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February 27, 2020 — In the spirit of goodwill, collaboration and reconciliation, the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge Authority (IBA) will close the bridge from noon to approximately 2:30 p.m. today, Feb. 27, to facilitate a First Nations water ceremony. Tribal elders will conduct the ceremony at the bridge midpoint. […]
Featured in the March 2012 issue of Traverse Magazine. “Fear Bombing Attack on Soo, Observers are Told,” screamed a headline on the front page of the Soo Evening News on April 30, 1942. “Trenches Will Be Handy When Bombs Drop On The Sault,” echoed another in the Evening News of […]
Irene Margarette “Midge” Coe, age 89, of Charlevoix, Michigan, formerly of Rudyard, Michigan, died on February 14, 2020 in Charlevoix. She was born on May 8, 1930 in Denville, New Jersey, the youngest of four children to Donald John and Helen Elizabeth MacDonald. Midge grew up in New Jersey until […]
Due to current hill conditions and a mechanical issue, the Sault Seal Recreation Area will be temporarily closed effective February 25, 2020. It is anticipated that we will be reopening in a few days and will notify all departments and media outlets with an updated press release in regard to […]
Vickye Johndrow, of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan walked on February 22, 2020, after suffering a short illness. She was born August 6, 1948, and she was a proud member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She was well known for her ability to write, her sense of […]
Steven Robert Glezen, age 57, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Tuesday evening, February 25, 2020, at his home after a battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was diagnosis in August 2017. Steven was born on December 7, 1962, in Farmington, Michigan to Robert S. and Virginia (Cunningham) Glezen. Steven […]
NEWS RELEASESAULT STE. MARIE POLICE SERVICE ******************************On Feb. 24, 2020 officers with Patrol Services and Investigation Services arrested 26-year-old Derek Battagin and 21-year-old Kirsten Maitland for robbery. On Feb. 24, 2020 at 11:08 a.m., police received a call of a robbery at the Station Mall. It’s alleged Mr. Battagin and […]
(SooToday.com) – Sault Police say Huron Street between Queen Street West and Albert Street West was reopened to traffic at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. However, police are still instructing motorists who wish to travel to the U.S. to access the International Bridge by using Carmen’s Way to enter the Bridge Plaza. […]
SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY, MI — An Upper Peninsula man was found dead after a snowmobile crash in Schoolcraft County. Deputies from the Schoolcraft County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched about 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to Road 442 on Trail 2 for a report of a snowmobile crash, according to the […]
Portage Township, MICH. Troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie Posts investigated two snowmobile personal injury crashes that occurred almost simultaneously on Big Manistique Lake. The crashes happened at approximately 12:35 a.m. yesterday. Both snowmobiles were traveling north bound across Big Manistique Lake, when […]