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Ardis Genevieve Bruno, age 101, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away early Monday morning, October 5, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Ardis was born on January 7, 1919, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Angus and Emeline (Mitchell) Johnston. She graduated from Sault High School with the […]
Co B 27th Bn 5th Regt, I.R.T.C. Fort McClellan, AL U.S. Army February 02, 1944 Dear Folks, Well, today was a big day for me. I got the two boxes that you sent me. Last night I got your money order, and I got 3 fillings in my teeth, plus […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer railed against the state Supreme Court’s decision to strike down her orders to extend a coronavirus-related state of emergency past April 30 without legislative approval. “This threat is still very real and the sad irony is on the day that the president was admitted to the hospital […]
Dorothy Nell Quack, 89 of Sault Ste. Marie, died Friday, October 2, 2020. Dorothy was born on October 14, 1930, in Paducah, Ky to Armas and Nell (Pell) Mackie. The family moved to Sault Ste. Marie where Armas opened a family business. Even though her parents warned her not to […]
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Glenn Edward Dow, age 73, passed away Friday, October 2, 2020, at his home in Raco, Michigan surrounded by his family. Glenn was born on December 5, 1946, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late John and Lillian (Andrus) Dow. Glenn was a graduate of Sault High School with […]
Michael (Mike) Lukas Burton, 67, died on Oct. 1, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. He was born in Detroit, Mich., on Feb. 11, 1953. Mike was the third child born to John and Ava (Voit) Burton but the first child to be born in the United States. His father had […]
Const. Matthew Keating will forfeit 12 hours pay for neglect of duty and another 12 hours for discreditable conduct A city police constable with an otherwise-exemplary service record has lost 24 hours of pay after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct and neglect of duty. “It would appear that this is […]
Last month, the unions representing Michigan’s civil service employees sued the Michigan Civil Service Commission because it adopted new rules requiring employees to annually opt in to dues deductions. That lawsuit included a request for an injunction to prevent those rules from going into effect until the lawsuit was decided. […]
Lansing — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did not have authority after April 30 to issue or renew any executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic under the 1976 Emergency Management Act. The court, in its 71-page ruling, also found Whitmer did not possess the authority to exercise […]