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Sault Ste. Marie, MI — State-of-the-art laboratories for campus constituents to conduct freshwater research, hands-on exhibits for community members to learn ways to protect natural resources, and wall-to-wall windows for uninterrupted views of the St. Marys River as the backyard-backdrop highlight Lake Superior State University’s new $14.2 million Richard and […]
The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association will refund $3 billion of its $5 billion projected surplus, resulting in refunds of $400 per vehicle. In a letter dated Monday to Department of Insurance and Financial Services Director Anita Fox, MCCA Executive Director Kevin Clinton said the organization anticipates the refunds will be distributed […]
DAFTER, Mich. (Dec. 6, 2021) – Cloverland Electric’s President and CEO, Mike Heise, has been re-appointed to Michigan’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) taskforce. Heise’s four-year term commenced Oct.15, 2021 and continues until July 25, 2025. The 27-member task force is represented by a range of industries from across the state. Heise […]
Two years ago there was a report in the Paradise, MI area of a kidnapping where two adults kidnapped a small child and fled. The problem was that they fled on to the ice of Lake Superior where the weather conditions were deteriorating rapidly and the ice was in terrible […]
Michigan’s minimum wage will rise by 22 cents to $9.87 an hour on Jan. 1. State law requires annual increases in the wage until it reaches $12.05 in a decade. The 22-cent raise was supposed to occur in 2021 but was automatically delayed because of high unemployment early in the […]
SAULT STE MARIE, MI — Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bitnar reports that a Sheriff’s Dept employee was approached to smuggle narcotics into the county Correctional Facility. The employee reported this contact to the administration and then cooperated with the TriDent taskforce. TriDent investigated the complaint and on December 2, Thomas […]
OXFORD, Mich. – Three students have been killed, eight other people are injured and a suspected shooter is in custody after a shooting at Oxford High School on Tuesday, authorities said. 3 killed, 8 hurt, shooter in custody — here’s everything we know about Oxford High School shootingYou can watch […]
On Thanksgiving day, Trident Detectives concluded an ongoing investigation into large amounts of Methamphetamine being smuggled into the area. Chippewa County Deputy Sheriff’s and U.S. Border Patrol were working with TRIDENT and attempted to stop a suspect vehicle. The vehicle then fled for several miles. During the pursuit bags of […]
SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. On November 22nd and 23rd, 2021, members of the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post delivered turkeys and additional food items to local families in Chippewa and Luce Counties. The Thanksgiving meal items were hand delivered to the families. The turkeys and food items […]
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after testifying he acted in self-defence in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged […]