In a joint press release issued today by Police Chief Wesley Bierling and Fire Chief Ed Miller, the victims of the fatal fire that occurred in the Shallows area of Sault Ste Marie have been identified and the cause released. The four victims from the fatal fire on March 14th, […]

SAINT IGNACE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is announcing the arrest of Tyrel Lee Matson, 18 of Saint Ignace, for child sexually abusive material-aggravated possession, child sexually abusive material-possession, and using a computer to commit a crime. Matson was arrested […]

On March 4th, 2023, at approximately 2:20PM, the Sault Ste. Marie Police and Fire Departmentsresponded to the report of a fire within a motel room at the Mid City Motel, located at 304 E.Portage within the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Upon fire department arrival, bystandersreported a fire to […]

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division notified trail grant sponsors today that the snowmobile trail grooming contract season will be extended through the weekend, under certain conditions. Typically, grooming contracts with local snowmobile clubs are in effect each winter from Dec. 1 through March 31. “In […]

The Michigan State Police are, again, offering a “Train Like A Trooper” defensive driving school aimed at teenagers. These courses will be offered June 28-30, 2023 in Escanaba from 8am – 12pm or 1pm – 5pm. If you’re accepted into the program, you should dress in appropriate attire for a […]

On Wednesday, the Dafter Fire Department and the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a multi-car accident on M-28 near Soo LIne Rd. When emergency vehicles arrived, they were met with white-out conditions and the road was blocked due to a 9-car pile up. Dafter requested mutual aid assistance […]

McClellan Realty, LLC says they plan to renovate a vacant, historic building in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. A $1.5 million grant from the Michigan Community Revitalization Program and additional brownfield grant funds from EGLE will go towards renovating the site. EGLE says the MAC Building, located downtown across from the […]

ESCANABA, MI – More people are expected to attend this inaugural music festival than live in the actual city where the event is taking place. The first ever “Northern Lights Music Fest” has just been announced for this July in Escanaba in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, population 12,000. The event will […]

Thanks to the courage of additional victims who came forward, Cody Mathieu McCoy is in jail again with more drug, sex crimes and human trafficking charges. In our original article, with information from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office on March 6 regarding McCoy’s original arrest, the Sheriff stated, “TRIDENT has […]