Upper Peninsula (WLUC) – The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office is providing clarity on a press release they issued regarding the Governor’s mask mandate, and the challenges they’ll face when enforcing it in their community. “What I can enforce is writing a citation for someone not wearing a mask, the problem […]
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The 2020 Soo Film Festival has been canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soo Film Festival is looking into the feasibility of an online event at a later date. Soo Film Festival was scheduled for September 16-20 in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for its seventh year. Films were to screen at the historic Soo Theatre and Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District […]
Sault Tribe responds to false and misleading MUCC release
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — On June 24, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians asked the court in United States v. Michigan for a 90-day extension of the 2000 Consent Decree, as written, in order to allow the parties more time to negotiate a new decree. The Sault […]
House fire in Sault Ste Marie
On Thursday July 16th 2020, at approximately 3:15am both the City of Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department and Police Department were dispatched to a structure fire on the 200 block of West 12th Avenue in Sault Ste. Marie. Responders found the structure burning with flames and smoke present. The fire […]
Sault Sainte Marie Park Restroom Availability Summer 2020
The City of Sault Ste Marie reports that due to the COVID-19 pandemic they have been operating with limited staffing. Therefore, the City of Sault Sainte Marie will be opening only the following restrooms for public use beginning Friday, July 17, 2020. • Sherman Park – Two (2) Pit Toilets […]
11,207 vehicles crossed the International Bridge last month, most of them commercial trucks and commuters
So far, bridge traffic has been cut in half on a year-to-year basis with commercial trucks and commuter traffic making up the vast majority of crossings last month. Year-to-date, 264,811 vehicles crossed the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, a sharp drop of 57.2 per cent from last year. Traffic crossing […]
Fallen Rudyard Soldier Portrayed, Remembered in New Movie ‘The Outpost’
(9and10News.com) – Over the weekend, a movie about the Battle of Kamdesh debuted called “The Outpost,” and it has a special Northern Michigan connection. The Battle of Kamdesh was a deadly day in 2009 for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan and the movie tells the brave story of the soldiers there. […]
Sault Tribe establishes COVID-19 Assistance Program
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors approved a direct services program July 6 to help tribal members. It will be funded with $3.5 million in Covid-19 CARES Act monies. Tribal Chairperson Aaron Payment said, on behalf of the Board of […]
Chippewa County reporting twelve confirmed cases of COVID-19
CHIPPEWA County, Michigan – As of 10:00 a.m. on July 6, 2020, Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) is reporting a total 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19, plus one probable case (“probable case” means a symptomatic individual who has not been tested, but has had direct exposure to a confirmed positive […]
Sault Ste. Marie Veterans Walk in Three-Man Parade for Independence Day
(9and10news.com) = While many Independence Day parades were canceled due to the pandemic, three veterans took it upon themselves to walk in Sault Ste. Marie. Roger Merchberger, Paul Steinkohl and John Leigh are veterans from American Legion Post 3. They decided on the nation’s birthday to honor the ideals of […]