DAFTER, Mich.— (June 2, 2022) — Cloverland Electric Cooperative announced results of the director election at its Annual Meeting of the Members June 2. Cloverland is a democratically controlled, not-for-profit electric co-op governed by nine directors elected by and from the members of their respective districts to serve a three-year term. […]

MACKINAC ISLAND – Memorial Day will get the Mackinac Island treatment during a short ceremony planned for next week. Mackinac State Historic Parks will hold a brief and informal Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 30 at 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will begin behind Fort Mackinac at the Avenue of […]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Monday, June 6th at 7:00am, Payne & Dolan will beginthe 3 Mile Road reconstruction project. The project area will be from the roundabout to M-129 and will consist of crushing existingbituminous pavement surface, adding two inches of aggregate to the crushed materialwhile shaping the […]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Tuesday, May 24th at 7am Arlington Street will be closed toinstall the crosswalk near the U.S. Postal Service and MyMichigan Health billing office. The City of Sault Ste. Marie received a $4,408,500 Community Development Block Grant from theMichigan Economic Development Corporation to be used […]

After a several year hiatus, a resource police officer will be assigned to an eastern Upper Peninsula school district. The Sault Ste. Marie City Police Department and Sault Area Public Schools will team up for the project. In 2015, voters approved a millage for better security in the schools. Security […]

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (May 19, 2022) – Cloverland Electric announces power supply expert Patrick Frazier has joined the cooperative as chief operating officer, effective May 16. Frazier’s role as chief operating officer (COO) will support President and CEO, Mike Heise, in executive leadership while applying decades of power supply expertise […]

BAY MILLS — On May 20 at 3 p.m.,  Bay Mills Resort & Casino will resume operations and open back up to the public. BMRC was forced to close down earlier this week due to an electrical fire that wreaked havoc on numerous computer systems, including the hotel reservation system […]

BAY MILLS — Bay Mills Health Center will celebrate their grand opening on Wednesday, May 18 at 12:30 p.m. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, BMHC opened the new facility on April 20, having increased to a 34,000 square foot, state-of-the-art building. They have expanded services to be all-inclusive at […]

BAY MILLS- On May 14, around 7 p.m., there was an electrical fire in the information technology room of Bay Mills Resort & Casino. The electrical fire triggered the sprinkler system, which required temporary evacuation of the Resort. No one was injured and all individuals are accounted for safely.  As […]

U.S. Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) announced today that the Department of Transportation (DOT) will be awarding $5,591,256 in funding to update safety equipment, repair runways, and invest in other improvements at airports across the Upper Peninsula. These funds are from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant program. […]