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Saturday, May 17, 2025
MACKINAC ISLAND — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won election four years ago on a promise to “fix the damn roads,” but as she asks voters to re-elect her this fall, the first-term Democrat says she’ll need more time to fulfill that pledge. I’ve “never suggested that in one term we […]
DAFTER, Mich.— (June 2, 2022) — Cloverland Electric Cooperative announced results of the director election at its Annual Meeting of the Members June 2. Cloverland is a democratically controlled, not-for-profit electric co-op governed by nine directors elected by and from the members of their respective districts to serve a three-year term. […]
Dylan Richard Parr, age 27, of Kincheloe, Michigan, passed away at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI on May 31, 2022. Dylan was born on June 12, 1994, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Richard Parr and Susan Bonnee. He graduated from Pickford High School with the class of 2012. He […]
Johnny Depp has emerged victorious from his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, after a jury ruled in his favor. Depp, 58, filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard, 36, over an op-ed published by The Washington Post in 2018, in which the Aquaman star stated that she was a domestic abuse survivor. Heard […]
Michigan drivers speeding through construction zones on state highways would be caught on an automated speed radar and issued warnings and fines under a bill pending in the Legislature. House Bill 5750 would give the Michigan Department of Transportation and state police authority to set up an automated speed enforcement system […]
For a long time I wanted to write the story of Mikel Classen, Sault Ste. Marie’s most prolific and beloved writer, who grew up on a 350 acre farm outside of Lansing in a small town called Wacousta. His many books reflect his interest in “lost stories from the past” […]
“For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven …” Looking to the night sky, she would point out the stars. Looking to the heavens, she would reaffirm her faith in the Lord. She would impart knowledge about the birds on her feeders, perched in […]
Levi Scott MeyerDomestic ViolenceFines and costs $25593 days, credit 26, balance suspendedNo alcohol, controlled substance, marijuana, THCTake meds as prescribedNo alcohol productsNo bars/taverns/casinosTest on demandNo assaultive behaviorNo weaponsAssessment and recommendations Wade Austin ThibertDisorderly Person-JostlingFines and costs $43090 days, credit 1, balance suspended Bernard Dean Germain, Jr.Operate Without License on PersonFines […]
MACKINAC ISLAND – Memorial Day will get the Mackinac Island treatment during a short ceremony planned for next week. Mackinac State Historic Parks will hold a brief and informal Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 30 at 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will begin behind Fort Mackinac at the Avenue of […]
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Monday, June 6th at 7:00am, Payne & Dolan will beginthe 3 Mile Road reconstruction project. The project area will be from the roundabout to M-129 and will consist of crushing existingbituminous pavement surface, adding two inches of aggregate to the crushed materialwhile shaping the […]