SAULT STE MARIE, MI — Famous Soo Locks Cruises, Inc. operating as Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours announces the succession of Scott LaBonte to General Manager in training for its 63rd season starting in May. LaBonte, formerly Fire Chief of Sault Ste. Marie, will combine his safety, management and community outreach […]

Signs and guardrails on I-75 north of St. Ignace to south of Sault Ste. Marie in Mackinac and Chippewa Counties will be upgraded beginning next Monday, says the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT says their $3.3 million investment includes upgrades to about 57 miles of freeway signs, overhead sign […]

LANSING, Mich. – Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today announced that eight communities around Michigan have been awarded a total of $160,000 in grants to support downtown enhancement and improvement projects. Governor Whitmer is committed to supporting small businesses as Michigan continues growing its economy. Michigan has added jobs […]

“The vessel is drifting slowly with the current east of the Mackinac Bridge in heavy fog. It’s not in danger of grounding,” said Chief Petty Officer John Masson, a public information officer with the Great Lakes district. ““The info I have is that the vessel is not in distress,” he […]

A big heart by a Sault Ste. Marie business owner keeps a homeless man from jail. The man camped out behind Das Gift Haus for a few months before being noticed last week. The owner, Ray Bell, says the man made a six foot by six foot furnace room in […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ­and Ontario – With Canadian border entry requirements set to be relaxed April 1, the International Bridge Administration (IBA) wants to remind commuter customers who are resuming international crossings to check their accounts. The government of Canada announced it will remove the pre-entry COVID-19 test requirement […]

Lansing — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is asking for the public’s help in gaining information for its recently created database to track and resolve cases of missing and murdered tribal members. Michigan’s Sault Tribe and Bay Mills Indian Community are among tribes in six states chosen to […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Kewadin Casinos will lower its gaming age limit to 18 starting on March 30,2022 at all five Kewadin Casinos locations. According to the tribal gaming compact that the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, owners of the KewadinCasinos properties, has with the state of Michigan, the […]

A Newberry woman was cited for disobeying a lawful order of a police officer and disregarding a traffic control device after attempting to cross the Mackinac Bridge while it was closed, according to the Mackinaw City Police Department. On Thursday around 4:15 p.m., the Mackinaw City Police Department was advised […]

ST. IGNACE, Mich. – Recently, leaders at MyMichigan Health attended an event at Mackinac Straits Hospital in celebration of the affiliation announcement between the health systems. Tricia Sommer, director of regional collaborations at MyMichigan Health, Greg Rogers, president and chief executive officer at MyMichigan Health, and Karen Cheeseman, president and chief executive […]