The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $800,000 for bridge preventive maintenance, including substructure patching, temporary supports and substructure surface sealer, on the M-134 overpass at I-75, Mackinac County. Work will begin Monday, July 29 and is estimated to end November 1. Work will require single-lane closures on northbound […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet CrimesAgainst Children (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Jacob Tyler Dumas 21, for child sexually abusive activity – aggravated, possession of child sexually abusive material, and using a computer to commit a crime. Dumas was […]

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, MI.- On Saturday, July 6, 2024, at approximately 9:48 p.m. troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to a motorcycle crash involving two other vehicles on Thumb Lake Road near Springbrook Road in Boyne Valley Township. The rider of the motorcycle, a 40-year-old man from Elmira, […]

Joseph Aloysius Nolan JR, age 85 of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, previously plead guiltyto three felony counts including one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree (a15-year felony) and two additional counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fourth Degree. Hewas sentenced today, July 2, 2024, by the […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ­and Ontario – The annual International Bridge Walk scheduled for today, Saturday, June 29, has been cancelled due to inclement weather.  Organizers will consider alternatives for this year’s event and provide updates on social media soon. For more information, check www.facebook.com/ssmbridgewalk.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ­and Ontario – The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic during the annual International Bridge Walk Saturday, June 29.  The bridge will close to vehicle traffic at 8:45 a.m. and will reopen at approximately 10:45 a.m.  This year’s walk will stage from […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Nurses at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault on Tuesday voted to ratify a new contract that will help recruit and retain the RNs needed to take care of the community now and into the future.  “We’re proud of our solidarity and strength as a union that made […]

Due to elevated levels of E. coli bacteria detected in samples collected Monday, June 24, 2024, the Chippewa County Health Department has issued a No Body Contact Advisory for Sugar Island Township Park, on the north shore of Sugar Island and the Brimley State Park People are advised to avoid […]

MACKINAC COUNTY — The Sheriff’s Office said a woman died after a couple was thrown from their motorcycle on Thursday night. Deputies were called to M-134 near Prentiss Bay Road around 10:30 p.m., where they said the motorcycle had hit a deer. The driver had several injuries that were not […]

Planes, trains and automobiles are what it takes for a thriving industrial infrastructure, and a giant leap in that direction is coming to the U.P. — a $7.3 million transportation and logistics hub at the Chippewa County Industrial Park in Kincheloe. State and federal grants have supported the creation of the new […]