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Friday, June 12, 2026
The best man chair at a Michigan wedding will be empty next weekend in a stark sign of how the hasty U.S. military deployment to Afghanistan is having real-life impacts on families across the nation. Instead of the planned best man speech on Aug. 28, groom Robert Perry will use that time to offer a nontraditional […]
A Michigan product with Canadian Indigenous bloodlines, Abby Roque “has turned a lot of heads pretty quickly.” She’ll probably turn more at the Women’s Worlds It’s not as though Abby Roque has come out of nowhere. In fact, the good people of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., might take offense to […]
I am contacting you with the hope you may be able to help get the word out about my mom losing her home to a house fire in Paradise, MI on August 9th. At 64 years old, she has lost everything she has worked so hard for, and the home […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. – Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) received a report from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant has been identified in ChippewaCounty. Delta is more than twice as contagious as previous variants, is driving the increase in cases in Michigan and […]
At approximately 12:15 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were dispatched to a hiker who had fallen off a cliff at the Sturgeon River Gorge in Houghton County, Laird Township. Investigation indicated that while hiking near the water fall a 75-year-old male, […]
UPDATE – The Mackinac County Sheriff is reporting that little Madison Yale has been found alive and safe and is eating cookies with the rescuers. Thank you to all the volunteers that assisted with the search for Madison and all the readers who offered up prayers for her safe return! […]
At about 6:00 pm on Monday, August 16, Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bitnar held a Facebook Live video conference, assisted by Sault Ste Marie Police Chief Wes Bierling and Sault Tribe Police Chief Robert Marchand, to announce the arrest of three men on Friday, August 13, as the result of […]
Local agencies are working together on securing ambulance transportation for patients from our local hospitals to other facilities for additional treatment. Like many industries, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are experiencing staffing shortages across the nation. In addition to low staffing numbers, each ambulance service has an obligation to comply with […]
LANSING — Though Michigan’s population grew by 2% between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, most Michigan counties lost residents, according to data released Thursday. Of Michigan’s 83 counties, 50 lost residents over the 10-year period. And no counties lost residents at higher rates than ones in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan’s […]
Police confirmed on Sunday that Proxmire had passed away from the injuries sustained in the previous night’s pursuit. Proxmire was initially taken to the hospital on Saturday night and listed as in “extremely critical condition.” The deputy was among a group who were chasing a suspect who had reportedly been […]
