Penny Jean Nertoli, age 77, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Thursday afternoon, September 17, 2020, at the Hospice of the EUP – Hospice House. Penny was born in Raco, Michigan on February 3, 1943, the daughter of the late William and Goldie (Bruce) Brown. On November 3, 1962, […]
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John “Jack” DeWeese
John “Jack” Hamilton DeWeese, age 92, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Friday afternoon, September 18, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Jack was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on August 1, 1928, In Sault Ste. Marie Mi. He graduated from Brimley High School with the class of 1946. […]
St Ignace Chief of Police cleared of criminal charges
ST. IGNACE, MICH. – On May 28, 2020, a complaint against St. Ignace Chief of Police Tony Brown was brought to the Michigan State Police (MSP) St. Ignace Post. The complaint alleged that the police chief had potentially committed a crime while on-duty by manipulating a complaint that negatively affected […]
September 21, 2020
Anthony Fotchman02/07/1998Operate While IntoxicatedFines and costs $4,782.5093 days, credit 1, serve 7, balance held80 hours community serviceNo alcohol, controlled substance, marijuanaNo bars taverns casinosRecommendations in assessmentSign releases Joseph Benjamin Ogston01/25/1983Motorcycles/Moped-Operate without EndorsementFines and costs $335Bradley Jay Lowing11/25/1985Snowmobiles-Operate ImpairedFines and costs $8393 days held80 hours community serviceNo alcohol, controlled substance, marijuanaNo […]
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Whitmer Appeal On Vaping Ban
In a blow to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Supreme Court late last week unanimously said it would not hear a pair of appeals seeking to greenlight emergency rules to ban flavored nicotine vaping products. Justices wrote in an order issued Friday but released Saturday that they did not believe […]
In secret recording, trainer for Unlock Michigan advises on unlawful tactics
LANSING – A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath, a secretly recorded videotape shows. The video showing Erik Tisinger, a trainer […]
September 16, 2020
Jason Alvord Smith09/15/1971MV-Operation without SecurityFines and costs $550 Seth Dewaine Bosley12/22/1998Trespass-RecreationalFines and costs $127590 days held in abeyance80 hours community service Deanna Mary Tomie 02/15/1994TrespassFines and costs $37530 days, credit 1, balance suspended30 hours community service Laura Virginia Tetzlaff07/27/1979Operate While IntoxicatedFines and costs $102093 days, credit 1, balance held in […]
Michigan pandemic death toll is thousands higher than official counts
It was six month ago this week that Michigan announced its first death from coronavirus. Since then, the state has tallied 6,632 confirmed deaths from coronavirus and another 320 probable deaths. But the true death toll of the pandemic appears to be thousands of deaths higher, based on “excess death” […]
Letters from the Past- #4
Letters from the Past No. 4 Norfolk, VANovember 28, 1918 My Darling Helen, Today is Thanksgiving Day, and it is a very disagreeable day. It is raining, so it makes it rather dreary. I just had chow, but I did not have as near as good chow, as I had […]
Kurtis Robert Bruni
Kurtis Robert Bruni, age 33, of Kent, Washington, died unexpectedly on September 14, 2020. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to parents Orlando and Tina (Selon) Bruni on August 1, 1987. Kurtis grew up in Pickford and graduated from Sault High School with the class of 2006. He […]