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. 

5/14/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN - Hunters in the will be able to shoot antlerless deer with a bow for the first time since 2015. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission approved changes to the 2025 deer hunting season.  “Doe with a bow” has the support of many groups, including the U.P. Deer Advisory Team.  Archery season will be October 1 to November 14 and December 1 to January 1, 2026.  The Department of Natural Resources eliminated archery season after rough winters in 2013 and 2014 resulted in low deer numbers throughout the U.P.