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Saturday, February 1, 2025
The Mackinac Bridge Authority held a special meeting today, May 13, to determine the status of the 2020 Mackinac Bridge Walk. The result? It’s cancelled! The board felt it was highly unlikely that circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to prevent crowds of this size from forming by Labor […]
The Canada-U.S. border is expected to stay closed to non-essential travel until June 21 to safeguard citizens in both countries from the spread of COVID-19, according to sources with knowledge of the bilateral talks. Non-essential travel across the border was first restricted to all on March 21 for a 30-day […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to hear from the public on Enbridge’s proposal to build an oil pipeline tunnel beneath Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac after determining the company submitted a complete application. The Corps’ Detroit district office has scheduled a public comment […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal investigation while in office. But the court seemed less clear about exactly how to handle subpoenas from Congress and the Manhattan district attorney for Trump’s tax, bank and […]
MSU Extension is offering a FREE on-line series entitled Powerful Tools for Caregivers for six consecutive Thursdays starting Thursday May 21 from 1:30-3:00pm EST via Zoom. The entire six-week series provides caregivers support and tools to help caregivers in a variety of ways. The series is designed to provide support […]
MACKINAC COUNTY, MICH. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) St. Ignace Post responded to a report of a Felonious Assault that took place between two men in Marquette Township of Mackinac County. It was reported that a 72-year-old resident of Mackinac County had stopped to check on what he […]
The Army Corps of Engineers continues to unload boulders on the shoreline at Rotary Park in Sault Ste Marie, MI today 5/12/20. They started the project May 8th. The Army Corps is using the CB Nicolet to unload and deposit the boulders onto the shorline. The boulders come from rock […]
SAULT STE. MARIE (WJRT) – The first phase of a billion-dollar expansion of the Soo Locks is scheduled to begin next week. The project will begin by deepening the St. Mary’s River upstream and downstream of the locks for $53 million over two years. Eventually, a third lock will be […]
Bruce Burling, 64 passed away suddenly in Sault Sainte Marie, MI. Bruce was born in Gallipolis, OH on April 5th, 1956 to Bruce and Mary (Andress) Burling. He grew up in Toledo, OH, attending Start High School. He later worked at Zyndorf’s Bakery as a baker’s assistant. Bruce is survived […]
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, the Canadian equivalent of the Blue Angels, a highly skilled precision aerobatics team arrived in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario fifteen minutes behind schedule of their planned 10:30 am arrival. The show they put on was well worth the wait! Rather heavy crowds gathered on both sides […]