On 08/30/23 at approximately 4:22pm, Chippewa County Sheriff’s Deputies and Traffic Crash Investigators were dispatched to a Personal Injury Traffic Crash that occurred on South Bound I-75 near the 375 Mile Marker, Rudyard Township. Upon arrival Deputies observed a mini-van had struck a side-by-side ORV that was traveling on the […]

The Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority (SSMBA) has approved a toll rate increase for the International Bridge. As its quarterly meeting in Ottawa and Sault, Mich. on Aug. 16, the approval was made with U.S. currency passenger vehicle fare for users paying with cash or credit increasing to $4.10 from […]

The Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the conviction and sentence of Chippewa Countysex offender Shawn Alex Vert on August 24, 2023. On March 17, 2022, Vert (age 35) was sentenced by the Honorable James P. Lambros of the 50th CircuitCourt in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to 35 years to […]

MACKINAC COUNTY, MI — Two people were killed in a head-on crash Tuesday morning and a third person was injured The crash took place around 1:15 a.m. in the area of U.S.-2 near H-33 in Newton Township. While an investigation is underway, police believe speed was a factor in the […]

UPDATE: CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI — The U.S. Marshals have confirmed a shooting took place Wednesday that left one person hospitalized and that a suspect wanted by police for child abduction is dead. US Marshalls identified the suspect as Giovanni McNab, who was wanted in Missouri for abduction and parental kidnapping. U.S. Marshals […]

CC SORVA is a local non-profit group dedicated to improve riding of Off Road Vehicles (ORV’s) in theEastern UP. The club recently obtained approval and funding to open up 38 miles of connector trailsbetween Strongs and Brimley, Strongs and Hulbert, and Strongs and Trout Lake. These trails are inaddition to […]

This summer, U.P. public health departments teamed up to promote the importance of local public health, to raise awareness of the public health services provided in local communities, and to build stronger community relationships. To bring these goals to life, the six U.P. health departments formed the U.P. Local Public […]

The Mackinac Bridge is auctioning off bridge tokens that stopped being accepted at the end of 2022. According to the bridge, there are 96 used circulated tokens being auctioned off in various conditions and random tokens. The Mackinac Bridge Authority stopped accepting tokens as of Sept. 10, 2019, but still […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is taking a major step in addressing homelessness in the community. The Tribe has converted a former motel into transitional housing to create what is only the second homeless shelter in the Upper Peninsula. What used […]