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Saturday, May 17, 2025
SAULT STE. MARIE – The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) has suspended the operations of a Brimley driving school after the provider was found to be in violation of the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act. Bay Mills Ojibwe Driving School, located at 11507 West Industrial Drive in Brimley, was […]
Robert Arthur “Bob” Lewis, age 64, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022, at his home in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Bob was born on January 26, 1958, to Elgin and Katherine (Cusenza) Lewis in Flint, MI. He graduated with the St. Louis, Michigan Class of 1976. Bob spent 30 […]
HAY DAYS! The weekend including August 2 through August 7, 2022 is all about Hay Days in Pickford, Michigan! The purpose of Pickford Hay Days is to promote a fun weekend for the community, family and friends, (with a wink and a nod to the most obvious activity that occurs […]
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich.—With only closeout items remaining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District’s New Lock at the Soo substantially completes its first phase of construction. “We are waiting on final survey results and anticipate they will show the deepened areas as complete, really only have some punch-list […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—Chippewa County District Court congratulates its final two graduates from the misdemeanor Sobriety Court. Sobriety Courts use an intensive probation period that involves a coordination between treatment providers, probation, courts, prosecution, and defense attorneys. Every other week this team meets to review participants’ progress. Following this team […]
Dolores Ethelyn (Bosley) Rye, age 82, of Pickford, Michigan, died on July 17, 2022, at 2:15 AM at her home with her sister, LuAnn, and surrounded by her family. She is a survivor of colorectal cancer of ten years and died of peritoneal carcinomatosis and a broken heart from the […]
St. Ignace, Mich. (WLUC) – The Mackinaw City Police department attempted to pull over a vehicle speeding through a construction zone on I-75 around 9:20pm Monday. The driver continued to accelerate through the construction zone and continued south on US-31 near Emmet County. The vehicle reached speeds of over 100mph […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – Jack R. Thompson, 93, of Alpena, has always been a part of the Mackinac Bridge since 1956 when he worked on a construction crew that built it. Now he has a part of the bridge with him as well. Thompson, who received a piece of the […]
Kathy Jo Roe, age 62, of Brimley, MI passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022, at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital. Kathy was born on February 13, 1960, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI to the late Wayne Quigley and Gloria (Eugene) Hizer. Kathy attended Sault High School. She enjoyed camping, fishing on […]
MACKINAW CITY, MI – Traffic just south of the Mackinac Bridge will be detoured due to bridge work from Tuesday to Thursday, July 26-28. The Michigan Department of Transportation is working on a $12.3 million project on I-75 and US-23. Next week, crews will replace beams on the southbound US-23 […]