Michigan DNR Approves Permits For Great Lakes Tunnel In Straights of Mackinac
Today, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued a permit for the Great Lakes Tunnel project, intended to house a proposed replacement for the existing 73-year-old Line 5 dual pipelines currently located on the lakebed in the Straits of Mac...
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DNR Spending More Money On U.P. Deer Habitat Projects
Conservation groups, K-12 students and landowners across the Upper Peninsula will improve hundreds of acres of white-tailed deer habitat this year after receiving state grants generated from deer hunting license revenue. The Michigan Department of Na...
Jul 15, 2026
Iron Mountain Man Returned From Alaska To Face Sex Charges
A 42-year-old Iron Mountain man has been extradited from Ketchikan, Alaska to Dickinson County after being charged with first and second degree Criminal Sexual Conduct following a Michigan State Police (MSP) investigation. On December 23, 2025, alleg...
Jul 15, 2026
A LOT OF FISH: Sault Tribe Reports On U.P. Stocking Efforts
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Natural Resources Division Fisheries Program has completed another successful spring stocking season, introducing more than 1 million fish into waters across the Upper Great Lakes to help strengthen regi...
Jul 15, 2026
Four U.P. Businesses Awarded State Job-Training Grants
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has awarded more than $6 million in FY 2026 Cycle 2 Going PRO Talent Fund grants to 121 businesses to support the training of 2,797 Michigan workers, including $126,451 to four businesse...
Jul 15, 2026
Downstate Man Arrested In Eastern UP After Fatal Traffic Crash
A subject is in custody following a fatal two-vehicle crash in Bay Mills Township. On July 13, 2026, at approximately 10:48 a.m., a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a report of a two-vehicle head-on cras...
Jul 15, 2026
Driver Hurt After Crashing Truck Into Tree In Chocolay Twp.
On 07/13/2026 at approximately 0834 hours Chocolay Township Police were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident on M 28 near the Alger County line. Initial reports stated that the Driver was trapped in the vehicle and that the vehicle may ha...
Jul 14, 2026
Michigan Flags Lowered Tuesday To Honor Fallen Firefighter
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to honor the life and service...
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