LANSING, Mich. ­- Effective 6 a.m. Friday, May 9, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will lift the remaining seasonal weight restrictions on all state trunkline highways in the state of Michigan. State routes typically carry M, I or US designations.  Weight restrictions are implemented during the spring frost thaw period […]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5th, Seasonal Load andSpeed Restrictions will be lifted on the City Street Systems. This will apply to all CityStreets except for the following streets which are designated as All-Season Routes:

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $126,000 in underground storm sewer repair and roadway rebuilding on I-75 Business Spur (BS) in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County. “Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to grow our economy, helping Michiganders go […]

Marquette County, Michigan. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Negaunee Post is announcingthe arrest of 24-year-old Zachary Erik Weisman from Ishpeming for Child Sexually AbusiveActivity and Using a Computer to Commit a Crime. Weisman was arrested following an investigation that was initiated when it was allegedWeisman had numerous explicit images of […]

NEWBERRY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $2.5 million for bridge and roadway rebuilding on M-123 over Bissel Creek, Mackinac County. Work includes culvert replacement, scour countermeasures, drainage, shoulder widening, and guardrail work. “Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to grow our […]

Marquette County, Michigan. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Negaunee Post is announcingthe arrest of 63-year-old Brian Donald Sims of Marquette for Child Sexually Abusive Activity,Accosting a Child for Immoral Purposes, and Using a Computer to Commit a Crime. Sims was arrested following an investigation which was initiated when it was […]

Michiganders, if you were planning to burn outside today – don’t. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Monday, with fire danger higher than normal across the entire Lower Peninsula and in the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula. “It’s a combination of warm temperatures, relatively […]

The E.U.P. Indivisible Chapter and friends came together in the Sault on Saturday for a Bridging Our Friendship rally. The rally was in conjunction with rallies held in Detroit near the Ambassador Bridge and Port Huron near the Blue Water Bridge to demonstrate solidarity with Canadians in light of ongoing tariff wars. It started at the […]

LANSING, Mich. ­– Roadside parks operated by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will reopen for the season Monday, April 28.      MDOT maintains 85 roadside parks around the state. Some parks operate seasonally, usually closing in late October and reopening in the spring. The following roadside parks will remain closed until later […]

SAULT STE MARIE, MI – Central Savings Bank a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBank Indianapolis), awarded the Chippewa County Family Project $125,000 in grant funds through the Community Multiplier – Member Match Program. The $125,000 grant will support CCFP’s work in on-site housing supportive services […]