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Saturday, November 23, 2024
Enbridge-contracted vessels may be to blame for recent damage to the east leg of the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, according to a report written by the Canadian pipeline giant. Based on vessel tracking and marine experts, Enbridge narrowed down to five the list of “small to moderately-sized” […]
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest about $1.3 million to resurface 7.4 miles of M-28 from west of M-221 to west of the southbound I-75 exit ramp in Chippewa County. The work includes joint repairs, aggregate shoulders, centerline corrugations, and pavement markings. The project includes a three-year materials and […]
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan National Guard will continue its partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan State Police, and local health departments to offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing this week in Delta, Iron, Mackinac, Luce, Menominee, and Dickinson counties between July 24-25. Locations for each testing site […]
Due to a COVID exposure the lobby of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department was closed the afternoon of July 8, 2020, for normal business transactions. After a thorough professional virus cleaning of the building and a 12 day closure the lobby is reopened today during normal business hours, with […]
Right to Life of Michigan this morning said it would not challenge the state’s conclusion that it lacks enough valid signatures to put before the Legislature a proposal to ban a second trimester abortion procedure, ending the effort for now. The Bureau of Elections after its initial look at a […]
DELTA COUNTY, MI – Sheriff’s deputies in the southern Upper Peninsula are investigating how a man became trapped in a trailer full of woodchips at a paper and package-making plant. The rescue happened last Thursday around 7:30 p.m. near the back gate of the Verso plant, according to Delta County […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man who said he took a wrong turn into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison for transporting opium paste possibly worth millions of dollars. The man’s name is Abdolnasser Mahmoudikanesbi, a resident of Gatineau, Quebec. […]
The Chippewa County Sheriff reports that a prisoner as absconded from custody. UPDATE: FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SAULT STE MARIE 7-20-2020 Approx 530pm. Local Law Enforcement has been working around the clock trying to track down Todd William Carrick. Todd Carrick had cut his tether and Absconded less than 24 hours […]
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan Department of Civil Rights today cautioned Michigan businesses and other public accommodations to make sure they follow state and federal law when enforcing rules on wearing a mask or face covering in their facilities. “It is important to remember that along with Executive Orders and specific […]
Upper Peninsula (WLUC) – The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office is providing clarity on a press release they issued regarding the Governor’s mask mandate, and the challenges they’ll face when enforcing it in their community. “What I can enforce is writing a citation for someone not wearing a mask, the problem […]
