Local News

DISH Network drops Local 32, WFQX, from their lineup

CADILLAC, MI., August 12, 2021 – WFQX, Local 32/Cadillac Telecasting Company announced today that DISH Network will stop carrying WFQX, Local 32 on Friday, August 13th at 5pm. Local 32 is your local news station with a large responsibility to keep our devoted viewers informed through our newscasts. Local 32, a FOX affiliate, […]

Police investigate homicide in SSM – UPDATED

UPDATE – On August 11, Jacob Russell Mckerchie, a 28 year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, was released from the War Memorial Hospital and lodged at the Chippewa County Correctional Facility by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department. On August 12, Jacob Mckerchie was arraigned in the 91st District Court on […]

Riverside Medical to join forces with War Memorial Hospital

Sault Sainte Marie, MI – September 2021 will bring a change for the 30+ year old medical practice of Riverside Medical Associates, P.C. (“Riverside Medical”). The founding and long-standing owners of Riverside Medical, Drs. Ockenfels, Mackie, and Tetzlaff, announce that an agreement has been reached with War Memorial Hospital, Inc. […]

Attempted Murder suspect shoots self in car chase

Troopers from the Manistique Outpost were assisted by Sault Tribal Police Dept, Manistique Public Safety, Schoolcraft County Sheriff’s Dept, and DNR officers in the attempt to locate a wanted subject out of St. Louis Missouri yesterday afternoon. At approximately 3:45pm, a “be on the lookout” (BOL) was issued by St. […]

MSP looking for assistance to identify theft suspect

MSP Sault Ste. Marie Post is seeking assistance in locating a man believed to have been involved in a theft of fuel from the Tone Road Convenience Station. The subject, described as a white male, approximately sixty years old, with a grey beard, and driving a tan, Chevrolet Suburban, pumped […]

Soo Twp Fire assists Sugar Island Fire with fire

In the early morning hours Thursday, just after midnight, the Soo Township Fire Department was paged to assist our neighbors on Sugar Island with what was called in as a structure fire. Upon arrival it was determined to be a pile of materials. It was a relief that no one […]

Fire destroys structure in Newberry

On Saturday July 24th, shortly before 12:00pm the Newberry Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on M-123 in Newberry. Multiple firefighters responding to the station advised of heavy fire and smoke conditions. When Newberry Fire command was alerted of these conditions, mutual aid from Columbus Township Fire was […]