top of page
Search

11/20/2025

  • jesse4430
  • Nov 20, 2025
  • 1 min read

HOUGHTON - A hearing was held yesterday involving one of two suspects in a Houghton County murder two years ago.  Houghton County Circuit Court Judge Brittany Bulleit ruled on two defendant motions raised in Margaret Kempainen’s pre-trial hearing in September. The first motion was for the discovery of privileged information and the other, a motion to suppress statements. Both were denied by Judge Bulleit. Kempainen is charged with two counts of murder for the shooting death of her 87-year-old father-in-law Alvin Kempainen on Dec. 18, 2023. She was identified as a suspect for Alvin’s death alongside two others, her adult son Jacob Kempainen and a then-16-year-old whose name was withheld.  Kempainen’s defense attorney will most likely appeal the judge’s rulings. Margaret’s jury trial is scheduled for Jan. 26.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
9/04/2026

IRONWOOD / UP (AP) — Diesel has hit a new record price in the U.S., soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever. Because diesel is used for many freight and delivery networks, high

 
 
 
9/04/2026

VILAS COUNTY - A Michigan man has been arrested in the April death of a St. Germain man in Florence County. Mark Allan Johnson ll, of Kingsford, Mich., was taken into custody last week in Dickinson C

 
 
 
9/04/2026

PRICE COUNTY - A 72-year-old man died after his UTV veered off the road causing a rollover Wednesday in Price County near Phillips. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was not weari

 
 
 

Comments

bottom of page