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MENOMINEE, MI— A Menominee woman has been sentenced for stealing a credit card and trying to bring drugs into a jail. Menominee County Prosecutor Jeffrey Rogg says Terry Kortz, 37, took a credit card that was inadvertently left at a cash register and immediately tried to spend more than $500 online and in other ways.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) – A suspect is in custody after two separate incidents Sunday night and early Monday in Dickinson and Menominee counties. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Iron Mountain Post assisted the Iron Mountain Police Department at about 7:07 p.m. Sunday, November 8, as officers tried to locate a suspect who allegedly struck another person with his vehicle in the Walmart parking lot in Iron Mountain. The victim was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where they received treatment and were released with non-life-threatening injuries. Initial efforts to find the suspect after that incident were unsuccessful. At about 1:57 a.m. Monday, November 9, troopers from the Iron Mountain Post were dispatched to a reported arson of a camper at a residence on County Road 577 in Menominee County. Investigators believe the two incidents are connected and that the same suspect committed both. At about 9:50 a.m. Monday, troopers and deputies from the Menominee County Sheriff's Office took the suspect into custody without incident. The suspect, a 21-year-old man from Stephenson, is being held in the Dickinson County Jail. Police are not releasing his name until he is arraigned. Authorities will share more information when it becomes available.
ESCANABA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — The City of Escanaba is asking for the public's help after landscaping at the North Shore Boat Launch was damaged. The City of Escanaba Recreation Department posted photos on social media saying the incident has resulted in unnecessary costs and the use of city resources to repair the damage. Anyone with information about who may be responsible is asked to contact Kim Peterson at 906-786-4141. City officials add that surveillance cameras in the area were unable to capture the damage. COPYRIGHT 2026 BY MY UP NOW – WBUP/WJMN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED
DELTA AND DICKINSON COUNTIES, MI— The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is in talks to purchase. 60 miles of inactive rail line in the Upper Peninsula. The Parks and Recreation Division is in acquisition discussions with Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad for land the DNR could potentially use as a trail network.
