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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center honored Kelsey Moran, a certifiednursing assistant at War Memorial Hospital, with the quarterly MHA Keystone Center Speak-up! Award July20. Moran prevented a potential adverse outcome by persistently advocating for a patient who was looking unwellto receive additional assessments and care. Her […]
40-year-old Brett Harriman’s capsized kayak was found approximately a half mile north of Partridge Island. He is still unaccounted for. MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A capsized kayaker is missing along Lake Superior in Marquette Thursday morning. Officers from the Marquette Police Department are requesting the public’s helping in finding 40-year-old […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Police on Mackinac Island are investigating after a man was found dead at the base of Arch Rock. Mackinac Island Police Chief Doug Topolski confirmed Wednesday that a man in his 40s was found at about 9:15 a.m. The department is investigating the incident, but foul […]
July 20, 2021 — It’s been a productive summer for the resident raptors at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, with peregrine falcons successfully raising two chicks this year. One egg laid earlier this year did not hatch. Karl Hansen, bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration (IBA), reported on the […]
UPDATE: The Michigan State Police have issued an update statement as follows: 42 year old Brian Michael Webb was arraigned this afternoon in the 92nd District Court of Mackinac County on a single charge of Open Murder. The victim, 30 year old Johnathon Palmer, was a brother to Webb. This […]
ST. IGNACE, MICH. Michigan State Police (MSP) MCO Jacob Lauer, assigned to the St. Ignace Post, received the department’s Bravery Award during an Employee Recognition ceremony in Lansing today, Monday, July 12. The award is tied to an off-duty incident that occurred this past March as Lauer was beginning a vacation and […]
Lake Superior State University recently renewed its long-standing annual tuition agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, MI. The collaboration, dating to 2009, encourages active duty personnel, their spouses, and dependents to pursue higher education at LSSU by lowering the cost of study to do so. “Every […]
July 13, 2021 marked the conclusion of two important cases that have been pending in the criminal justice system for years – slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and various legal adjournments. These cases demonstrate the difficulty in investigating and prosecuting child abuse and the pressures that are placed on child-victims […]
A 21-year-old man from Ghana, West Africa, and a 19-year-old Lansing woman expressed their gratitude to two Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers after being rescued over the July 4 holiday from rough water in Lake Huron, offshore of the Les Cheneaux Islands in Mackinac County. The two were […]
July 9, 2021 — The Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) board today enthusiastically confirmed that the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk will go on as scheduled this Labor Day, Sept. 6. Board members welcomed the end of pandemic restrictions that will allow the event, citing its importance to the Straits area economy and […]
