NEWBERRY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $3.5 million to resurface nearly 5 miles of I-75 from M-28 north to 3 Mile Road in Chippewa County. The work includes single-course asphalt overlay, joint repairs, guardrail repairs, aggregate shoulders, and pavement markings. Work is expected to start Tuesday, May […]

PRESS RELEASE Rhonda Deuman, 57, of Sault Ste Marie was found guilty by a jury in the 91st District Court on April 23, 2024. The Defendant was found guilty of assault and battery on a 9-year-old child. The case was investigated by Officer Raymond Brooks of the Sault Ste Marie […]

SAULT STE MARIE – The sun is out, temperatures are rising, and we are ready to hit the golf course! Join United Way of the Eastern Upper Peninsula for the 17 th Annual Sven Heikkinen Memorial GolfTournament. The tournament will be held at Wild Bluff Golf Course in Brimley on […]

NEWBERRY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $3 million to resurface nearly 9 miles of US-2 from Borgstrom Road to Hiawatha Trail in Mackinac County. The work includes surface sealing, crack sealing, asphalt milling and resurfacing, rumble strips, slope flattening, aggregate shoulders, guardrail repairs, and pavement markings. Work […]

NEWBERRY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $1.6 million to resurface nearly 8 miles of M-48 east of M-129 in Chippewa County. The work includes an asphalt overlay, aggregate shoulders, guardrail repairs, and pavement markings. The project is expected to start May 8 and be finished by July […]

St. IGNACE, Mich. ­– The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be closing the St. Ignace Welcome Center on northbound I-75 May 14-15 and May 21-22 while crews perform exterior repairs to the facility. This work is weather dependent. The Welcome Center parking lot will remain open, with the building and exterior work areas […]

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 […]

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 […]

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., […]

This is an update on upcoming construction projects within the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Ifyou have room for photos or maps in your article, please let us know. The Easterday Ave. Truck Route Reconstruction and Carbide Dock Port Reconstructionprojects are starting back up in April – May. Both projects […]