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DAFTER, Mich. (March 8, 2021) – Students seeking scholarships for schools in the Eastern Upper Peninsula have a new opportunity through Cloverland Cares, the non-profit foundation of Cloverland Electric Cooperative. One award recipient will be selected from each of the co-op’s three districts and announced in May. Cloverland Cares scholarship applications […]
The massive COVID stimulus relief bill is headed back to the House after clearing the Senate. The final vote was 50-49 along party lines. House and Senate negotiators will have to work out differences in the two bills before a final measure is approved and sent to the President. The […]
Sault Ste. Marie, MI – War Memorial Hospital has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals for 2021 by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This 11th annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Hospital Strength […]
Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress. Law enforcement agents were “being pulled into the crowd and trampled, assaulted with […]
Frank Kelley, the state’s attorney general from 1961-98 and perhaps the most popular politician in Michigan history, died Friday night at the age of 96. Mr. Kelley’s health had started to decline in recent months, his friend and longtime spokesperson Chris De Witt said. Mr. Kelley was appointed attorney general […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (March 5, 2021) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials will use dry blasting during New Lock at the Soo construction to avoid or drastically minimize impacts to fish larvae and adult fish spawning near the Soo Locks. The Soo Locks on the St. Marys […]
TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two teenagers have discovered a human foot while fishing in Saginaw County. The Saginaw News reports Thursday that the foot was found Feb. 26 along the banks of the Flint River in Taymouth Township. Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel says it has been sent to […]
LANSING — Gretchen Whitmer stood on the floor of the Michigan Senate in 2013 and unloaded on a governor she claimed was operating in a “cloud of secrecy.” Serving as Senate minority leader at the time, Whitmer lambasted then-Gov. Rick Snyder for convening a private “skunk works” commission to develop […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced today a major expansion in eligibility for Michigan residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting March 8, those 50 and older “with medical conditions or disabilities and caregiver family members and guardians who care for children with special health care needs,” can receive the vaccine, a statement […]
Soo Co-op Credit Union’s 63rd Annual Meeting of the membership was held on Monday, February 22, 2021, at the credit union’s main office in Sault Ste. Marie. This year, the meeting was held virtually through the credit union’s website to allow all Members to participate, and to comply with COVID-19 […]