89th District Court
District CourtRecords onlineDockets onlinePayments online
Contact
- Address
- 870 S. Main, Cheboygan County Courthouse, Cheboygan, MI 49721
- Phone
- (231) 627-8809
- Hours
- Weekdays 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (excluding holidays)
Judges (1)
- Honorable Michael J. EkdahlChief Judge
Court contacts
ADA Coordinator
Ms. Jodi Barrette(231) 627-8809
Court Administrator
Ms. Jodi Barrette(231) 627-8809
Language Access Coordinator
Ms. Dawn Reo(231) 627-8809
Filing and payment
- E-filing (MiFILE)
- Not on SCAO's statewide MiFILE court list (checked 8/27/2026, list dated 7/23/2025) — either not yet on MiFILE, or on a system this particular list doesn't track. Verify directly with the court.
- Payments
- 'Make a Payment' option on the court's website for fines, costs, and restitution
- Forms
- SCAO District Court forms via courts.mi.gov
- Local administrative orders
- Referenced (numbered sequentially per calendar year) but specific orders not itemized on the pages reviewed
Jurisdiction
- Divisions
- Address: 870 S. Main Street, PO Box 70, Cheboygan, MI 49721. Phone (231) 627-8809, email d89@cheboygancounty.net. Judge Michael J. Ekdahl (appointed Feb. 2024). CONFIRMED shared with Presque Isle County -- explicitly stated on Presque Isle's own page for this same court ('composed of Presque Isle and Cheboygan Counties'). Handles Criminal, Traffic, and Civil divisions (small claims, general civil, landlord-tenant).
- Special dockets
- Sobriety Court program for substance-related offenses
- Shared court
- Serves Cheboygan, Presque Isle (confirmed)
Also worth knowing
- Family court plan
- Cheboygan County MCR 8.117 plan
SCAO court code D89~1. Compiled from the Michigan SCAO trial court directory and this court's own website, last checked 2026-08-29. Confirm anything time-sensitive with the court directly.