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Kevin Gene Walker, age 60, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Monday, January 4, 2021, at War Memorial Hospital. Kevin was born on July 9, 1960, in Gladwin, before moving to Sault Ste. Marie in 1965 where he lived the majority of his life. He married Michele Coullard in November […]
Local Law enforcement officials would like to warn the public of on-going frauds and scams that citizens of the eastern Upper Peninsula have experienced recently. A citizen from Chippewa County, reported he received a phone call that his grandson had been involved in a traffic crash in the California area […]
Edeen Ellen Behrendt Hufnagel, 78, passed away on January 7, 2021 in Sault Ste Marie, MI. She was born May 17, 1942 to former Wayne County Sheriff Edward Behrendt and Elsie Rissmann Behrendt. Edeen is survived by her husband of 59 years Clay Hufnagel; her daughter Kimberly (Rev. Tom) Donnelly […]
Kathleen Mary Porter, age 66, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, died on January 1, 2021 in Sault Ste. Marie. She was born on April 30, 1954 in Detroit, MI, to Edgerton Joseph and Jeanne Loretta (MacDonald) Caraher. Kathleen grew up in Detroit, where she graduated from High School. On October […]
Norman “Mack” McKee (Wowunk), age 47, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, left this world unexpectedly on January 5, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. He was born on March 16, 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Norman Curtis McKee Sr. and Julia (Komarnizki, McKee) Bickham. Mack grew up […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State hockey team defeated the Northern Michigan Wildcats by a final score of 4-1 in the first game of a non-conference series on Friday, Jan. 8 at the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Mich. The Lakers got off to a strong start as the team […]
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Saturday, January 9 to honor the service of United States Army Master Sergeant Jeffrey Saum and coincide […]
Timothy Michael Swailes, 62, of Lock Haven, and formerly of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 at his home. Born March 17, 1958 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., he was a son of the late Charles Swailes and Margaret (Hodge) Swailes who survives in Crystal Falls, […]
ORILLIA – The Ontario Provincial Police has received numerous complaints where members of the public from across the province received unsolicited emails which, when opened, contained links to images of child sexual abuse. The emails, which were received from the email account mail@aloette.me contained directions, that when followed unknowingly exposed […]
CHIPPEWA County, Michigan – Beginning January 11, 2021, the Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) will vaccinate individuals in Phase 1B. However, CCHD does not have sufficient vaccine supply for all individuals in this group but is collaborating with War Memorial Hospital to supply the vaccine. Karen Senkus, Health Officer, stated, […]
