5/15/2025

MINOCQUA - A Minocqua man has been charged with fraud and other financial crimes.  39-year-old Cory Kromray is charged with eight counts of wire fraud and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity. The indictment alleges that between September 2018 and April 2025, Kromray accepted money from investors and promised to invest their funds into trade stocks, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and foreign currency exchange market. However, the indictment alleges that Kromray failed to invest the money as promised and he used the majority of the money for his own purposes.  If convicted, Kromray faces a maximum combined penalty of 30 years for all charges.  The investigation was conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

5/14/2025

IRONWOOD - Three people were arrested in Gogebic County following an investigation that uncovered a plan to distribute meth and other controlled substances in Gogebic County. GIANT -the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team arrested Shane Thomas Reinfelder, 39, of Pickford, Michigan; Isaac Wayne Sawyer, 31, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Layla Rose Filipek, 20, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, early Sunday morning, after GIANT investigators tracked their vehicle into Ironwood.  The investigation into the distribution plot began in early May when it was learned that Reinfelder was in the Milwaukee area, trying to obtain meth to bring back to Gogebic County.  All three arrested were arraigned in 98th District Court at the Gogebic County Courthouse on Tuesday.  Cash bonds of $100,000 each were set for Reinfelder and Sawyer.  Reinfelder also has a hold placed on him by Door County, Wisconsin.  Sawyer is on parole for armed robbery.  Filipek was given a $50,000 bond.  Additional court dates have not been set as of yet.

5/14/2025

BESSEMER – The Gogebic County Sheriffs Office Deputies and Michigan State Police Troopers are investigating two missing juveniles. 13-year-old Savannah Merrill and 15-year-old Kyler Breese were last seen in Bessemer, MI around midnight May 13. Police believed the two are voluntary runaways and together and may be headed towards Ashland, WI. Anyone with information is asked to contact either the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post or the Gogebic County Sheriffs Office.  We have more details about the two teens on the WUPM Facebook Page.