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Friday, February 7, 2025
LANSING — In late 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging in Michigan, the state’s top law enforcement agency quietly began tracking what it deems hate or bias incidents against police. The agency counted 10 incidents of what it describes as anti-police bias and recorded them under its hate/bias category […]
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Powerful tornadoes that ripped through Mississippi – destroying buildings and obliterating at least one town – killed almost two dozen people, officials said Saturday. They warned that the casualty toll could go higher. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a Twitter post that search […]
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, revises schedule following public scoping for Enbridge Line 5 Tunnel permit application review. Enbridge Energy seeks authorization to cross the Straits of Mackinac and impact adjacent wetlands for construction of the Line 5 Tunnel. The Detroit District, responsible for evaluating […]
Courtesy of Prosecutor Robert Stratton III Clifford Earl Bailey was sentenced to serve a prison term of 24 months to 10 years for his convictions of Child Abuse in the Second Degree and Domestic Violence. Mr. Bailey was convicted after a three-day jury trial on April 21, 2021. The jury […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party has received backlash from political leaders on both sides of the aisle for posts on social media Wednesday that compared the Holocaust to gun safety measures being considered in the state. The posts, shared on the state party’s official Facebook and Twitter […]
In a job that sees violence daily throughout the state with many assaults on staff not making it to court, Prosecutor Rob Stratton has stepped up and sent a message. Kalvin Washington was found guilty of 2 counts of Assault on a Prison Employee on March 22, 2023 as a […]
WEXFORD COUNTY, MI. It has come to the attention of the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Postthat Michigan residents are receiving “spoof” phone calls with the telephone number of the MSP CadillacPost. The callers state they are from the MSP and that they are conducting an investigation or begin toask […]
Chippewa County has three fewer predators following sentences handed out by Judge James Lambros of the 50th Circuit Court. William David Brice II, 44, from Sault Ste. Marie, previously plead guilty to three counts of Child Sexually Abusive Activity. He was sentenced on March 14, 2023 to 20 years in […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT, is investing about $1.1 million to resurface .36 miles of I-75 Business Spur (BS) (Ashmun Street) in the city of Sault Ste. Marie. The work will include asphalt milling and resurfacing, asphalt overlays, brick paver crosswalk removal, drainage structure repairs, concrete curb […]
The City of Sault Ste Marie wants to update the public on road construction and improvement projects scheduled for this coming summer. The Easterday Ave. Truck Route Reconstruction and Carbide Dock Port Reconstruction projects Both awarded respectively to Bacco Construction Company and Roen Salvage Company. Affected property owners have received […]