Monday, June 22, 2026
Sault Sainte Marie, MI – A healthcare team made up local partners provided numerous local residents with monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 last week. “We were contacted on Tuesday, November 9th by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Region 8 Healthcare Coalition Coordinator, to provide monoclonal antibody treatment to potentially […]
ST. IGNACE, MI — Authorities confirmed that a small craft operated by a Canadian oil pipeline company contractor crashed into the Mackinac Bridge after nightfall this month. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, a 33-foot construction vessel struck a bridge pier on Wednesday, Nov 3, resulting in minor injuries among […]
BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. — Four of five people on a commuter plane died Saturday afternoon when it crashed on an island in Lake Michigan, authorities said. The plane went down at an airport on Beaver Island, located west of Mackinac City, according to the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Office. The identities […]
At about 5:50pm on Thursday, a 73-year-old Sault Ste Marie woman was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Ashmun St and Dawson St. She was in serious condition at the scene and taken to War Memorial Hospital were she succumbed to her injuries. The vehicle involved was a […]
Almost two years later, a federal investigation into the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) reached an agreement regarding the religious practices of prisoners on Thursday, Nov. 4. The U.S. Department of Justice investigation and agreement addressed MDOC’s policy of a five-person minimum for group worship and religious activities; its policy […]
A 39-year-old man has been arrested and faces arson charges after reportedly setting his mother’s house on fire while trying to get rid of cobwebs with a blowtorch. Jon Charles Streckenbach has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson, criminal mischief causing $20,000 to $100,000 in damages, possession of a controlled […]
NEWBERRY — As health care needs continue to grow in the Upper Peninsula, Helen Newberry Joy Hospital is building a fourth clinic to provide the community with more convenient locations. “This new clinic is very exciting for all of us,” said Hunter Nostrant, CEO of Helen Newberry Joy Hospital. “We […]
Toledo — The decades-overdue overhaul of the Soo Locks is moving swiftly as the nearly $1.5 billion infrastructure project is on schedule to be completed by 2030 and will bolster commerce in Michigan and the Midwest, maritime industry leaders said Thursday. A news conference held at the National Museum of the Great […]
On 11/2/2021, Deputies from the Chippewa County Sheriff Department were dispatched to a residence on M-28 in the Dafter area in reference to a Domestic assault. The victim reported that she was assaulted, strangled and at one point the suspect pointed a handgun at her, threatening to kill her, her […]
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI. Late last night the Michigan State Police (MSP) Operations Center in Lansing received information about a posting on Facebook concerning a mass shooting. Facebook alerted the MSP Operations Center and shared a video posted on social media of a man making threats towards downtown Traverse City. […]
