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CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- More than 2,000 homes and businesses in Chippewa County that previously lacked reliable high-speed internet access are part of a broadband expansion project that includes installing infrastructure beneath the St. Marys River. Spectrum is working to bring high-speed internet service to residents of Sugar Island...
Somewhere in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, tucked into a city that sits right on the edge of two countries, there’s a steakhouse so good that people who already live nearby keep finding reasons to go back. The Antlers Restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie is the kind of place...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday accusing the Hoffmann Family of Companies of operating an illegal Mackinac Island ferry monopoly. State prosecutors allege the private equity firm bought out its sole rival, pulled boats during peak tourist season and raised ticket and mainland parking prices. Nessel is asking an Ingham County judge to force the sale of one ferry line, block anti-competitive practices and award triple damages. MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a judge to break up single-company control of passenger ferry service to Mackinac Island, alleging the operator bought out its competition to hike prices on tourists, island residents and seasonal workers. Filed Thursday in Ingham County Circuit Court, the civil antitrust lawsuit targets the Hoffmann Family of Companies, a private equity group led by billionaire David Hoffmann, alongside affiliated marine businesses including Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry and Arnold Transit Co. According to the attorney general's office, Hoffmann now controls every passenger ferry route to the car-free island, every dock capable of handling passenger vessels and roughly 80% of long-term mainland parking near the terminals in St. Ignace and Mackinaw City. State attorneys contend the firm built that
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WZMQ) – The Mackinac Bridge Authority has announced it will not be able to fly its giant American flag this Veterans Day. The flag is usually flown six times a year on the bridge’s north tower, and sometimes windy conditions can add constraints to the tradition. This time however, the MBA says recent inspections to the 30-by-60-foot flag found a potential danger to bridge-goers.
