Jason Alvord Smith09/15/1971V-Operation without SecurityFines and costs $550 Seth Dewaine Bosley12/22/1998Trespass-RecreationalFines and costs $127590 days held in abeyance80 hours community service Deanna Mary Tomie02/15/1994TrespassFines 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 abeyanceNo […]
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DNR announces opening dates for campgrounds, harbors and other outdoor spaces
As Michigan moves to Stage 4 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start plan, the Department of Natural Resources has determined official opening dates for state park and state forest campgrounds, state harbors and other DNR-managed outdoor spaces – just in time for the summer season. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Second BLM rally goes off without a hitch
Sault Ste Marie, MI – A second rally organized by local university students in recognition of the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement took place Wednesday afternoon in downtown Sault Ste Marie, MI. The event started at roughly 4:30 pm with about a dozen activists and […]
Effie Lever
Effie Lever, 95, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and formerly of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, went home to her Heavenly Father, on June 01, 2020. Effie was born in Sault Ste. Marie on September 03, 1924. She was the daughter of John and Ellen (Smale) MacLean, who preceded her in death. A […]
Health Department warns of increased youth use of vaping
Middle school and High School students are facing a lot of pressure from their friends, and from social media to get them to start vaping. E-cigarette use among U.S. middle and high school students increased 900% during 2011-2015, before declining for the first time during 2015. However, current e-cigarette use […]
Sault Police Chief reminds citizens of rules for demonstrations
The City of Sault Ste. Marie has seen two demonstrations so far that were related to the death of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis. Two more are planned and others will probably follow. The police department would like to thank those that organized and those that attended the protests in […]
Chippewa County Family Project Currently Looking for ‘House Parents’
Four years ago, an idea was discussed by the Chippewa County Family Project about building a teen foster home in Sault Ste. Marie. Foster teens would be relocated downstate – several hours away. In August 2019, a groundbreaking ceremony started the physical process. The 1.1 million dollar home is located […]
Michigan will resume bottle, can returns on June 15
Michiganders looking to return their hordes of cans and bottles can finally do so beginning later this month. The state of Michigan will allow bottle and can return facilities to resume operations on June 15, under certain restrictions, including limits on the number of containers individuals are allowed to return […]
George Floyd protest escalates in Marquette
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – What started as a peaceful demonstration against police brutality Saturday afternoon escalated when a woman stood on the front of a Marquette City Police SUV in the Police Department parking lot. Monday’s death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked more protests across our country Saturday, including […]
Alda Aurora Routhier
Alda Aurora Routhier, age 85, died May 27, 2020, at the J. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park, MN. She was born in New Bedford, MA, on October 2, 1934. She was the daughter of Captain Emanuel T. Chantre and Alda Oliveira Chantre. Alda graduated from New Bedford High School […]












