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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – When Brendan Fisher began his 13-month adventure as a heavy equipment mechanic for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), he brought pieces of the Mackinac Bridge with him. When he returned, he brought a piece back, as well as stories to accompany it, that he presented this month to […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker was raising millions of dollars from his powerful post. Lee Chatfield misused various political […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – All but one person was able to escape a house fire overnight in Sault Ste. Marie, according to a release penned by the chiefs of both the city’s fire and police departments. We’re told when first responders arrived to the house shortly after 11:15 p.m., […]
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post is announcing the arrest of 50-year-old Jamie Allen Rocheleau of Cheboygan, for possession child sexually abusive material and aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material. The investigation began in January 2024 when troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post were asked […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On Sunday evening, April 14, 2024, troopers from the Michigan State Police(MSP) Gaylord Post were dispatched to the area of Finnegan Rd and Turtle Lake Rd in ChesterTownship for a report of a person discharging a firearm in an unsafe and reckless manner. Troopersresponded spoke with a […]
This is an update on upcoming construction projects within the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Ifyou have room for photos or maps in your article, please let us know. The Easterday Ave. Truck Route Reconstruction and Carbide Dock Port Reconstructionprojects are starting back up in April – May. Both projects […]
If you have driven down I-75 while traveling downstate, you have probably noticed largereeds with quite puffy seed heads, commonly in the median or in road ditches, maybeeven in a swamp or marsh or any kind of wetland. Those reeds are probably a plantknown as Phragmites. Phragmites is a perennial […]
EMMET COUNTY, MI. On Wednesday evening, April 10, 2024, the Gaylord Regional CommunicationCenter was contacted by a member of a police agency in West Virgina requesting assistance from theMichigan State Police (MSP). Troopers from the MSP Gaylord Post spoke with an officer from the WestVirginia police department. The officer told […]
As part of their mission to protect the state’s natural and cultural resources, the environment and the health and safety of the public through effective law enforcement and education, Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers have found innovative ways to deliver science-based education. It started during the 1940s, when […]
Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) has inked a new alliance with Lake Superior State University (LSSU), the college announced Monday. Under a series of new articulation agreements between NMC and LSSU, engineering students at NMC will “have four more opportunities to complete a bachelor’s degree.” “The agreements allow students to complete […]