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MSP delivers Thanksgiving meals to local families

SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. On November 22nd and 23rd, 2021, members of the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post delivered turkeys and additional food items to local families in Chippewa and Luce Counties. The Thanksgiving meal items were hand delivered to the families. The turkeys and food items […]

Eagles victorious over Express in return to Pullar Stadium

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – A long-anticipated Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League home ice return by the Soo Eagles went their way Friday as they defeated the Espanola Express 6-2 at Pullar Stadium. Appearing in their first NOJHL regular season home game since February 29, 2020, the Eagles scored six […]

Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty on ALL charges

Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after testifying he acted in self-defence in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged […]

MSP chase stolen vehicle across Mackinac Bridge

“On 11-17-21 at approximately 11:40 pm troopers from the MSP St. Ignace Post were working directed patrol on the Mackinac Bridge. Troopers observed a green Toyota Tundra traveling at a high rate of speed, north bound across the Mackinac Bridge. The suspect vehicle was traveling at 73mph in a 45-mph zone. […]

Molecular test no longer needed for quick trips across US border

The Government of Canada announced today that effective Nov. 30, it will implement adjustments to border crossing measures, including the exemption of fully vaccinated Canadian travellers from presenting a pre-entry molecular test who depart and re-enter Canada within 72 hours. “This exemption is only for trips originating in Canada taken […]

Ronald Joseph Coffey

Ronald Joseph Coffey, age 77, of Rudyard, Michigan, died unexpectedly on November 15, 2021, at his home in Rudyard. He was born October 29, 1944, in Sandusky, Michigan, to Olin H. and Donna H. (Jacques) Coffey. Ronald spent his youth growing up in Detroit, Michigan. He moved to Louisiana for […]

Orville Hugh Nutkins

Orville Hugh Nutkins, age 91, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, passed away on Thursday, November 18,2021 at Medilodge Lodge in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Orville was born in Detroit on September 19, 1930, to Edgar and Mina Nutkins. He had two siblings, Beatrice Bishop and Edgar Nutkins. He grew […]

Sharon Kennedy – It Takes Courage to Survive

Lynn Ordiway of Sault Ste. Marie described the early morning hours of June 26, 1986 when his life changed forever. He lived in Seymour, Tennessee at the time and was heading home on his motorcycle when a new tire came off the rim as he rounded a curve at a […]

Michigan hospitalizations spike; state hits 70% vaccine goal

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Michigan surpassed 3,000 for the first time in more than six months Monday amid a fourth surge of infections, while state officials celebrated reaching a key vaccination goal. The number of adults hospitalized with confirmed cases was 3,040. That was up from 2,111 […]