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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
On Thursday, August 20,2020 at approximately 1600 hours, Chippewa Central Dispatch advised there were two individuals swimming near US-2 and the Dunes (just west of Pointe Aux Chenes Road) that were far away from shore. Central Dispatch advised the individuals were a 13-year-old and a 28-year-old and that it looked […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI– Troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie post arrested two people for repeated drunk driving last week. Friday just after 7 p.m. officers stopped a vehicle on M-221 near 6 Mile Road in Bay Mills Township. The driver—a 40-year-old Brimley woman—was arrested for operating while intoxicated – 3rd […]
SAULT STE. MARIE — Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post were dispatched to Newberry recently for a report of an assault. According to a Michigan State Police press release dated for Aug. 19, At approximately 1:54 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, troopers arrived to a residence on E. Truman […]
Officials are asking for help tracking down a pilot who flew an airplane under the Mackinac Bridge in June. The plane flew under the bridge about 2:50 p.m. June 28 while hundreds of cars were on the bridge ahead on the Fourth of July holiday, according to a news release […]
August 18, 2020 — Traffic patterns will change beginning Monday, Aug. 24, at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) US-2 relocation project near Epoufette. Starting next Monday, on the west side of the project in Epoufette, the contractor will begin constructing the tie-in point between the old and new highway […]
The St .Ignace Fire Dept. responded to a mutual aid request from Mackinaw City Fire last night about 6pm for a working structure fire at a multiple story hotel in mackinaw City. Mackinaw Fire command requested an engine and man power. St. Ignace Fire responded with Engine 3 and Rescue […]
A northern Michigan drug team arrested a man for selling heroin and meth in Chippewa County. Police arrested Steven Pomranky on Thursday after TRIDENT says an undercover officer bought drugs from him. They say Pomranky had meth on him as well as prescription drugs. The drug team then searched his […]
Sunday night the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Coast Guard were called to Lake George off of Sugar Island. The call was for a 30 foot wooden boat taking on water. We were advised that there were 7 occupants on the boat and it was sinking. We were […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. — Michigan State Police say a man who dragged a trooper alongside his vehicle at the Mackinac Bridge Wednesday night was arrested Thursday morning. MSP said the Alger County Sheriff’s Office in the Upper Peninsula put out a warning about the suspect, who as driving recklessly, around […]
LANSING — Three prisoners, assisted by two others, ran for the fence at an Upper Peninsula prison Monday night, but were captured, officials confirmed. The incident happened about 10:30 p.m. at Chippewa Correctional Facility near Kincheloe and was over quickly, said Chris Gautz, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of […]