Friday, July 24, 2026
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – On May 21, 1974, Bob Kuchar was a 24-year-old General Motors employee on vacation when he crossed the Mackinac Bridge on his 1972 Suzuki 250 motorcycle. Turns out, he was riding the 25 millionth vehicle to cross the bridge since it opened in 1957. On May 23, […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to hear updates on cormorants and white-nose syndrome in bats when the council meets Wednesday, June 5 in Newberry. The meeting will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. EDT in the Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department […]
ESCANABA, Mich. – Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing bridge expansion joint maintenance work on the US-2 Escanaba River Bridge between the cities of Escanaba and Gladstone next week. Beginning Monday, June 3, motorists should expect the outside southbound lane and shoulder of US-2 to be closed while […]
On 5/26/2024 at approximately 8:15pm, troopers from the Manistique Outpost were dispatched to Hemlock Trail in Thompson Township (Schoolcraft County) for a 911 call of an ATV crash. Upon arrival, troopers found an ATV (4-wheeler) had overturned after losing control and ejected both the driver and passenger. The ATV then […]
Hi everyone. It’s been a while since I have written my “Cat Tales” column. I have been super busy. You know how it is with great U.P. weather. Winter is a thing of the past, and it’s time to get out and enjoy the weather and all that the U.P. […]
The Sault High Blue Devils track and field teams traveled to St Ignace to compete in the last Straits Area Conference Championship. Both teams returned as conference champions, and the girls won for the fourth year in a row. “Our senior girls have won it every year they have been […]
LANSING — Michigan Department of Corrections officials can be sued for apparently violating their own rules by placing a seriously mentally ill prisoner in solitary confinement for three months, where he had earlier repeatedly cut himself, swallowed razor blades and written on the wall with his own blood, a federal […]
The following story was taken from a booklet by members of The Soo Fire Department in 1921. With the building of the current Soo lock, this makes for an interesting read comparing it to the Soo, 103 years ago. Enjoy! – Laurie Davis “See America First” is one of the […]
For the first time ever, the Sault High Blue Devils girls brought home the Regional track and field title. The State qualifying meet was held in Gladstone this year and the girls ended up with 56 points, over Gladstone’s 43 points, 30 for Marquette, Manistique with 27, Escanaba with 21, […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The first season of a two-season repaving project on the Mackinac Bridge’s north viaduct and approach truss spans, originally scheduled to be completed by May 23, will not be complete until June 7. Citing additional patching work and an inability to field full work crews, project contractor […]
