The City of Sault Ste Marie Engineering Department has released its January construction update for calendar year 2023. The Ashmun Bridge Sign has finally been replaced and the 5-year Master Recreation Plan is planned for adoption at the January 16th City Commission meeting. This will allow us to apply for […]
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Mackinac County man arrested on three counts of criminal sexual conduct
MACKINAC COUNTY, MI – A Mackinac County man is facing multiple charges stemming from an investigation by Michigan State Police. According to a release from MSP, 59-year-old Timothy Edward Headley of Hessel was arrested on December 9, 2022 on three counts of criminal sexual conduct. Headley’s arrest followed an investigation […]
LSSU releases its 2023 Banished Word List
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Stop resorting to imprecise, trite, and meaningless words and terms of seeming convenience! You’re taking the lazy way out and only confusing matters by over-relying on inexact, stale, and inane communication! Language monitors across the country and around the world decried the decrepitude and futility of […]
Snowmobile accident in Luce County claims life of downstate woman
A downstate woman has died in a snowmobile crash in Luce County. The sheriff’s department says the accident happened on M-123 and the Charcoal Grade in McMillian Township at about 6:30 Tuesday night. The 55-year-old woman from Chesterfield Township, MI was trying to cross M-123 to go south into Newberry, […]
New Lock at the Soo reauthorized in WRDA 2022 at $3.219 billion
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District New Lock at the Soo Project in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan is reauthorized in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2022 on Dec 23, 2022. The project reauthorization amount is $3.219 billion. An authorization sets how much money agencies and […]
Winter Storm has been updated to Blizzard Warning
According to EUP News Meteorologist Jim Lehocky, conditions have changed in the weather models causing the upcoming winter storm to be categorized as a Blizzard Warning, especially on Friday afternoon into Saturday. Starting around 7 pm tonight (Thursday) we can start to expect heavy snowfall through the night with winds […]
Piece of Mackinac Bridge now resides at South Pole
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Since the Mackinac Bridge Authority started selling pieces of the original deck grating as it’s replaced, it’s safe to say that pieces have made their way to many spots far from the Straits of Mackinac. You would be hard-pressed, however, to take one farther away than Brendan Fisher […]
Major Winter Storm Will Impact Holiday Weekend Travel
A major winter storm is expected to develop in the Texas Panhandle tonight then move NE towards the Great Lakes late Thursday through Friday. It is expected to exit the region Saturday afternoon. Snow should be falling Thursday well ahead of the storm. The snow is expected to increase Thursday […]
M-28 head on crash claims life of Newberry resident [story updated]
UPDATE: The MIchigan State Police have issued an update on this accident that claimed the life of 64-year-old Alice Nelson when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck her vehicle head-on. The suspect, Eric Wayne Edwards, was arrested on 12/29/2022. He was arraigned on 12/29/22 in the 92nd District Court- Newberry on […]
Did you know Lakes and Streams change with the seasons?
By: Jacob Hartman – Watersheds Technician, CLMCD When the snow starts to fall and ice beings to cover our lakes and streams, it would seem that aquatic life ceases to exist. However, any fisherman knows that fish are most definitely still active under the ice and aquatic insects still crawl […]