CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. – Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) received a report from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant has been identified in ChippewaCounty. Delta is more than twice as contagious as previous variants, is driving the increase in cases in Michigan and […]
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UPDATE: Active search on for missing 4-year-old autistic child in Mackinac County
UPDATE – The Mackinac County Sheriff is reporting that little Madison Yale has been found alive and safe and is eating cookies with the rescuers. Thank you to all the volunteers that assisted with the search for Madison and all the readers who offered up prayers for her safe return! […]
Child Sex Trafficking Sting Results in Three Local Arrests
At about 6:00 pm on Monday, August 16, Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bitnar held a Facebook Live video conference, assisted by Sault Ste Marie Police Chief Wes Bierling and Sault Tribe Police Chief Robert Marchand, to announce the arrest of three men on Friday, August 13, as the result of […]
Ambulance Transfer Update for Community
Local agencies are working together on securing ambulance transportation for patients from our local hospitals to other facilities for additional treatment. Like many industries, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are experiencing staffing shortages across the nation. In addition to low staffing numbers, each ambulance service has an obligation to comply with […]
Luce County leads the state with largest percentage of population drop
LANSING — Though Michigan’s population grew by 2% between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, most Michigan counties lost residents, according to data released Thursday. Of Michigan’s 83 counties, 50 lost residents over the 10-year period. And no counties lost residents at higher rates than ones in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan’s […]
20-year-old dies after single-vehicle crash in Newberry
LUCE COUNTY, MI – A 20-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in the Upper Peninsula. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post, Jaden Caswell of Luce County was killed in the crash, which occurred on M-123 near Charcoal Grade Road in Luce County’s […]
DISH Network drops Local 32, WFQX, from their lineup
CADILLAC, MI., August 12, 2021 – WFQX, Local 32/Cadillac Telecasting Company announced today that DISH Network will stop carrying WFQX, Local 32 on Friday, August 13th at 5pm. Local 32 is your local news station with a large responsibility to keep our devoted viewers informed through our newscasts. Local 32, a FOX affiliate, […]
Police investigate homicide in SSM – UPDATED
UPDATE – On August 11, Jacob Russell Mckerchie, a 28 year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, was released from the War Memorial Hospital and lodged at the Chippewa County Correctional Facility by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department. On August 12, Jacob Mckerchie was arraigned in the 91st District Court on […]
Riverside Medical to join forces with War Memorial Hospital
Sault Sainte Marie, MI – September 2021 will bring a change for the 30+ year old medical practice of Riverside Medical Associates, P.C. (“Riverside Medical”). The founding and long-standing owners of Riverside Medical, Drs. Ockenfels, Mackie, and Tetzlaff, announce that an agreement has been reached with War Memorial Hospital, Inc. […]
Attempted Murder suspect shoots self in car chase
Troopers from the Manistique Outpost were assisted by Sault Tribal Police Dept, Manistique Public Safety, Schoolcraft County Sheriff’s Dept, and DNR officers in the attempt to locate a wanted subject out of St. Louis Missouri yesterday afternoon. At approximately 3:45pm, a “be on the lookout” (BOL) was issued by St. […]