Ryan Jeltema

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MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A 28-year-old man died two weeks after he sustained a gunshot wound inside the Family Dollar store at Clio Road and Stewart Avenue. Mt. Morris Township police confirmed Nico Carter Jr. died in a Detroit-area hospital on Friday from injuries sustained in the shooting on April 25. He suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen during the incident.

1 week ago | abc12.com | Ryan Jeltema

GRATIOT COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A farmer preparing a Gratiot County field for planting found a missing woman's body on Saturday evening. The Gratiot County Sheriff's Office believes the body was a woman who walked away from MyMichigan Medical Center-Alma in February. Her remains were transferred to Genesee County for positive identification. Investigators say the farmer was spraying a field along Alger Road north of M-46 when he discovered the remains around 7:20 p.m. Saturday.

1 week ago | abc12.com | Ryan Jeltema

BEAVERTON, Mich. (WJRT) - Two young Amish girls sustained critical injuries when an SUV hit their buggy in a rural area of Gladwin County on Friday evening. The Gladwin County Sheriff's Office says the buggy was traveling south on Bard Road when a Mount Pleasant man driving a Nissan Versa slammed into the back near Calhoun Road in Beaverton Township around 8:25 p.m.Ambulances rushed girls age 1 and 10, who were riding in the back of the buggy, to MyMichigan Medical Center in Midland.

2 weeks ago | abc12.com | Ryan Jeltema

MIDLAND COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Two brothers from Midland County have been charged in connection with the 2020 homicide of Thelma Hofmann. Court records show 32-year-old James Hintz and 29-year-old Kody Hintz face several charges, including open murder, for the shooting death of 70-year-old Hofmann in November 2020. Investigators believe she was standing inside the living room of her residence on East Bradford Road in Mount Haley Township when someone outside the house shot her.

2 weeks ago | abc12.com | Ryan Jeltema

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Two Genesee County residents brought home a lot more than memories from a recent trip to the Upper Peninsula. The members of an organized lottery club won the $2 million top prize in the Michigan Lottery's 100X instant game with a ticket purchased at the Trout Lake Speedy Mart on M-123 in the Upper Peninsula. One of the lottery players has a cabin in the U.P., which they visit often.