Get the news as it happens!
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Shirley Ann Bandstra, age 85, of Brimley, MI, died on August 20, 2020, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. She was born on February 8, 1935, in Detroit, MI, to James and Eldora “Erma” (Hovinen) Phillips. Shirley grew up in Detroit until moving to the Dollar Settlement in the Upper Peninsula […]
Donald Gene “Don” Johnston, age 71, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Thursday morning, August 20, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Don was born on December 30, 1948, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Austin and Helen (Trumbley) Johnston. Don graduated from Sault High School with the […]
ALGER COUNTY, MI – An 11-year-old boy died Friday afternoon when a sand dune he was digging into collapsed, burying him. Michigan State Police said the incident occurred around 12:41 p.m. today at a roadside beach area just west of Au Train. Troopers from the Negaunee post responded to a […]
Organizers have decided to cancel the Jewel at Mackinac Golf Outing this year due to health concerns surrounding the pandemic. This traditional event is one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Mackinac Straits Health (MSH) Foundation. “While we are disappointed, we firmly believe it is the right […]
On Thursday, August 20,2020 at approximately 1600 hours, Chippewa Central Dispatch advised there were two individuals swimming near US-2 and the Dunes (just west of Pointe Aux Chenes Road) that were far away from shore. Central Dispatch advised the individuals were a 13-year-old and a 28-year-old and that it looked […]
The state will settle the lawsuits filed against it emanating from the Flint water crisis for $600 million, with most of that money going toward children exposed to the water that was tainted with lead and believed responsible for a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced this […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI– Troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie post arrested two people for repeated drunk driving last week. Friday just after 7 p.m. officers stopped a vehicle on M-221 near 6 Mile Road in Bay Mills Township. The driver—a 40-year-old Brimley woman—was arrested for operating while intoxicated – 3rd […]
Join MSU Extension for a series of 6-sessions offered free and fully Online. PATH is a workshop dedicated to supporting individuals living with chronic conditions. Attend from the comfort of your own home. The teaching process makes this program effective. Classes are highly participatory. Mutual support and success build participants’ […]
A former Kinross man who police say claimed responsibility for a quadruple homicide in Wayne County on Saturday turned himself in late Sunday amid questions over why previous charges against him were recently dropped. Raymond Lee Bailey, 37, was taken into custody by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and was expected to […]
SAULT STE. MARIE — Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post were dispatched to Newberry recently for a report of an assault. According to a Michigan State Police press release dated for Aug. 19, At approximately 1:54 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, troopers arrived to a residence on E. Truman […]