5/20/2025

ONTONAGON COUNTY - Check in is a little different at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.  For now, visitors will need to head to a temporary visitor center at the park’s winter sports complex. The park’s regular Visitor Center is undergoing a $1 million overhaul project that started back in January.  The park is hoping to have renovations finished by the end of June.

5/20/2025

MENOMINEE COUNTY - The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested two teens following a high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle on Saturday.  Around 12:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon police say a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old boy had fled during an attempted traffic stop, traveling at speeds more than 100 mph and passing other motorists recklessly.  The driver and a 14-year-old girl then fled into the woods and separated. The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office K9 and Drone Teams worked in conjunction to track the suspects through the heavily wooded swamps.  The two were arrested about 2 hours later.  The vehicle was found to have been reported stolen from downstate Michigan. 

5/19/2025

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The search continues for Lac du Flambeau resident, 37-year-old Melissa Besson. She was reported missing on March 23 after last being seen on March 17th, walking on Indain Village Road, near Wayman Lane in Lac du Flambeau. The Lac du Flambeau Tribe is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the return of Melissa Beson and/or the arrest and prosecution of anyone involved in her disappearance. Both the tribe and the Lac du Flambeau Tribal Police Department continue to ask for the public’s help in locating her. Beson is a Native American female, 5’7”, with a medium build, brown hair and brown eyes. She has numerous tattoos, including on her neck, arms and legs. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lac du Flambeau Tribal P.D. or the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office.