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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
LANSING, MI – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Monday to boost jobless aid funding and provide money to address unemployment fraud. The legislation appropriates $139.8 million to the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Fund. This includes $106.8 million in federal funds, $24 million from the state general fund and $8.9 million […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – A Seth Ferguson power play goal early in the third period proved to the game-winner Saturday evening as the Soo Eagles defeated the Greater Sudbury Cubs 4-3 in Game 2 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division semifinal at Pullar Stadium. With the result, […]
It isn’t often a small country town is home to a world-renown author, but Pickford in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the exception. Sue Harrison is known and loved by the locals, not just because of her fame as an internationally acclaimed author, but because she is a kind, generous, thoughtful […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – An Alex Freund goal, off a fortuitous bounce off the ends boards, nearly two minutes into overtime, lifted the Soo Eagles to a 5-4 win over the Greater Sudbury Cubs Friday in Game 1 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League West Division semifinal at Pullar […]
Patricia Susan (Sharp) Allen of Pickford, Michigan, died on April 2, 2022, at MyMichigan Medical Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at the age of 77. She was born on September 21, 1944, in Sandusky, Ohio to Norm and Dorothy Sharp. Patricia grew up in her hometown of Sandusky where […]
John Alexander “Johnny 5” Kaunisto, age 67, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, passed away on April 2, 2022, at War Memorial Hospital. John was born on December 31, 1954, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI to the late E. Ray and Margaret “Peggy” (Alexander) Kaunisto. John graduated from Sault High School […]
You can learn how to prevent Type 2 Diabetes together with other Michigan residents in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) on-line lifestyle change program offered by Michigan State University Extension. The program series starts Wednesday April 27th. Guided by two trained MSU Extension lifestyle coaches, groups of participants learn […]
The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service said Thursday it keeps receiving complaints from the public related to sextortion. “Sextortion happens when a person sends an intimate image and/or video to someone and is then threatened with the public release of the image or video unless the victim pays a demanded […]
The jury deliberating the fate of four men accused of plotting the kidnap of Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 said today that it has found Brandon Caserta and Daniel Harris not guilty of the crime but could not reach a unanimous verdict on the remaining defendants. Federal investigators sought to prove that […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit this morning in the Oakland Circuit Court arguing the Michigan Constitution protects a woman’s access to abortion and will use her executive authority to urge the Michigan Supreme Court to take the case directly. This comes weeks ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling of Dobbs […]