9/12/2024

IRONWOOD - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced yesterday that 28-year-old Robert Lee Reynolds of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Ironwood, Mich., was sentenced for possessing a stolen firearm.  According to a press release, U.S. District Court Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Reynolds to 120 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm that he stole from a victim in Ironwood.  In May 2023, the Ironwood Public Safety Department learned that Reynolds stole a pistol from an individual in Ironwood and then threatened to kill that individual. Reynolds later appeared on social media, where he recorded himself brandishing a pistol and threatening more people.  Investigators eventually found Reynolds and the stolen gun in a vehicle Reynolds was driving in Menominee. Reynolds fled from the police before turning himself in after a standoff. 

9/12/2024

UPPER MICHIGAN - Bear hunting season officially started yesterday for much of Upper Michigan.  The DNR’s Bear and Small Game Specialist says the U.P. bear population is strong with estimates at just under 11,000 bears in the U.P., that equates to about one bear for every two square miles.  The DNR determines who gets bear hunting licenses through a lottery system.  There are three bear hunting seasons in the U.P. This first one ends on Oct. 21.

9/12/2024

N. WISCONSIN – In Wisconsin the Archery and Crossbow deer season starts Saturday.  DNR officials held a virtual press conference giving hunters an idea of what this season might look like.   While last season wasn't ideal for most hunters, Jeff Pritzl from the DNR says there should be more deer spotted this year, but that it might not translate to more being harvested until next year.