On September 16th, 2021 at 0850hrs, officers from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department responded to the report of a suspicious package at the AT&T store in the City of Sault Ste. Marie. The AT&T store is located at 2972 w. 8th Street within the Cascade Crossing business district. An […]
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War Memorial Hospital Restricts Visitors
Sault Ste. Marie, MI – War Memorial Hospital will begin enforcing visitor restrictions on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:00 pm. All hospital properties, except Long Term Care, will be closed to visitors. The visitor restrictions are a result of an increase in Chippewa County’s COVID-19 positivity rate. Exceptions to the visitor […]
Child Kidnapper Sentenced to Prison
SAULT STE MARIE, MI – Dale Pavlat Sr. was sentenced on August 31, 2021 to 7-30 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for kidnapping a special-needs, non-verbal child last year. On April 29, 2020 the child wandered from her home and law enforcement and the community came together to […]
Prisoner killed in Muskegon Prison sentenced from Chippewa County
A man killed by other inmates at a western Michigan prison had been locked up since 2017 for convictions in Chippewa County in the Upper Peninsula, records show. In 2017, he had led State Troopers on a chase and rammed his car into aa Trooper’s car. The Corrections Department identified […]
Local man becomes MSP Trooper; Assigned to Sault Ste Marie Post
SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post is proud to welcome Trooper Christopher Huntley to the post after he graduated from the 139th Trooper Recruit School. Trooper Huntley, originally from San Dimas, California, moved to the Eastern Upper Peninsula area several years ago. Prior […]
The Aaron Lasecki Memorial Scholarship
SAULT STE. MARIE — A memorial scholarship has been formed at the Chippewa County Community Foundation in honor of Aaron Lasecki. Lasecki was a 25-year-old Sault native who passed away in a boating accident last weekend in Brimley. Debbie Jones, executive director of the Chippewa County Community Foundation, said she […]
Chippewa County Health Department COVID-19 Advisory
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich., Aug. 24, 2021 – Local transmission of COVID-19 is at “high” level as defined in the CDC COVID Data Tracker. Chippewa County Health Department strongly recommends masking for everyone in indoor, public spaces. Anyone eligible but not yet vaccinated against COVID should do so as soon as […]
Suspect flees across Mackinac Bridge in 40-mile police chase through Upper Peninsula
MACKINAW CITY, MI – A high-speed police chase that started in Mackinaw City ended more than 40 miles away and on the other side of the Mackinac Bridge early Sunday, Aug. 22, police said. The suspect in the chase, a 27-year-old male from Sacramento, Calif., was allegedly driving a stolen […]
Aaron Lasecki
Aaron Connor Lasecki, 25, Sault Ste. Marie, passed away during a boating accident on Aug. 20, 2021, in Brimley, Mich. He was born during the historic snowstorm that brought five feet of snow to Sault Ste. Marie on Dec. 11, 1995. Growing up, he loved sports, as did his family, who spent many days watching him and his brother […]
An Open Letter From Paradise Home Fire Victim
I am contacting you with the hope you may be able to help get the word out about my mom losing her home to a house fire in Paradise, MI on August 9th. At 64 years old, she has lost everything she has worked so hard for, and the home […]