SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Motorists should expect lane closures on M-129 between the I-75 Business Spur and 18th Avenue in Sault Ste. Marie beginning next week. Starting Monday, June 10, and continuing for about two weeks, crews will be performing drainage repairs, curb work and repaving. The schedule is weather dependent. There […]
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M-134 resurfacing in Mackinac County starts June 17
NEWBERRY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $1 million to resurface nearly 7 miles of M-134 from Nunns Creek Road to 3 Mile Road in Mackinac County. The work includes double-chip seal, fog seal, over-band crack fill, asphalt mastic repair, aggregate shoulders, guardrail repair, and pavement markings. Work […]
Local Man Facing 40 Years for Child Sexually Abusive Material and Extortion
Sault Ste. Marie, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet CrimesAgainst Children (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Marquis Anthonie Harmon 20, for child sexually abusive activity and extortion. Harmon was arrested following an investigation which was initiated when it was learned Harmon wasviewing files […]
25 millionth Mackinac Bridge crosser returns to celebrate a 50-year anniversary
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – On May 21, 1974, Bob Kuchar was a 24-year-old General Motors employee on vacation when he crossed the Mackinac Bridge on his 1972 Suzuki 250 motorcycle. Turns out, he was riding the 25 millionth vehicle to cross the bridge since it opened in 1957. On May 23, […]
DNR’s Eastern UP Citizens’ Advisory Council to meet June 5 in Luce County
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to hear updates on cormorants and white-nose syndrome in bats when the council meets Wednesday, June 5 in Newberry. The meeting will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. EDT in the Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department […]
Lane closures for US-2 Escanaba River Bridge maintenance set for June 3-10
ESCANABA, Mich. – Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing bridge expansion joint maintenance work on the US-2 Escanaba River Bridge between the cities of Escanaba and Gladstone next week. Beginning Monday, June 3, motorists should expect the outside southbound lane and shoulder of US-2 to be closed while […]
ATV Accident Claims One Life
On 5/26/2024 at approximately 8:15pm, troopers from the Manistique Outpost were dispatched to Hemlock Trail in Thompson Township (Schoolcraft County) for a 911 call of an ATV crash. Upon arrival, troopers found an ATV (4-wheeler) had overturned after losing control and ejected both the driver and passenger. The ATV then […]
Mackinac Bridge repaving completion delayed
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The first season of a two-season repaving project on the Mackinac Bridge’s north viaduct and approach truss spans, originally scheduled to be completed by May 23, will not be complete until June 7. Citing additional patching work and an inability to field full work crews, project contractor […]
Seth Horton Pleads Guilty to Crimes; A letter from the Prosecutor
Following five years of litigation that spanned all the way to the Michigan SupremeCourt and back, Seth Vincent Horton, age 23 from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan plead guilty tothree felony counts: Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 3rd Degree; Bribing, Intimidating orInterfering with a Witness; and Using a Computer to a […]
Jill Biden to Stump in UP and the Sault this Week Ahead of President Biden’s Return
First lady Jill Biden is slated to stump across Michigan this week in a push for her husband’s reelection, days ahead of President Joe Biden’s third campaign trek to the state this year on Sunday. Her arrival will kickoff a Women for Biden-Harris event in Marquette on Thursday, before heading […]