The building located at the corner of Johnston St. and Portage Ave. in Sault Ste. Marie will be carefully deconstructed starting October 11th 2023. Any salvageable materials were previously removed. The lot with the building formerly known as the Harbor House was purchased in June 2023 by Famous Property Development LLC. […]

This last Thursday, in the early morning hours of 10-5-2023, 911 dispatched our single/Deputy car to a suicidal male. This occurred on Sugar Island, in a remote part of our county. A U.S.B.P. agent was available and volunteered to assist our deputy. Upon arrival the male was seen holding a […]

Aaron James Nowicki, age 49 was convicted of Child Sexually Abusive Activity onSeptember 28, 2023 by a jury of his peers. The jury heard testimony from several policeofficers, a forensic computer expert, and the defendant himself. The case arose from anundercover collaboration between the Genessee Human Oppression Strike Team (GHOST), […]

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) is proud to announce the fourth cohort of the Student Counselor Fellows program. Offered in collaboration with the San Diego State University Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment, this two-year program provides a select group of Michigan school counselors with ongoing mentorship […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ­and Ontario – Toll rate increases recently approved by the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority (SSMBA) will take effect Oct. 1. The toll rate increase will be accompanied by a currency equity adjustment. The Canadian currency toll rate will be raised due to a weaker Canadian […]

From its wintering grounds in Central and South America, the golden-winged warbler once called vast stretches of eastern North America its home. From Tennessee in the southeast, clear-through to the northern tip of Minnesota, the golden-winged warbler was a welcome sight to bird-watchers. Thepast sixty years, however, have not been […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.–The suspect involved in the arson and subsequent shooting at the Sault Ste. Marie State Police Post on Sept. 6-7 has been arraigned in the 91st District Court in Sault Ste. Marie. James Kamal Itani, a 39-year-old male from Orlando, Florida was charged with several felony charges […]

ST. IGNACE, Mich. ­- Light breezes balanced out the bright sunshine for the 2023 Mackinac Bridge Walk today, and those near-perfect conditions deserve at least some of the credit for the biggest crowd seen in several years. “With roughly 35,000 people from across Michigan and beyond joining us for the […]

At approximately 0027 hours of September 3rd the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a single motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival, deputies found a motorcycle had crashed on MapleGrove near CedarGrove in Kincheloe MI. The evidence on scene, and witness statements all point to speed being a […]

On 08/30/23 at approximately 4:22pm, Chippewa County Sheriff’s Deputies and Traffic Crash Investigators were dispatched to a Personal Injury Traffic Crash that occurred on South Bound I-75 near the 375 Mile Marker, Rudyard Township. Upon arrival Deputies observed a mini-van had struck a side-by-side ORV that was traveling on the […]