OSCODA – Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) Sgt. Curtis Hall recently issued a fraud information bulletin. This came after he received a report from the manager of an Oscoda business, regarding a version of an IRS Call Scam.
GRANT Twp. – Iosco County Prosecuting Attorney James Bacarella has charged Corgin Michael Dittenber, 18, West Branch, with five counts – one of discharging a firearm in a building, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and/or costs of $10,000; two counts of felonious assault, each of…
WHITTEMORE – The Burleigh-Reno-Whittemore Fire Department recently responded to an outside fire in Whittemore, the cause of which remains under investigation.
ALPENA – In May 2022, a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Alpena Post was contacted by a local credit union concerning a check fraud they had been made aware of involving several of their branches located in Alpena, Ossineke, Atlanta, Oscoda, and Tawas City.
EAST TAWAS – A recent outdoor fire is currently being investigated by the East Tawas Police Department (ETPD) as human-caused.
OSCODA – Following an alleged incident where he entered a dwelling without permission – and was shot in the leg by an occupant of the home – Oscoda resident Timothy Daniel Giffin, 40, has been charged with one count of 1st-degree home invasion.
HIGHLAND PARK – “There are other people that know the details and we need them to come forward,” reads a recent statement from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Second District.
OSCODA – A press release regarding a missing person was issued by the Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) on Sunday; however, by the following morning, they advised that the individual had been located safe.
OSCODA – Authorities have provided an update on an incident which occurred in Oscoda Township on March 10. As reported last week, after being dispatched for a shooting at about 6:50 p.m., the Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) located an injured person on scene at an address on Potomac Road.
LANSING– Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared March 19-25 as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is calling on residents to act by participating in a voluntary statewide tornado drill at 1 p.m.…
OSCODA – The Oscoda Township Police Department (OTPD) was dispatched to an address on Potomac Road, at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Friday, March 10, for a shooting.
GRAYLING – Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Sierra R. Koch issued a review on the shooting of a Tawas man following a single vehicle accident Feb. 3 along I-75.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP – Michigan State Police (MSP) Marijuana and Tobacco Investigation Section (MTIS), in cooperation with the Ogemaw County Prosecuting Attorney, with assistance from MSP’s Emergency Support Team (ES Team) and the MSP West Branch Post, executed two residential search warrants o…
TAWAS CITY – Appearing before Iosco County 23rd Circuit Court Judge David C. Riffel, Justine Marie Johnson, 22, Oscoda, pleaded guilty on Monday to two felony counts associated with the death of her 3-year-old daughter.
CRAWFORD COUNTY – On Friday, Feb. 3, at approximately 9 p.m., a trooper and a cadet from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Houghton Lake Post responded to a vehicle in the ditch on northbound I-75, north of the West Federal Highway exit in Beaver Creek Township in Crawford County.
LANSING – The Michigan State Police (MSP) is pleased to announce the graduation of Lieutenant Mike Brown from Purdue University Global, where he recently earned a Master of Science degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
TAWAS Twp. – A Tawas Township man who was reported this past week as missing, was found deceased a short time later.
PLAINFIELD Twp. – Michigan State Police (MSP) West Branch Post troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash which occurred in Plainfield Township this past weekend. It took place on Vaughn Road, near Davison Road, at about noon on Saturday.
BALDWIN Twp. – A number of resources were called in recently, as the East Tawas Fire Department (ETFD) and other emergency responders battled a blaze at a home in Baldwin Township.
OSCODA — The Oscoda Township Police Department has received reports of counterfeit $20 bills circulating area businesses.
