6/06/2025

MARENISCO – Austin Calderon is the new Marenisco police chief lifetime area resident Austin Calderon lives on Lake Gogebic, went to school in Marenisco, Gogebic Community College, where he studied law enforcement. He completed his law enforcement training at Nicolet College in Rhinelander. His law enforcement experience has all been in the area. Former Police Chief James Webber trained with Calderon and handed the keys over on May 30th. Township supervisor Bruce Mahler said the fact that Calderon has lived in the area most of his life and is committed to staying was something the townships board of trustees liked a lot

6/06/2025

GOGEBIC COUNTY - The Gogebic County Board Commissioners accepted a contract that will hopefully fill the need for medical examiner services in the area. A remote presentation by director of Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka, Minnesota preceded the unanimous vote. Those services are slated to begin July 1st with the motion to end the county’s current contract for cause with the Michigan Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine in Saginaw was also passed, with commissioner James Lorenson commenting it went without saying that the board was not happy with the current service.

6/06/2025

MINOCQUA — One person is dead after a one-vehicle rollover crash in Minocqua yesterday.  Just before 11 a.m. the Minocqua Police Department responded to a one-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 51 near Timber Ridge Road. Minocqua PD say, a vehicle was going north and went into the east ditch on Highway 51, hit a culvert and flipped over.  The driver - the only occupant in the vehicle - was pronounced dead at the scene.