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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced today it willbegin welcoming guests back to Kewadin Casinos on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Kewadin Casinos, which was the victim of a cyber incident earlier this month, has restored its systemsand will reopen operations in the following […]
Mackinac County, Michigan. On 2/21/2025 at approximately 3:00 pm, troopers from theMichigan State Police (MSP) St. Ignace Post responded to a welfare check at a residence onPortage Street in Moran Township. As troopers arrived and were outside the residence, thehouse suddenly erupted in flames. The fire spread rapidly and is […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court announced Wednesday that she is stepping down from the court by the end of April, opening the door for the court to have a 6-1 majority of Democratic-backed justices. Elizabeth Clement did not give a reason for her upcoming resignation. […]
The Eastern Upper Peninsula (EUP) fishing community has expressed concerns regarding fishing opportunities behind the hydro plant in Sault Ste Marie. Cloverland recognizes fishing the north side of the hydro plant turbines has been utilized for many years. Concerns expressed by the fishing community are premature. As a member-owned cooperative, […]
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., encouraged President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency to audit the country’s gold reserve at Fort Knox. Elon Musk, whom Trump put in charge of DOGE, responded to an X user who said it “would be great if @elonmusk could take a look inside Fort Knox just to […]
Two of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominations, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, were both approved by the Senate this week, with New Jersey Senators Andy Kim and Cory Booker voting no. Gabbard and Kennedy, both former Democrats who became […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday removed a key legal hurdle stalling President Donald Trump ’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. The Boston-based judge’s order in the challenge filed by a group of labor unions was a significant legal victory for the Republican president […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post were called toinvestigate two persons squatting in a cabin located in Otsego County in June 2024. Troopers spoke with the occupants and confirmed they did not have permission to be there. The man, identified as 74-year- old John […]
If you have ever wandered around a gardening center or greenhouse looking for some kind ofornamental shrub to put in your yard, you probably have come across Japanese Barberry. Highlyacclaimed as a landscaping shrub, this is a shrub you should think twice about adding to your yard. First brought to […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI – – The U.S. border patrol says it has almost 20,000 agents. 85-percent of them are on the Mexican border, the so-called frontlines of the migrant crisis. But there’s a smaller, dedicated crew of agents patrolling the Upper Peninsula. “I heard an agent say, a long time […]