Other News

Elna Mae VanHouten

Elna Mae VanHouten, age 88, of DeTour Village, Michigan, died on June 21, 2020. She was born October 3, 1931 in Mt. Morris, Michigan, to parents Thore and Vera (Banks) Brimmer. Elna grew up in Clio, Michigan, where she attended school and met and married her first husband. She had […]

Alfred A. “Fred” O’Rourke

Alfred A. “Fred” O’Rourke, age 71, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died following a prolonged illness on June 23, 2020. He was born January 12, 1949 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Clyde Robert and Yvonne Joan (Goudreau) O’Rourke. Fred attended elementary school at the Ursuline Academy and graduated from LaSalle […]

EUP League of Women Voters offer assistance for Primary

Calling all voters: Your vote matters! Especially in a Primary Election (which this year is August 4th) since only one party is often represented on the ballot, and the winners of the primary election move to the November General Election (11/3/2020). Don’t “skip” the Primary Election. These days, we have […]

Charles Maurice Collins

Charles Maurice “Charlie” Collins, age 62, of Cedarville, Michigan, died peacefully on June 23, 2020 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Cedarville, surrounded by his family. He was born in Dr. Blue’s office on Cedarville Bay on August 20, 1957 to George Thomas and Mary Margaret (Carr) […]

June 26, 2020

Karl Krawczak10/22/1969Operate While Visibly ImpairedFines and costs $75093 days, credit 1, balance heldRecommendations in assessment80 hours community service Jesse James Burtt02/28/1974Operate Without License on PersonFines and costs $125 Kaylee Lynn Miller10/26/1998Disorderly Person-JostlingFines and costs $49090 days held in abeyanceNo alcohol, controlled substance, marijuanaTest on demandNo alcohol productsNo contact with victim30 […]

Man shot in Trout Lake Twp

ST. IGNACE — A man was shot in Chippewa County early Saturday, according to the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post. Police said that about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, troopers were dispatched to a Trout Lake Township residence following a 911 call requesting assistance for a gunshot victim. Upon arrival […]

Harold M. Radtke

Harold M. Radtke, a life-long resident of Sault Ste. Marie passed away on May 21, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. He was born in the Soo on June 17, 1932, to Max and Ada Radtke.   Following school years, he served in the US Army from January 11, 1955, through January […]

Whitmer Renames Cass Building For Elliott, Larsen

Governor Gretchen Whitmer today renamed the state office building named for former territorial Governor Lewis Cass, whose history as a former slaveholder and supporter of the popular sovereignty movement to let states decide whether to abolish slavery has come into greater focus in recent weeks, for former state Reps. Daisy […]

Woman arrested after leading police on chase across Big Mac

OTSEGO COUNTY, Mich. – A driver was arrested after leading police on a chase over the Mackinac Bridge on Thursday morning. Michigan State Police (MSP) say at around 8:55 a.m. a trooper stopped a 2018 Volkswagen GTI on northbound I-75 near Gaylord. Officials say the driver, a 31-year-old woman from Waterford, […]