Monday, September 14, 2026
NEWS RELEASECHIPPEWA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT******************** CHIPPEWA County, Michigan – As of April 22, 2020, Chippewa County has 1* positive and 1 probable COVID-19 case, zero deaths and 126* tests conducted. Beginning on April 27, Chippewa County Health Department (CCHD) will provide updated statistics on each Tuesday and Friday at chippewahd.com […]
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-56 extending her previous order which gives pharmacists increased operational capacity and increases access to prescriptions. Executive Order 2020-56 continues to allow pharmacists to dispense emergency refills of prescriptions for up to 60 days’ worth of supply for patients and require insurers to cover early refills for up to 90 […]
GONGWER NEWS – State employees were notified today that some of them will be temporarily laid off for 10 days, split over two pay periods, because of the falloff in revenues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Formal notification to the employees getting temporarily laid off will come later this afternoon, […]
Paul Kenneth Kramer, age 89, of Pickford, Michigan, died on April 14, 2020 at his home. He was born on May 31, 1930 in Onaway, Michigan, to Max August and Doris Lou (Gagie) Kramer. Paul grew up in Onaway and graduated from Onaway High School when he was 15. Following […]
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office is putting the final touches on their new Side-by-Side. This ORV was purchased with a grant and will be on the trails this summer. The ORV will be used to patrol remote border areas from Whitefish Twp to the far end of Drummond Island. It […]
MLive.com – Michigan’s speaker of the House of Representatives is calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to revise the state’s current stay-at-home order in a letter that offers three actions she can take to help reopen the state. Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, sent the letter to Whitmer’s office Saturday, April 18, […]
Gary Allen Spencer, age 74, of Dafter, Michigan passed away Saturday evening, April 18, 2020, at his home. Gary was born in Staten Island, New York on December 15, 1945, the son of Warren and Rita (VanDusen) Spencer. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. […]
Robert Bruce Benjamin, 69, died at his home in Alanson, Michigan on April 8, 2020. Rob was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on July 31, 1950 to Edmund and Nadiema (Vigeant) Benjamin. He inherited his considerable musical abilities from his father, a trumpet player, and his mother, a trained lyric […]
Herman Joseph “Joe” Manitowabi, age 60, passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 13 2020 at his home in Kincheloe, MI. Joe was born in Sault Ste. Marie on July 25,1959, son to the late Bernard and Myra Manitowabi. Joe was a registered member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario […]
Nancy Jean Erfourth of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away April 14, 2020 at Northern McLaren Hospital. She is survived by her two children, Kristina Masuga and Michael Scott Erfourth (wife Rachel) and a granddaughter “Haddi” Hadassah Erfourth and ex-husband Donald Erfourth. On January 24, 1943, she was born in Oak Park, […]
