Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University seeks volunteers for its annual Kids Against Hunger meal-packaging drive that will occur on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, from 7 AM to 4 PM in the Superior Room in the Walker Cisler Student and Conference Center on the LSSU campus. The […]
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Information needed on dog shooting
Troopers of the MSP Sault Ste. Marie Post are investigating a report of a dog being shot and injured near a residence on West M-80, in Kinross, Michigan. This incident reportedly took place at approximately 5:30 pm, on Thursday, September 17, 2020. It is reported the dog was shot in […]
Rudyard resident arrested on child sex charges
SAULT STE MARIE, MI — On September 16, 2020 troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post received a request to assist the South Dakota Criminal Investigation Division with an investigation. The troopers contacted the suspect, 25-year-old Waylon Staricha formerly from Volga, South Dakota. Staricha had recently […]
Sault Ste Marie woman arrested for OWI 3rd offense
ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI — On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at about 4:10 am, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) in Houghton Lake stopped to check on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of south US-127 near mile marker 202 in Lyon Township. The driver was asleep behind the wheel […]
Lake Superior State University Cancels “Great Lake State Weekend” Fall Homecoming to Play Things Safe During COVID-19,While Continuing Face-to-Face Classes
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University has cancelled its annual fall homecoming, Great Lake State Weekend, out of an abundance of caution due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to hold classes face-to-face during the semester. “Every fall, we look forward to welcoming our alumni and […]
Lake Superior State University Repeats as Among the Best in Annual College Rankings from “U.S. News & World Report”
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University again ranks as one of the best institutions in higher education, according to U.S. News & World Report. The 2021 college rankings singled out LSSU in three categories that it had also made in 2020: best regional colleges in the Midwest; […]
Prisoners cause major disturbance and take over housing unit at Chippewa Correctional (URF).
LANSING — Prisoners took control of a housing unit at Chippewa Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula for about five hours after a fight Sunday night, a Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman said Monday. Prisoners did extensive damage to the unit, breaking equipment and glass and causing minor flooding, but spokesman Chris Gautz […]
High speed chase results in man’s arrest in Sault
Sunday night, Sept 6, at about 11pm the Chippewa County Sheriff deputies observed a north bound vehicle run a stop sign in Rudyard at a high rate of speed. Deputies gave chase on Mackinac Trail with speeds reaching 100 mph and the driver running through two additional stop signs on […]
Introduction to Forestry Assistance Program and forestry in the lake states.
My name is Dylan Parker; I am the district forester for the Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District. Some of you already know me and may have had me out to look at your forest land. If you have, you already know that my primary role for the district is to […]
Man arrested at Sugar Island Ferry after tense situation
A 38-year-old Sugar Island man created a tense situation at the ferry in the early morning hours on Saturday that led to the arrest of Donald Rice of Sugar Island. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office responded about midnight of a man “out of control” and driving recklessly on the Sugar […]