Photo: The Saline River Dam in Saline, MI. Source: City of Saline The Saline City Council heard an extensive presentation on Monday night, October 6, 2025, regarding the future of the Saline River dam. Engineers detailed the growing costs of maintaining the century-old structure and the city’s ongoing efforts to evaluate whether rehabilitation or removal … Read more
Incident #: 25-3693 Location: 1500 block of S. Main Street Date: October 4, 2025 Time: 7:55 pm INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of S. Main Street for a report of an attempt to pass counterfeit currency. Upon arrival, the officers were met by the complainant, who stated that … Read more
A bicyclist was hit by a vehicle on North Territorial Road on October 4th, the Dexter Area Fire Department (DAFD) said. After hearing reports on local Facebook pages of a bicyclist being hit over the weekend, the Sun Times News followed up with DAFD on the following Monday (Oct. 6) to find out more information … Read more
Photo: Photo of the smoke from the 2025 Roscommon County wildfire. Courtesy DNR With fire danger extremely high across much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula today, firefighters are working near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County to contain a wildfire burning since Sunday afternoon, Oct. 5, near the Roscommon State Forest Area. The fire was reported early … Read more
The Saline-Skyline water polo team picked up two more wins this week with the state playoffs just around the corner. The Hornets opened the week by rolling past Lake Orion 18-5. Saline took a 5-1 lead after one and built a 13-3 halftime lead and never looked back in the win. Jacob Clauser had a … Read more
The Saline tennis team tookd down Pinckney 8-0 in a SEC crossover last week. Max Hong dominated at one-singles 6-1, 6-0 and Gavin Lemm was strong at two-singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win. Andrew O’Neil blanked hits opponent 6-0, 6-0 at three-singles and Brody Dai won by default at four-singles. Brady Weiss and Ryan Pletz … Read more
Photo: Emma Lillie took second in diving for Saline. Photo by Dawn McCann The Saline girls’ swim and dive team took down Bedford 140-46 Tuesday night to improve to 3-0 in the SEC Red. Maria Baldwin had a big night with four first-place finishes. She won the 100 back with a state qualifying time, won … Read more
Photo: Zach Heisler scored three goals in the win over Skyline. Photo by Dawn McCann A pair of huge victories moved the Saline soccer team on top of the SEC Red standings with district starting this week. The Hornets knocked off SEC Red leading Huron 1-0 and then took down Skyline 3-0 in the regular … Read more
Photo: Clare Arvai scored four goals in the win over Pinckney. Photo by Dawn McCann The Saline field hockey team continued its stellar play of late with a pair of shutout wins last week. The Hornets opened the week by blanking Pinckney 8-0. Clare Arvai had a huge night for the Hornets with four goals … Read more
The Saline boys and girls’ cross country teams both had strong finishes at the Portage Invitational Saturday with the boy’s finishing 10th and the girls 11th at one of the largest invites in the state. Pioneer won both D1 team races for the day. Jacob Szalay led the Hornets with an 11th-place finish in 16:01.3 … Read more
Photo: (Foreground) Kristin Shields & Jamie Elvey (Background) Henri Franklin & Kate Thomsen. Photo by Sean Carter Photography The Purple Rose Theatre raised the curtain on its 35th season with a remake of Jeff Daniels’ original comedy Norma & Wanda, directed by Rhiannon Ragland. It was clear from the start that both Daniels and Ragland … Read more
Photo: Navaeh Streich with a kill for Dexter. Photo by Dawn McCann The Dexter volleyball team improved to 4-0 and stayed on top of the SEC Red standings after a straight set win over Monroe last week. The Dreadnaughts took down the Trojans in three sets 25-15, 25-13, 25-13 to remain perfect in the SEC … Read more
The Dexter tennis team wrapped up its regular season by winning a pair of matches heading into this weeks regionals. The Dreadnaughts defeated Jackson 5-3 in a SEC crossover. Cayden Cappelli improved to 13-3 overall on the season with a 6-1, 6-0 win at two singles, while Feliz Llonch Balauder moved to 10-4 on the … Read more
The Dexter soccer team heads into the D2 state playoffs playing some of its best soccer of the season after closing with two wins in three games. The Dreadnaughts defeated rival Chelsea 4-1. The Bulldogs struck first with a first half goal for a 1-0 lead at the break. Dexter answered in the second half … Read more
The Dexter field hockey team stayed near the top of the SEC standings after two big conference wins this week. The Dreadnaughts opened the week by blanking Ann Arbor Huron 5-0. Dexter dominated the match with 16 shots on goal to just one for Huron. Claire Dubuque had a big game with two goals and … Read more
The Dexter field hockey team stayed near the top of the SEC standings after two big conference wins this week. The Dreadnaughts opened the week by blanking Ann Arbor Huron 5-0. Dexter dominated the match with 16 shots on goal to just one for Huron. Claire Dubuque had a big game with two goals and ...
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