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Detroit wins bid to host 2024 NFL draft

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After four straight last-place finishes, with no division titles since 1993 and no playoff wins since 1991 and no Super Bowl appearances since, well, ever, it is hard to remember the last day like this, where it felt like the Detroit Lions were at the […]

Kewadin Casinos Changes Gaming Age Limit From 19 to 18

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Kewadin Casinos will lower its gaming age limit to 18 starting on March 30,2022 at all five Kewadin Casinos locations. According to the tribal gaming compact that the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, owners of the KewadinCasinos properties, has with the state of Michigan, the […]

Todd Alan Casteel

Todd Alan Casteel, age 63, of Drummond Island, Michigan, died unexpectedly at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey on March 11, 2022. He was born on January 2, 1959, in Lansing, Michigan, to Edward Casteel and Edna Brown. After high school, Todd went to work at several sawmills—he loved cutting wood. […]

Wanda Marie Sawyers

Wanda Marie Sawyers, age 81, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, died on March 24, 2022, at the Ball Hospice House, in Sault Ste. Marie. She was born October 1, 1940, in Pickford Township, Michigan, to Samuel J. and Violet U. (Bawks) Cruickshank. Wanda was born and raised at her parent’s […]

Sharon Kennedy – Hooked on Hooking

Chippewa County is home to some pretty outstanding hookers. Now fellows, don’t get excited. I’m not talking about that kind of hooker but the kind that works with a five inch rug hook and narrow strips of wool. I know one gal who has taken the art of hooking to […]

Rose Marie Francis Smolen

Rose Marie Francis Smolen, 85, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away Friday March 11, 2022 in Rudyard, MI. She was born March 29, 1936 in Detroit, MI to Antonio and Antonette (Savino) Scamazzo. Rose enjoyed bingo and playing board games with her family. She also loved to visit with […]

Clark David Gardner

Clark David Gardner, 80, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away peacefully on March 17, 2022 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI with his sister Doris Nelson and great niece Brandy King at his side. He was born July 1, 1941 on Neebish Island, MI the son of Charles and Violet […]