Category Archives: News Talk 1340 AM

HIGH-SPEED PASS, NO SEAT BELTS: ONE DEAD IN U.S. 41 CRASH
The Oconto County Sheriff's Office has identified the Milwaukee man who died earlier this month in a crash on U.S. 41. Thirty-four-year-old Stephen Cummins was killed in the crash, which happened arou...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 24, 2025

SIX-MILE CLOSURE BREAKS KEY SNOWMOBILE LINK BETWEEN CRYSTAL FALLS AND SAGOLA
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a section of Snowmobile Trail UP-16 is now closed in Iron and Dickinson counties due to a change in private land access. The closure impacts a six-mil...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 24, 2025

Suspected Vehicle Thief Arrested at Marinette Probation Office
On December 5th, the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a stolen vehicle. The complainant told deputies a man, later identified as James Nys of Wausaukee, had taken a 1995 D...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 23, 2025

Marinette County Officers Honored for Lifesaving Actions
The Marinette County Sheriff's Office has presented lifesaving commendation bars to Corrections Officer Chad Huston, Corrections Officer Bailee Michalski, and Deputy Bryan Veriha for their actions tha...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 23, 2025

Former Navy Secretary Appointed Board Chairman at Marinette Marine
Shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine has appointed former U.S. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite as chairman of its board of directors. The appointment was announced December 19th by Ge...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 23, 2025

MENOMINEE MAN SENTENCED TO UP TO 30 YEARS FOR METH DELIVERY
A Menominee man has been sentenced to prison following a methamphetamine investigation involving multiple controlled drug buys. Forty-two-year-old Mark Anthony Pelon, of Menominee, was sentenced to se...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 22, 2025

NAVY SCALES BACK MARINETTE FRIGAT PROGRAM, BALDWIN BLASTS DECISION
The U.S. Navy has announced plans to move forward with a new frigate program based on the Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter design, following last month's decision to scale back the Constellation-clas...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 22, 2025

PUFF Cannabis Dispute Heads Toward Court, Employees Urge City to Reconsider
The future of a proposed PUFF Cannabis dispensary in Menominee remains uncertain, as company representatives and employees pressed city leaders to honor prior approvals and allow the business to open....
Melissa Ebsch Dec 17, 2025

HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS CAUSE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS IN OCONTO COUNTY
Oconto County Sheriff Todd Skarban reported at approximately 12 pm, the Oconto County Sheriff's Office Emergency Dispatch Center started receiving multiple notifications of numerous vehicles in the di...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 17, 2025

ONE VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF PENSAUKEE
On Monday, December 15, 2025 at approximately 8:45 pm, the Oconto County Sheriff's Office Emergency Dispatch Center was notified of a one vehicle rollover accident with injuries, on USH 41 at Brooksid...
Melissa Ebsch Dec 17, 2025








