Tuesday, September 8, 2026
SAULT STE. MARIE — A long-distance runner in Sault Ste. Marie is finishing up a unique journey. Jonathan Mogg has run every single street in the Soo while raising money for ARCH Hospice. Mogg said it started as a personal challenge and a means of seeing his city from a […]
U.S. and Canadian officials are holding biweekly meetings to discuss the potential closure of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac and the ramifications of the shutdown in the context of a 1977 treaty between the two governments. It’s not clear whether the state of Michigan has been a […]
Droughts in parts of West Michigan put large swaths of land at an increased risk of wildfire. Despite storms rolling through much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula over the weekend, some parts of the state are abnormally dry for this time of year. “There was actually a severe drought north of […]
LAIRD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities in the Upper Peninsula discovered the body of a missing 80-year-old man who had dementia, less than 2 miles from where his vehicle had a flat tire. Howard Maki of Houghton County was last seen on June 7. His body was found on an […]
Katelyn Jo “Katie” Robinson, age 20, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2021, as a result of a car accident. Katie was born on November 8, 2000, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin to Kevin and Nancy (Marone) Robinson. She graduated from Sault Area High School with […]
The Sault Ste. Marie Fourth of July Parade has an extra spark of excitement this year with a homecoming for Detroit Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill on tap. The Soo native will be serving as the parade’s first ever grand marshal on July 4. Blashill has spent the last […]
Willard Eugene Bumstead, age 76, of Hessel, Michigan, died on Monday, May 31, 2021, at Medilodge of Gaylord in Gaylord, Michigan. He was born on February 8, 1945, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Floyd and Betty (Perkins) Bumstead. Willard was raised on the family farm on Hay Lake Road […]
SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. On June 18th, 2021 at approximately 6:30 p.m. troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a report of a crash between a train and a pickup truck which was towing a boat. The crash happened on the railroad crossing near M-123 […]
The border will remain closed to nonessential travel until at least July 21, Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair announced Friday on Twitter. Restrictions were first imposed in mid-March of 2020 and have been renewed each month since. “Our number one priority as we fight COVID-19 is keeping Canadians safe,” […]
The Rudyard Bulldogs have advanced to the Division Four State Softball Final in East Lansing in dramatic fashion! The Bulldogs trailed 7-1 to Holton after four innings, but they scored three runs in the fifth, (Holton scored one in the sixth) one in the sixth and four in the seventh […]
