MONROE TOWNSHIP

A 77-year-old man has been arrested for shooting at employees over a dispute at a Monroe Township business.

A fatal fire in Monroe County has left a family mourning as their 2-year-old was trapped inside the home.

A 2-year-old child died after being trapped inside a burning home in Monroe County.

Both directions of US-23 were closed in part of Monroe County early Friday morning.

An 18-year-old woman is facing an assault with intent to murder charge after she fired shots at a man outside his home in Monroe Township, according to authorities.

Out of all the railroad crossings in the City of Monroe, it’s what’s missing on the east side that is raising a lot of concern for those in the area. It’s the lack of safety arms or gates.

DNR officer, firefighter jump off cliff into Lake Monroe to save teen stranded in cold water

Officials say a Frenchtown Township man has been arrested for his part in committing vandalism to multiple businesses within Monroe Township over the past several months.

Two people were rescued from an overturned boat on Lake Erie overnight Sunday in Monroe County.

A wild crime spree in Monroe County has three children facing possible charges. The youngest is just eight years old.

Three juveniles have been arrested in connection with an alleged crime spree in Monroe Township that involved a stolen vehicle and retail fraud.

Police correctly predicted where a “bank robbery crew” that targeted three branches in Monroe County would commit their 15th bank robbery in the fifth different state, and after a 50-mile, high-speed car chase, two members of the group were taken into custody, officials said.

A teenager was lured to an area in Monroe Township over the weekend where two men beat him while a girl recorded the attack and posted it on social media, according to police.

A man robbed a Monroe County bank Wednesday and escaped in an SUV before police could arrive, authorities said.

Authorities identified the man as Francis Brown III, a Monroe Township Fire Department lieutenant.

A 37-year-old Monroe man went missing Sunday after a boat crash on Laplaisance Creek in Monroe Township’s Bolles Harbor.

A 47-year-old man was shot in the face Friday at a Monroe Township home, according to officials.

A 29-year-old Monroe man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 29-year-old woman.

A 29-year-old woman was killed and a man was taken into custody at a home in Monroe County, officials said.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Monroe County deputy and a member of the Monroe Township Fire Department were both hospitalized Friday morning after their vehicles collided while responding to the same emergency. Authorities say that at about 7:48 a.m. Friday, the Monroe County sheriff deputy was traveling westbound on Dunbar Road while responding to an emergency call. Officials say the truck was driven by a member of the Monroe Township Fire Department, who was actually responding to the same emergency as the deputy. The deputy was conscious and alert following the crash, according to authorities. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who has any information is asked to contact police at 734-242-3500.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Officials are investigating after a 47-year-old man was held down by two men while a woman stabbed him multiple times. The incident happened Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Union Street in Monroe Township. Police said the 47-year-old victim was walking on Union Street when he saw a suspicious vehicle parked in a private parking lot. He told police he approached the vehicle and confronted two men and one woman who were inside the vehicle. Police said the two men held the victim down while the woman stabbed him.

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MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – On Monday at 9:41 a.m. Michigan State Police troopers from the Monroe Post were dispatched to a two-vehicle injury crash on I-75 near Laplaisance Road. A Toyota minivan occupied by a 25-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son were traveling north on I-75. The minivan struck the back of a commercial box truck that was slowing down due to traffic congestion caused by construction. Northbound I-75 was closed for several hours while Michigan State Police investigated the crash. Owen Hall of the Monroe Post at 734-242-3500.

MONROE COUNTY, Mich. – Video shows the moments before and after a man was shot by Michigan State Police in Monroe County on Monday. The footage confirms the man was approaching an officer with a knife and it shows the encounter only lasted a few seconds. Police said they were responding to a call about a suspicious man with a knife yelling at cars. The man with the knife keeps approaching and after a few seconds, just after the officer moves out of frame, the officer fires. It is up to the prosecutor to decide if there will be charges filed against the officer or the man with the knife.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. Troopers opened fire on a man armed with a knife in Monroe County. READ: Michigan State Police respond to trooper-involved shooting in Monroe CountyTroopers spent most of the evening processing the scene. They said a man with a knife was seen yelling at cars when Michigan State Police troopers arrived. Shortly after they arrived, shots were fired. Police arent confirming how many times the man was shot or what led to the trooper firing at the man.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. Michigan State Police are on the scene of a trooper-involved shooting in Monroe Township. It happened on Monday evening on the South Dixie Highway near Dunbar. Police said they responded to a call about a suspicious man walking the streets with a knife and yelling at cars.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Three children and a driver were taken to a hospital after their pickup truck was hit by a train in Monroe Township, police said. The pickup truck was driving near the intersection of Telegraph and Albain roads around 7:20 a.m. Thursday, according to authorities. The pickup truck was struck by a CSX train while crossing the tracks on a private drive just south of the intersection, officials said. The scene where a pickup truck was struck by a train Dec. 19, 2019, in Monroe Township. A pickup truck that was struck by a train Dec. 19, 2019, in Monroe Township.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Three people were rescued after their boat started to sink in Monroe County early Saturday morning. Here’s the info from the Monroe Township Fire-Rescue Department:This morning in the early morning hours Monroe Township, LaSalle Township, Monroe City Fire and Coast Guard Toledo station rescue boat was dispatched to 3 individuals taking on water possibly 1 mile off the coast of Avalon beach in Monroe Township. Shortly after being dispatch the 3 individual’s boat was half-submerged and the individuals had to enter the water. Within minutes of being dispatched Monroe Township Boat 2, LaSalle Marine 1 and Monroe City Marine 1 launched their rescue boats heading to the possible last known location of the 3 individuals in the water. Coast Guard Toledo rescue boat was able to locate the victims and extract them from the freezing water, one of the Coast Guard rescuers had to enter the water to help the victims up and onto the rescue boat.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 25-year-old woman was critically injured Tuesday when she tried to climb onto a moving pickup truck, fell off and got run over during an argument in Monroe County, police said. The incident happened at 3:02 a.m. Tuesday within the Oakridge Estates Mobile Home Park in Monroe Township, according to authorities. Three people got into a 1995 Ford F-350 pickup truck and tried to leave the scene, police said. The 25-year-old woman climbed onto the side of the truck as it began to accelerate, according to officials. She fell from the truck onto the road was was run over as the truck continued, police said.

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A 19-year-old man was struck by a semi truck and killed Monday after failing to yield at an intersection in Monroe Township, police said. Michigan State Police troopers were called at 1:35 p.m. Monday to the intersection of South Dixie Highway and Albain Road, according to authorities. He entered the intersection at Dixie Highway without yielding to oncoming traffic, officials said. He was struck by a semi truck heading south on South Dixie Highway, according to authorities. The semi truck driver, a 41-year-old man from Ohio, was taken to ProMedica Monroe with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.