Iosco County News

Joseph Baker was not supposed to be at Sand Lake on Saturday. Neither were Debbie and Patrick DeSantis.

The Department of Natural Resources today announced that portions of the Old State House Off-Road Vehicle Trail and Route in Iosco County will be closed.

Bay City Police and Michigan State troopers were involved in a dramatic crash that stopped traffic and sent a parolee back to prison just one month after he'd been released.

Hide Video A divided Michigan House has voted to force the state to sell 475 acres of public land in northern Michigan to a golf course developer despite opposition from the Department of Natural Resources.

B ig changes could soon be on the way for some of northern Michigan cattle farmers.

The search for a missing Tawas woman has ended. The body of 81-year-old Emma Ruth Nichols was found today just before 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Iosco County Central Dispatch.

Story updated at 8 a.m. Deputies have released Thomas Township Trustee Timothy Ader from the Iosco County Jail after prosecutors charged him with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

TV5 has learned a Thomas Township board of trustee member has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Police in Midland and Iosco counties were investigating crashes that left two people dead Wednesday.

It's an old idea whose roots stretch to the Great Depression and the two World Wars.

Federal officials and Michigan State University researchers are working to control the sea lamprey population in the Great Lakes.

Department of Natural Resources officials today announced the VanEtten Lake State Forest Campground in Iosco County is reopening May 15, after receiving upgrades to the campground and boat launch.

TAWAS CITY - A man is headed to trial on a murder charge in the case of a Michigan woman who has been missing since 1980.

He would spend hours grooming his lawn, mowing it and pulling up weeds. On Thursday, Olenik died of a heart attack while blowing leaves off his precious green space.

A Livingston County resident initially charged with prostitution-related offenses was sentenced this morning to 15 days community service for creating a disturbance in a public place.

About a hundred people attended the public comment portion of Tuesday's meeting of the Mason County Board of Commissioners to show their support for the county creating an off-road vehicle ordinance.

Ronald J. Gwizdala, who retired from Saginaw's force in 2004, under the settlement would pay $35,000 to add five years worth of service -- which would qualify him for an additional $8,840 of pension pay per year -- to his 13-year tenure as an officer, city attorney Thomas H. Fancher said.

For the second time in two years, a former Iosco County sheriff's deputy has sued his department and landed a six-figure settlement.

The Lake Huron Regional Fishery Workshop is being held April 4 at the Franklin Inn, Bad Axe.

A deadly infection was sparking lots of concern in the Iosco County community of Hale Monday night.