TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company’s refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel. The Democratic governor’s administration is […]
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Chippewa County Community Foundation Announces New STEM Scholarship
The Chippewa County Community Foundation (CCCF) is excited to announce the establishment of the Emily and Frank Smiddy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Endowment Scholarship fund! About a year ago, Emily and Frank Smiddy reached out to CCCF to set up a scholarship that would be awarded annually to […]
Upper Peninsula to become spaceport launch and autonomous vehicle testing site
The Michigan Launch Initiative, an effort led by the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association (MAMA), is moving forward with a vertical launch site and autonomous vehicle proving grounds to be located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. While the process began over a year ago to find the perfect site, in […]
Enbridge-contracted vessels among those suspected in damage to Line 5
Enbridge-contracted vessels may be to blame for recent damage to the east leg of the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, according to a report written by the Canadian pipeline giant. Based on vessel tracking and marine experts, Enbridge narrowed down to five the list of “small to moderately-sized” […]
M-28 resurfacing project starts today in Chippewa County
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest about $1.3 million to resurface 7.4 miles of M-28 from west of M-221 to west of the southbound I-75 exit ramp in Chippewa County. The work includes joint repairs, aggregate shoulders, centerline corrugations, and pavement markings. The project includes a three-year materials and […]
Michigan National Guard to assist with no-cost COVID-19 testing in six Upper Peninsula Communities
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan National Guard will continue its partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan State Police, and local health departments to offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing this week in Delta, Iron, Mackinac, Luce, Menominee, and Dickinson counties between July 24-25. Locations for each testing site […]
Sault Ste Marie city police re-open office lobby
Due to a COVID exposure the lobby of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department was closed the afternoon of July 8, 2020, for normal business transactions. After a thorough professional virus cleaning of the building and a 12 day closure the lobby is reopened today during normal business hours, with […]
Right To Life, Short Of Valid Signatures, Ends Petition Drive Effort
Right to Life of Michigan this morning said it would not challenge the state’s conclusion that it lacks enough valid signatures to put before the Legislature a proposal to ban a second trimester abortion procedure, ending the effort for now. The Bureau of Elections after its initial look at a […]
Yelling alerts rescuers to man buried in trailer full of woodchips at U.P. paper mill
DELTA COUNTY, MI – Sheriff’s deputies in the southern Upper Peninsula are investigating how a man became trapped in a trailer full of woodchips at a paper and package-making plant. The rescue happened last Thursday around 7:30 p.m. near the back gate of the Verso plant, according to Delta County […]
Wrong turn into the UP leads to 3 1/2-year prison sentence
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man who said he took a wrong turn into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison for transporting opium paste possibly worth millions of dollars. The man’s name is Abdolnasser Mahmoudikanesbi, a resident of Gatineau, Quebec. […]