UPDATE: Below is a statement from Erickson Furniture, owners of the local Art Van Furniture store: Art Van Furniture of Sault Ste Marie is a locally and family owned and operated home furnishings store, proudly located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. The business is owned by Erickson’s. Contrary to many […]
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As Michigan battle rages on Line 5, Enbridge quietly buys land for tunnel
WAWATAM TOWNSHIP—As court battles persist over Enbridge Energy Inc.’s plan to build an underground tunnel for its Line 5 oil pipeline, Enbridge is quietly shelling out millions for modest properties on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac. According to local property records, an Enbridge subsidiary has scooped up 16 […]
Weapons Threat Investigated at Rudyard School
Earlier today, (3/4/2020) The Rudyard Area School Administration received information that a student possibly had a handgun at the school. The Chippewa County School Liaison Deputy Sheriff responded to the school and met with the School Administration. The school had located the suspect student and detained him. At this time […]
City of Sault Ste. Marie Seasonal Load and Speed Restrictions
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2020, Seasonal Load and Speed Restrictions will be enforced on the City Street Systems until further notice. The Seasonal Load and Speed Restrictions will apply to all City Streets except for the following streets which are designated […]
Coast Guard honors crew of Sugar Island Ferry and Good Samaritans having saved girl from river
SAULT STE MARIE – United States Coast Guard Officers held a ceremony today at the Sugar Island Ferry Dock today to honor the crew of the Sugar Island ferry and the Good Samaritans that worked together on a fateful day on January 21 when they all worked together to rescue […]
Federal Judge Blocks Medicaid Work Requirement
A federal judge in Washington, D. C., this morning struck down Michigan’s Medicaid work requirements as unlawful. A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order blocking the state from enforcing work requirements among Healthy Michigan enrollees, those participating in the expanded Medicaid program. […]
Lake Superior and Michigan-Huron water levels expected to remain high
Conditions across the Great Lakes were drier this past month and the water levels of both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan-Huron declined more than they typically do in February. Nonetheless, an exceptional volume of water remains in the system and all of the Great Lakes remain near or above record-high […]
Man arrested for felonious assault at a Chippewa County tavern
CHIPPEWA COUNTY — On the evening of February 29, Michigan State Troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie Post were dispatched to a tavern in Chippewa County, Chippewa Township, after the owner of the establishment reported that a patron was refusing to leave. An on-scene investigation showed that the patron was […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bills clearing obstacle for wrongful imprisonment claims
Wrongfully convicted people whose claims were initially dismissed by the courts are now eligible to seek compensation again under bills signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday. Under a 2016 law, people exonerated from crimes are eligible for up to $50,000 per year spent in prison from the state. […]