Thursday, September 10, 2026
Mackinaw City police say a Toledo man was arrested on the Mackinac Bridge for drunk driving Friday morning. Police started following the man just south of the bridge. They tried to pull him over, but the man drove onto the Mackinac Bridge. The chase ended about a mile and a […]
Wear your face mask at Mackinac Bridge toll booths. The bridge Twitter account, run by the Michigan Department of Transportation, issued the call on Tuesday, saying drivers need the coverings during transactions, “even though it takes just a few seconds.” “Our collectors interact with thousands of customers each day, so […]
Barrie Maurice Phillips, age 86, of Drummond Island, Michigan, died peacefully on July 25, 2020, surrounded by his family. He was born on February 18, 1934 in Highland Park, Michigan, to Clyde and Meribah (McClung) Phillips. Barrie grew up in Jackson, Michigan and graduated from Jackson High School. Soon after […]
Evelyn Lucille (Keelean) Cook, 88 of Sault Ste Marie MI passed away July 24, 2020. She was born May 2, 1932, in Strongs Michigan to the late William and Lola Keelean. Lucille graduated from Brimley High school in 1950. She is survived by her loving husband of 69 ½ years […]
Derek Andrew “Diggit” Lehre, age 32, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away early Sunday morning, July 26, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Derek was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on February 29, 1988. Derek attended Sault High School and was a member of the Sault Tribe. He worked […]
The Michigan High School Athletic Association released a new update regarding the upcoming fall sports season Wednesday afternoon, announcing various key plans to start the upcoming season for all sports. Following a morning meeting, the MHSAA’s 19-member representative council gave approval for all fall sports to begin official practice on […]
On Wednesday, July 29, at about noon, a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste Marie Post conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Seymour St near 4th Avenue in Sault Ste Marie. Following an on-scene investigation, a 25-year-old St. Ignace man was arrested for possession of […]
Lauretta Betty Utter, age 85, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died on July 26, 2020, at home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born November 25,1934, in Bay City, Michigan, to Ignatius “Jake” Lokatys and Victoria Banaszak. Betty graduated high school and attended two years of schooling at Saginaw Business […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is pulling back the reins in Michigan’s northern regions that have so far enjoyed looser COVID-19 restrictions than lower Michigan but also reopening Detroit’s three casinos. Whitmer issued an executive order Wednesday that reopens the casinos at 15% capacity Aug. 5.The order also reimposes restrictions starting Friday for […]
State wildlife officials say the wolf population in the Upper Peninsula remains “healthy and stable.” The Department of Natural Resources completed its biennial wolf survey between December and March. Cody Norton is a DNR large carnivore specialist. He says the survey estimates there are at least 695 wolves in the […]
