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Sunday, April 28, 2024
LANSING — Republican leaders in the state House and Senate want Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deploy the Michigan National Guard to the country’s southern border to help deter illegal immigration, and they’re calling for an $8 million budget allocation to do so. Thursday’s request from House Minority Leader Matt Hall […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. and Ontario – A pair of nesting peregrine falcons is back this spring to raise a family at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. They’ve apparently decided to maintain dual residency, feathering their nest on the U.S. side of the span after nesting on the Canadian side last […]
The Sault High Blue Devils Track and Field teams sent athletes to compete in the Queen City Relays in Marquette on Tuesday, and the girls’ team made their mark. In a field of nine teams from schools across the Upper Peninsula, the Lady Blue Devils were top finishers in each […]
The recidivism rate tracked by the Michigan Department of Corrections reached its second-lowest level since the department began tracking the data, officials announced Tuesday. The corrections department cited data on the three-year recidivism rate of the 2020 release group. That rate was 22.7%, up by 0.6% from last year, but […]
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” – Matthew […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – When Brendan Fisher began his 13-month adventure as a heavy equipment mechanic for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), he brought pieces of the Mackinac Bridge with him. When he returned, he brought a piece back, as well as stories to accompany it, that he presented this month to […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker was raising millions of dollars from his powerful post. Lee Chatfield misused various political […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – All but one person was able to escape a house fire overnight in Sault Ste. Marie, according to a release penned by the chiefs of both the city’s fire and police departments. We’re told when first responders arrived to the house shortly after 11:15 p.m., […]
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post is announcing the arrest of 50-year-old Jamie Allen Rocheleau of Cheboygan, for possession child sexually abusive material and aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material. The investigation began in January 2024 when troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post were asked […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On Sunday evening, April 14, 2024, troopers from the Michigan State Police(MSP) Gaylord Post were dispatched to the area of Finnegan Rd and Turtle Lake Rd in ChesterTownship for a report of a person discharging a firearm in an unsafe and reckless manner. Troopersresponded spoke with a […]
