Local News

MSP delivers Thanksgiving meals to local families

SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. On November 22nd and 23rd, 2021, members of the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post delivered turkeys and additional food items to local families in Chippewa and Luce Counties. The Thanksgiving meal items were hand delivered to the families. The turkeys and food items […]

MSP chase stolen vehicle across Mackinac Bridge

“On 11-17-21 at approximately 11:40 pm troopers from the MSP St. Ignace Post were working directed patrol on the Mackinac Bridge. Troopers observed a green Toyota Tundra traveling at a high rate of speed, north bound across the Mackinac Bridge. The suspect vehicle was traveling at 73mph in a 45-mph zone. […]

Local Agencies Work Together on Preventative COVID-19 Treatment

Sault Sainte Marie, MI – A healthcare team made up local partners provided numerous local residents with monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 last week. “We were contacted on Tuesday, November 9th by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Region 8 Healthcare Coalition Coordinator, to provide monoclonal antibody treatment to potentially […]

Local woman dies in pedestrian/car accident

At about 5:50pm on Thursday, a 73-year-old Sault Ste Marie woman was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Ashmun St and Dawson St. She was in serious condition at the scene and taken to War Memorial Hospital were she succumbed to her injuries. The vehicle involved was a […]

$1.5B Soo Locks project set to be done in 2030, officials say

Toledo — The decades-overdue overhaul of the Soo Locks is moving swiftly as the nearly $1.5 billion infrastructure project is on schedule to be completed by 2030 and will bolster commerce in Michigan and the Midwest, maritime industry leaders said Thursday. A news conference held at the National Museum of the Great […]

Outdoor Conversation on Hunger and Homelessness

SAULT STE MARIE– Now that the first snow of the season has graced the sidewalks of Sault Ste. Marie many residences are preparing for the long winter ahead. While most of our community try to enjoy the last fleeting days of sunshine some of our neighbors are faced with the […]