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Please wear face mask at Mackinac Bridge toll booths

Wear your face mask at Mackinac Bridge toll booths. The bridge Twitter account, run by the Michigan Department of Transportation, issued the call on Tuesday, saying drivers need the coverings during transactions, “even though it takes just a few seconds.” “Our collectors interact with thousands of customers each day, so […]

MSP traffic stops lead to 3 arrests for drugs

On Wednesday, July 29, at about noon, a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste Marie Post conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Seymour St near 4th Avenue in Sault Ste Marie. Following an on-scene investigation, a 25-year-old St. Ignace man was arrested for possession of […]

Boat crashes Mac Island breakwall; Coast Guard rescues

Late Monday night, Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Station St. Ignace, and Mackinac Marine Rescue MEDIVAC’d four people from Mackinac Island after their boat collided with the harbor break wall. At approximately 11:30 p.m. EST, Sector Sault Sainte Marie Command Center received a call that a recreational vessel with […]

Man dies in motorcycle accident on US-2

MACKINAC COUNTY, Mich — Mackinac County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on US-2 near River Road in Garfield Township. Deputies and Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post were called to the scene Saturday afternoon for a two vehicle accident involving a […]