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Sunday, April 20, 2025
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 10 people from the water in Grand Traverse Bay, Traverse City, Michigan, Friday. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Sector Sault Sainte Marie Command Center received a distress radio call from a 30-foot vessel that was taking on water. The Coast Guard […]
An Ingham County judge on Thursday ordered Enbridge to shut down its Line 5 pipelines at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac pending the outcome of a hearing to be held next Tuesday. Attorney General Dana Nessel had filed a request for a temporary restraining order against Enbridge’s operation […]
On 6-23-2020 Melanie Andrea Minta (34 yr old Sault resident) was arraigned in 91st Dist Court on a two count Felony complaint. 1- Accessory after the fact2- Using a Computer to commit a crime. Minta’s charges stem from a Trident investigation where Derek Erickson was previously charged in December 2019 […]
BAY MILLS — Bay Mills Indian Community has been approved for funding to construct the new Bay Mills Health Center. BMIC Tribal Chairman Bryan Newland recently received notice that the tribe’s U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development Loan application has been approved for $6 million. Officials from BMIC have been […]
Inmates are running an international drug ring out of an Upper Peninsula prison, selling crystal methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine supplied by deported ex-cons in Mexico, according to federal court records. A federal search warrant affidavit outlines a years-long investigation, identifies the accused drug kingpins and reveals ties to Mexico, where former inmates […]
(AP) – In any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a parade or a community festival. But today, Juneteenth 2020 will be a […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today sent a second letter to Al Monaco, CEO of Enbridge, requesting that Enbridge immediately shut down the dual pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac until damage is investigated, assessed and preventative measures are put in place. “Given the gravity of this matter, I was taken […]
The Mackinac Bridge Authority anticipates lines will not be as bad at the bridge this weekend as it resumes cash payment options. The authority previously suspended cash payments as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Touch free credit cards and phone payment options are still available. Drivers wishing to […]
LANSING – After running rampant through the housing units of many Michigan prisons, the coronavirus is now impacting prison food. The supply of ramen — a staple many prisoners purchase from the commissary to supplement what they are served in the chow hall — has been sharply reduced by a COVID-19 infection that shut […]
A curbside job fair near Grand Rapids on Wednesday tried to make it easy for 50 companies to fill open positions. Applicants could interview from their cars and in some cases might have been able to start work the next day. “Right now we have 270 jobs that we could […]