Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical ...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is issuing a statewide Air Quality Alert for elevated levels of fine particulate (PM2.5) for Friday and Saturday, July 17-18, ...

Following medical clearance and release from McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, 46-year-old Aaron Peterson of McBain was lodged in the Chippewa County Jail. On July 17, he was arraigned ...

With just 57 days until the 120th Stalwart Fair begins with the Fair Pageant on Wednesday, Sept. 9, excitement is building across the community — and one of the fair’s largest annual fundraisers is ...

OTSEGO COUNTY — On July 2, at approximately 11:30 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gaylord Post responded to the area of Lake Manuka in Otsego Lake Township for a dumping complaint.

SooLeader gave each mayoral candidate — incumbent Don Gerrie and challenger Steve Habusta — the opportunity to answer the same questions regarding their desire to be mayor for the next two years.

CARACAS (AP) — The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. The interim government of President Delcy ...

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Treasury today announced that individuals and businesses in three Michigan counties are now eligible for state tax extension relief. On July 9, 2026, Gov. Gretchen ...

Here is an update to a tragic story SooLeader first brought you earlier this week when a 62-year-old Clare County woman was killed in a head-on car crash on W. Lakeshore Drive near Brimley Tuesday.

Early voting sites open Saturday, July 25, for the Aug. 4 Primary Election, and Michigan’s county, city, and township clerks are now conducting mandatory pre-election tests of their machines to ensure ...

The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District’s annual Conservation Week will be held from Aug. 10 through Aug. 15. Conservation Week is a week-long series of events celebrating local conservation ...

The Coast Guard medevaced a 34-year-old woman experiencing a medical emergency from Beaver Island, Michigan on Friday. Emergency services contacted Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes ...