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Friday, January 31, 2025
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced the recipients for the 2024 Michigan Maritime and Port Facility Assistance Grant Program that will invest $5 million toward maritime projects across Michigan. The five projects that were competitively selected will make strategic investments in Michigan’s maritime system to help strengthen the […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) will stop at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie on THURSDAY, August 8th at 2:30 PM during his annual motorcycle tour across Michigan. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Peters secured $450 million for the Soo Locks construction project in the Fiscal […]
EMMET COUNTY, MI. On Monday, August 5, 2024, at approximately 7:20 a.m. a 48-year-old womanfrom Colorado was struck and killed while jogging on the shoulder of south bound US-31 near Luce Road. She was struck by a black 2013-2017 Dodge pickup truck that fled the scene. The truck has front-end […]
This picture and story were taken from the 1914 Sault Ste. Marie High School annual. The Sault High School spirit was strong even back then. – Laurie Davis Men Receiving S’sWM. MacLachlan (Captain) Right Guard, James Sharpe – Quarterback, Clifford Everett – Left Guard, A. Weston – Right Half, Jay […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State (LSSU) men’s basketball team has released its 2024-25 schedule, as announced by Head Coach Steve Hettinga on Thursday. The Lakers will open their 2024-25 campaign in the Sunshine State where they will face off against Carson-Newman and Gannon at the Small College […]
Ishpeming, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes AgainstChildren (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Timothy Paul Romback, 57, for child sexuallyabusive activity – aggravated and using a computer to commit a crime. Romback was arrested following an investigation which was initiated when it […]
ISOCO COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — An F-16 jet dumped two fuel tanks during an emergency on Wednesday, one of which exploded in Lake Huron. The Iosco County Sheriff’s Office said dispatchers received a report at 1:15 p.m. of an explosion in the area of Baldwin Resort Road. The sheriff’s office said two […]
On 7-30-2024 at 0831 hrs Chippewa County Central Dispatch received a 911 call in reference to a boating accident/water rescue. It was reported the incident was between Drummond Island and Howard Island in Chippewa County. According to a source at the scene, a 14 yr old boy fell from a […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – For the safety and convenience of participants who start from the St. Ignace side for the 2024 Mackinac Bridge Walk, the walk will begin from Bridge View Park on the west side of I-75 rather than at the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) administration building. As most participants […]
Sault High Senior Johnny Osborn represented his community well, bringing home the title in three of the five events he competed in at the Hartford Nationals in Hoover, Alabama. The largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for athletes with a physical, visual and/or intellectual disability had its 67th year […]