Juvenile prisoners who say they suffered sexual abuse in prison will receive $80 million from the state as part of a settlement finalized today. The state and/or the Department of Corrections will pay the plaintiffs and members of the settlement class $25 million within two business days, another $15 million […]
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Sault Tribe supports International Bridge closure from noon-2:30 p.m. today for ceremony
February 27, 2020 — In the spirit of goodwill, collaboration and reconciliation, the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Authority (IBA) will close the bridge from noon to approximately 2:30 p.m. today, Feb. 27, to facilitate a First Nations water ceremony. Tribal elders will conduct the ceremony at the bridge midpoint. […]
Sault Seal Recreation Area – Temporary Closure
U.P man dead after snowmobile crash in Schoolcraft County
State Police Investigating Two Snowmobile Crashes – Alcohol and Speed Suspected
Portage Township, MICH. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie Posts investigated two snowmobile personal injury crashes that occurred almost simultaneously on Big Manistique Lake. The crashes happened at approximately 12:35 a.m. yesterday. Both snowmobiles were traveling north bound across Big Manistique Lake, when […]
Snowmobilers threaten closure of trail in Newberry
Fat Thursday: Pączki Take the US by Storm
Bill would outlaw declawing cats in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Declawing cats could be a crime in Michigan under a bill before the Michigan Legislature, an idea that is dividing lawmakers and veterinarians. House Bill 5508, introduced Thursday, would make declawing a civil infraction punishable by a $1,000 fine. Michigan would join New York as […]
U.P. man sentenced to 25-50 years in prison on child sex assault convictions
Detroit Free Press PETOSKEY — A judge has sentenced an Upper Peninsula man to a lengthy prison term following his recent conviction on two child sexual assault charges. On Thursday, 57th Circuit Court Judge Charles W. Johnson sentenced Logan Robert Zeedyk, 28, of Goetzville to serve concurrent terms of 25-50 […]
Michigan senators grill natural resources appointee who doesn’t hunt
Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s appointee to a state commission that regulates hunting and fishing said Thursday that he made a “personal decision” decades ago that “killing things was not for me.” George Heartwell, the former mayor of Grand Rapids, made the comments during a Michigan Senate Advice and […]