Sunday, August 30, 2026
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – At 1:57pm MIFD along with EMS was dispatched for a man who fell down a cliff and had a possible broken arm. Updates from dispatch while units were enroute was that the man was slipping and couldn’t hold on much longer. Squad 1 went to the […]
Menominee County, Michigan. Further details are being provided regarding a fatal shootingwhich took place at a residence in Harris Township in the early hours of Thursday, August 28,2025, which resulted in the death of an adult male. On August 28, 2025, at approximately 12:19 a.m., troopers from the Michigan State […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $550,000 to restore concrete pavement on I-75 from the Mackinac Bridge plaza to US-2 in St. Ignace. Work includes concrete repairs in each direction of I-75, including associated ramps. “Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – A vibrant sunrise set the stage for a bright and calm day for the 2025 Mackinac Bridge Walk. More than 33,000 people who made plans to participate today were treated to comfortable weather in the Straits of Mackinac. “It was a picture-perfect day, with bright blue skies and […]
The Trump administration has agreed to release the remainder of roughly $171 million in frozen federal education funding for Michigan following a multistate lawsuit. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday, Aug. 26, she had secured the agreement from President Donald Trump’s administration to release the full balance of remaining education […]
Michigan has a new law on the books criminalizing the creation and distribution of so-called “deep fakes” that rely on technology to create sexually exploitative images. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the “Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act” into law Tuesday, Aug. 26, prohibiting manipulated videos, images or sound recordings that […]
In 1923, Stanley Newton published “The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County.” This is part twenty-eight of a continuing series about the history of Sault Ste. Marie and the area in its early years. I have left punctuation and grammar intact. – Laurie Davis Time has vindicated the […]
Alger County, Michigan. – The Alger County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) is actively investigating a missing person case involving a local woman who was reportedly last seen at her residence late Friday evening, August 15, 2025. ACSO deputies were notified on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at approximately 6:30 P.M. after the […]
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) announced Monday the rebranding of its logo, effective immediately, heading into the upcoming 2025-26 season and beyond. Featuring a colour scheme of multiple blues, grey, white and red, the logo was prepared by illustrator and graphic designer Paul Ainsworth. No stranger […]
*****Update*****SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has cancelled maintenance work on the I-75 Business Spur bridge over I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie previously set for next week. Bridge deck overlay work had been scheduled to start Monday, Aug. 25. This project will be rescheduled at a later date. *****Original […]
