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Monday, April 21, 2025
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 […]
Soo Film Festival is looking into the feasibility of an online event at a later date. Soo Film Festival was scheduled for September 16-20 in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for its seventh year. Films were to screen at the historic Soo Theatre and Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — On June 24, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians asked the court in United States v. Michigan for a 90-day extension of the 2000 Consent Decree, as written, in order to allow the parties more time to negotiate a new decree. The Sault […]
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 […]
The City of Sault Ste Marie reports that due to the COVID-19 pandemic they have been operating with limited staffing. Therefore, the City of Sault Sainte Marie will be opening only the following restrooms for public use beginning Friday, July 17, 2020. • Sherman Park – Two (2) Pit Toilets […]