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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Three Michigan lawmakers introduced a bipartisan plan to heighten sentencing recommendations for various narcotic drug crimes. Reps. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport, Ann Bollin R-Brighton Township, and Angela Witwer, D-Delta Township, introduced a bipartisan plan to increase drug sentencing recommendations for heroin and fentanyl dealers. House Bills 5124-26 would revise sentencing requirements […]
New York: CNN—Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, a casualty of a miserable environment for drug stores, exacerbated by its runner-up status to bigger chains and expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions. The bankruptcy was not a surprise. Its bigger rivals, CVS and Walgreens, […]
Suzanne Somers is dead at 76, according to her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Somers, the “Three’s Company” actor, died in her home surrounded by her family early Sunday, the eve of her 77th birthday. “Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will […]
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) is now accepting applications from licensed police officers across the state and country who want to join the MSP and is offering them the unique opportunity to participate in a shortened recruit school. The 146th Trooper Recruit School, which is only open to licensed police […]
A ferry that serves Sugar Island in Chippewa County was shut down Tuesday morning after an SUV accident, officials said. Fire officials said that around 10:45 a.m., the driver of a silver SUV – which was one of the first vehicles on the Sugar Islander 2 ferry – hit the […]
SEATTLE, Washington – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) honored the agencies in charge of two international bridge crossings on the Ontario-Michigan border for the procurement and implementation of their innovative toll systems. The IBTTA presented the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (The […]
BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot’s error during landing caused a 2021 plane crash that killed four people on a Michigan island, federal investigators concluded. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Nov. 13, 2021 crash on Beaver Island, said in a report released Thursday that the pilot […]
The building located at the corner of Johnston St. and Portage Ave. in Sault Ste. Marie will be carefully deconstructed starting October 11th 2023. Any salvageable materials were previously removed. The lot with the building formerly known as the Harbor House was purchased in June 2023 by Famous Property Development LLC. […]
This last Thursday, in the early morning hours of 10-5-2023, 911 dispatched our single/Deputy car to a suicidal male. This occurred on Sugar Island, in a remote part of our county. A U.S.B.P. agent was available and volunteered to assist our deputy. Upon arrival the male was seen holding a […]
BIG BAY — Over 100 Big Bay residents are requesting a public hearing be held regarding a ban on spaceports in the township. Resident Phil Bakken made a request for a public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance petition, which was signed by 164 Powell Township citizens.The document was presented […]