Thursday, October 22, 2026
U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities. Shots could begin as […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s new redistricting commission is set to begin taking public comment as it weighs how to draw the boundaries for 13 congressional and 148 legislative districts that will last for a decade. The series of 16 hearings will start Tuesday in Jackson and end July 1 […]
On May 2nd 2021 Nicholas Leo Ferro, Jr. closed the chapter of this existence and moved on to the next. Nick was born January 13, 1959 in Hillsdale, MI. He graduated Hillsdale High School in 1977 and went on to marry his long time love Gigi Easterday in 1982. In […]
He has a lengthy association with Division 1, National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey, one which will continue for a while yet. Sault Ste. Marie native Joe Shawhan has signed a three-year extension to carry on as head coach of the Michigan Tech Huskies of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The […]
RUDYARD — Rudyard’s offense put up 26 runs in the Bulldogs’ doubleheader against Sault Ste. Marie on Monday, 13-1 and 13-1. Megan Postma and Morgan Bickel both had big days at the plate, with both players hitting 2-run homers. Brooklyn Besteman and Paige Postma also had impressive days at the […]
Troopers from the Sault Ste Marie State Police Post are investigating a breaking and entering complaint at a seasonal residence in the Birch Shores area of Trout Lake. Several items were taken during the incident. A suspicious older, white panel van was observed in the area in and around the […]
The Chippewa County Sheriff Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing person. This not just any missing person, this person cut her tether and is running from the law. Fawn Teeple was released on a Bond out of Circuit court with the condition she must be on […]
MARQUETTE — The U.P. Notable Book Club and the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association will feature author Michael Carrier in a Thursday virtual event. The club has scheduled author events with winners of the U.P. Notable Book List, including Carrier, an […]
Why is it that when people talk about Michigan or create Michigan memorabilia they sometimes forget to add the Upper Peninsula? Is it because we refer to it as ‘the Mitten?’ I mean, we do have two “mittens” to accurately represent our beloved state. Yet, we don’t. Or maybe it’s […]
The prohibition on in-person work to slow the spread of COVID-19 will end May 24, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said today as the state hit 55 percent of its population 16 and older having received at least their first dose of a vaccine. Ms. Whitmer had set 55 percent as the threshold when […]
