Sector Sault Ste. Marie holds Change-of-Command Ceremony
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard Capt. James Bendle relieved Capt. Anthony Jones as commander, Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday, June 23.
Rear Adm. Jonathan Hickey, commander, Ninth Coast Guard District, presided over the ceremony. Capt. Jones will report to Coast Guard Headquarters, in Washington D.C. where he will take over as the Personnel...
Coast Guard conducting training exercise on Beaver Island
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. – Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie and local agencies will be conducting an emergency response training exercise in Charlevoix and Beaver Island April 28 and 29.
Local residents may see increased emergency response activities as multiple agencies, led by Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, will be testing response and law enforcement capabilities.
Operation Maritime Resolve...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing ice climber
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo
PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Mich. – The Coast Guard suspended the search today for a missing ice climber who fell from a cliff Tuesday afternoon along the shores of Lake Superior in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
The 31-year-old man was climbing with a friend when he fell. After receiving a report of the mishap about...
Sector Sault Ste. Marie to receive Purple Heart for long-lost WWI sailor
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — On the 104th anniversary of the torpedoing of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, Sector Sault Ste. Marie will receive a Purple Heart on behalf of the family of one of the ship’s crewmen, local Coast Guard sailor Alfonso J. Busho.
Personnel from the sector will gather to mark the event at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26 in the sector dining facility.
A Sault Ste. Marie native,...
Coast Guard assists Mackinac Island ferry that lost steering in Straits
Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay file photo by Daniel R. Michelson
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — The Coast Guard and others responded Tuesday in the Straits of Mackinac after a Mackinac Island ferry with 144 passengers and four crewmembers aboard lost steering while on its way from the island.
The Star Line ferry Huron lost steering about 6 p.m. and was subsequently unable to deploy its anchor. The vessel...
Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay and emergency workers embark a patient being medevaced from Mackinac Island, Mich. February 7, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — The Coast Guard responded to an urgent request for medical assistance on Mackinac Island Monday in an unusually improvisational way.
Watchstanders received notification of a woman in need of critical...
Coast Guard seeks participants for Straits of Mackinac ports and waterways assessment workshop
CLEVELAND ― The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting for members of the public to participate in a Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA) workshop for the Straits of Mackinac that will take place in St. Ignace, Michigan, July 24 and 25.
A longstanding and proven Coast Guard process for formal public study, a PAWSA is a joint effort involving waterway users, stakeholders, and agencies to focus on...
EUPT, USCG partner to improve winter ferry service in upper Michigan
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Eastern Upper Peninsula Transit Authority singed a Memorandum of Understanding with a unified goal of improving ferry service during the winter to the St. Marys River’s three island communities in upper Michigan, Friday.
Capt. Marko Broz, commander, Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, and Pete Paramski, director of the EUP Transit Authority,...
Enforcement measures increase against unlicensed mariners carrying passengers for hire
DULUTH, Minn. — The Coast Guard is stepping up enforcement measures on boat operators illegally taking passengers for hire.
This summer the Coast Guard will conduct operations to stop illegal passenger vessel operators in Northern Minnesota and Western Lake Superior waters. A similar operation was conducted last summer in the vicinity of Chicago, and during those operations fifty percent of stopped...
