CRIME & SAFETY

Michigan State Police said that a Remus man is dead and three other people are injured after a pickup truck crashed into two other cars in Isabella County Wednesday night. MSP said the crash happened on Pickard Road near Enterprise Drive in Isabella County around 10 p.m. Wednesday. They said that a 37-year-old man from East China was driving a pickup truck and crossed the centerline, hitting a car driven by a 23-year-old woman from Lake before hitting a second car that was driven by a 71-year-old man from Remus. They said that the second car rolled after it was hit. According to MSP, the Remus man died on the scene despite life saving efforts. They said that the driver of the pick up truck was taken to the nearest hospital with serious injuries, while the Lake woman and her passenger suffered only minor injuries. Michigan State Police said the crash remains under investigation, but alcohol may be a factor in the crash.

MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Michigan man who kept his dead wife’s body in a freezer for months to prison. Isabella County Circuit Judge Mark Duthie sentenced Terrell York to two to eight years in prison, exceeding advisory guidelines that ranged from zero to 12 months, MLive.com reported. Duthie told York in court that the facts of his case were “horrible,” and that family and friends deserve closure when a person dies. “A person’s body after death should be treated with dignity,” Dutchie said. “It should be treated with respect. It shouldn’t be stuffed in a freezer like a piece of meat. Your conduct is outrageous.” York declined the chance to speak during the sentencing.

ISABELLA COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - There was a heightened law enforcement presence in Shepherd overnight while authorities searched for a young male who escaped briefly. Deputies responded to a report from a private transport company, saying a young man ran away while he was using the restroom. The Isabella County...

SHEPHERD, MI – A juvenile Antrim County male has been caught after escaping custody during transport Monday evening. Shepherd Police Department officials say the juvenile escaped from his transporters Monday evening, Nov. 27, at the McDonald’s off of Blanchard Road near U.S. 127 in the village. If you...

Fire officials in Mt. Pleasant are investigating a house fire that occurred on Thanksgiving. Crews were sent to the five thousand block of Kay Street around 8:00 P.M. where heavy smoke could be seen coming from the home. Officials say there was moderate smoke and fire damage to the structure, though no one was injured in the blaze. The Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Fire Department and Mobile Medical Response were at the scene for mutual aid.

Dustin Sweet, 24 of Lansing, is in the Isabella County Jail after a November 13 incident that turned into a police chase that led from Clare into Rosebush at 3:43 pm Monday and ended with the apprehension of a 24-year-old man, identified as Sweet, wielding a handgun and shooting at an officer and his vehicle.

In Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, a dryer fire occurred in a multi-unit apartment complex, temporarily displacing some Central Michigan University students. The fire was quickly brought under control, but the bathroom-laundry area was destroyed and the apartment suffered heavy smoke damage. Additionally, the local police departments responded to incidents including a hit-and-run accident and a vehicle stop.

UPDATE 11/21/23 6 p.m. MT. PLEASANT — Some Central Michigan University students are temporarily displaced after an apartment fire early Tuesday morning. Mount Pleasant Fire Chief Doug Lobsinger said they received a call a little after 1 a.m. Tuesday for a dryer fire at a multi unit complex on Appian Way. When firefighters arrived smoke was coming from a second story window.