Monday, June 22, 2026
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today announced that eight communities around Michigan have been awarded a total of $160,000 in grants to support downtown enhancement and improvement projects. Governor Whitmer is committed to supporting small businesses as Michigan continues growing its economy. Michigan has added jobs […]
“The vessel is drifting slowly with the current east of the Mackinac Bridge in heavy fog. It’s not in danger of grounding,” said Chief Petty Officer John Masson, a public information officer with the Great Lakes district. ““The info I have is that the vessel is not in distress,” he […]
Police found a stolen handgun, but they did not know if it had been used in the shooting. The dead included three men and three women. Authorities were still working to notify family members, and had publicly identified only one victim as of late Sunday, 38-year-old Sergio Harris, without providing a cause […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury in Michigan started its deliberations Monday in the trial of four men accused of designing a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The jury picked a leader Friday and went home for the weekend, following hours of closing arguments from lawyers on the 15th day of trial. […]
Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Meta provided basic subscriber details, such as a customer’s address, phone number and IP address, in mid-2021 […]
The Federal Election Commission has fined the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for lying about the funding of the infamous, and discredited, Russian “dossier” used in a smear attempt against Donald Trump weeks before he shocked the world with his 2016 presidential victory. The election agency said […]
A big heart by a Sault Ste. Marie business owner keeps a homeless man from jail. The man camped out behind Das Gift Haus for a few months before being noticed last week. The owner, Ray Bell, says the man made a six foot by six foot furnace room in […]
An undercover agent who posed as an explosives expert ready to help those involved in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer testified Monday that he met with the defendants briefly, detailing conversations that showed their intent to obtain explosives. FBI Special Agent Timothy Bates testified that his role […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. and Ontario – With Canadian border entry requirements set to be relaxed April 1, the International Bridge Administration (IBA) wants to remind commuter customers who are resuming international crossings to check their accounts. The government of Canada announced it will remove the pre-entry COVID-19 test requirement […]
Lansing — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is asking for the public’s help in gaining information for its recently created database to track and resolve cases of missing and murdered tribal members. Michigan’s Sault Tribe and Bay Mills Indian Community are among tribes in six states chosen to […]
