Local News

House fire in Sault Ste Marie

On Thursday July 16th 2020, at approximately 3:15am both the City of Sault Ste. Marie Fire Department and Police Department were dispatched to a structure fire on the 200 block of West 12th Avenue in Sault Ste. Marie. Responders found the structure burning with flames and smoke present. The fire […]

Sault Tribe establishes COVID-19 Assistance Program

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors approved a direct services program July 6 to help tribal members. It will be funded with $3.5 million in Covid-19 CARES Act monies. Tribal Chairperson Aaron Payment said, on behalf of the Board of […]

Arrests made in arson case

At 8:13 pm on June 30, 2020, Sault officers were dispatched to the vacated Reiss Coal dock off South St. in the Ashmun Bay for a possible arson incident. The last remaining structure on the property was fully engulfed in flames and was being attended to by the Sault Ste. […]