaded guilty to one...
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