On June 12, at approximately 8:10 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post were dispatched to a shooting at a residence in Hayes Township, Otsego County. The preliminary ...

Crews began transferring tons of stone from the Hon. James L. Oberstar to the Kaye E. Barker this morning. The Oberstar has been anchored around 10 miles downriver of the Soo Locks since Sunday ...

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency’s Senior Services Department invites local seniors and their families to a special Father’s Day Luncheon on Friday, June 13 at noon at 524 Ashmun Street, ...

Michigan State Police is warning of a scam on which investigators in the Upper Peninsula took several complaints Monday. Police report that people are getting text messages from someone claiming to ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) unveiled an interactive artisanal dairy products map Friday to mark National Dairy Month this June. “Dairy is a leading sector of ...

Rudyard Public Schools wrapped up their school year this past week by adding some color to their hallways. Superintendent Tom McKee came up with the idea for the Legacy Hallway project last year, ...

Nine conservation projects on lakes and streams throughout the state will share more than $1.1 million, courtesy of Fisheries Habitat Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The ...

A 76-year-old man and 66-year-old woman from Ann Arbor were rescued Tuesday after their sailboat ran aground in high winds and rough water on Lake Huron. The boaters launched near the Point Au Gres ...

Multiple fire departments and law enforcement agencies are on the scene of a structure fire on W. Kallio Road just west of S. Kinross Lake Rd. The call came into Chippewa County Central Dispatch ...

John “Jack” Stewart McDonald, age 93, of Pickford, Michigan, died on June 7, 2025, at the Ball Hospice House in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was born on November 12, 1931, in Pickford to W. Forbes ...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced today that it has awarded $1,105,000 in grants to fund 55 community scrap tire drop-off events and other tire cleanups ...

SooLeader has this update on the structure fire that we first published Tuesday afternoon. Brian Bensel, Kinross Township Fire Chief, provided this official statement: On May 27th, 2025 Kinross ...