Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Gogebic County, Michigan, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Gogebic County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Gogebic County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Gogebic County
The Gogebic County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Gogebic County. It reported 86 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Gogebic County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Ironwood, 4,938 residents: 79 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Gogebic County: the Gogebic County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Gogebic County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Gogebic County Sheriff's Office: 86 for 2025, 109 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 94 for 2022, 138 for 2021 and 176 for 2020.
- Ironwood: 79 for 2025, 63 for 2024, 85 for 2023, 89 for 2022, 73 for 2021 and 39 for 2020.
- Watersmeet Township: 7 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Marenisco Township: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 165 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 165 in 2025 against 172 in 2024, down 4.1 percent.
Through March 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 46 arrests, against 42 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gogebic County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gogebic County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 17 people, down from about 31 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 32 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office at gogebic.gov/government/county_offices/jail.php (page title: Welcome to Gogebic County, MI), phone (906)667-0203, 100 W. Iron St. Bessemer, MI 49911, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Gogebic County
An arrest in Gogebic County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Gogebic County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gogebic.gov/district_court.php, phone (906)663-4611); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at gogebic.gov/government/county_offices/prosecutors_office.php, phone (906)667-0471).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Gogebic County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (906)667-0203.
- An arrest in Ironwood: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Gogebic County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (906)667-0471, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Gogebic County Circuit Court, through the court records page at gogebic.gov/district_court.php, phone (906)663-4611.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at gogebic.gov/i_want_to/apply_for/foia.php (page title: Welcome to Gogebic County, MI).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Gogebic County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Gogebic County: Ironwood. Bessemer and Wakefield have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list. The FBI's list also carries the Marenisco Township Police Department and the Watersmeet Township Police Department as city agencies in Gogebic County; Marenisco Township and Watersmeet Township are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Gogebic County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Gogebic County each year?
The Gogebic County Sheriff's Office reported 86 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 165 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gogebic County?
Ask the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office at (906)667-0203; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gogebic.gov.
Where are people arrested in Gogebic County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gogebic County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Gogebic County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at gogebic.gov/i_want_to/apply_for/foia.php.
Is this the official Gogebic County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.