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Sunday, May 18, 2025
Michigan’s distracted driving laws will change beginning June 30. Here’s what you need to know about new rules aimed at reducing crashes and fatalities on the state’s roadways: What is Michigan’s new distracted driving law?Beginning June 30, it will be prohibited in Michigan to use a cellphone while driving, unless […]
Eight former and current employees of the Alger Correctional Facility were charged today with felonies related to the in-custody death of former inmate Jonathan Lancaster, the Department of Attorney General announced. Four of those facing charges are registered nurses who attended to Lancaster before his death, two corrections officers present […]
The Easterday Ave. Truck Route Reconstruction and Carbide Dock Port Reconstruction projects were both awarded respectively to Bacco Construction Company and Roen Salvage Company. Both projects are scheduled for completion in summer of 2024. Easterday work is being staged so that the roadway will be open during the winter. The […]
The following is one of my all-time favorite poems. Instead of a devotion this week, I am sharing this poem with you. It was written by Will Allen Dromgoole, around 1900. Will Allen Dromgoole is a woman better known as “Miss Will.” This poem will make you think. THE BRIDGE […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Abbie Laajala has been promoted to Associate Athletic Director after spending the previous two years serving as the Assistant Athletic Director of External Relations as well as the Senior Woman Administrator in the Lake Superior State (LSSU) Athletic Department, as announced by LSSU Athletic Director, Dr. Dave Diles, […]
This past Wednesday, June 14 th , Central Savings Bank held its 12 th Annual Road to Recovery Burger Bash. The Directors, Officers and staff, along with staff from MyMichigan Health Center Sault, came togetherto serve over 500 hamburgers and about 100 hot dogs with chips, cookies, bottle water and […]
MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down parts of an oil pipeline that crosses reservation land and ordered the energy company to pay a Native American tribe more than $5 million for trespassing. Friday’s order from U.S. District Judge William Conley came after […]
Firefighters from the Superior Township Volunteer Fire Department quit after the township board voted 4-0 to let their fire chief go. Now a township with just over 1,000 residents is without local fire protection. A special meeting was held on Friday at the Superior Township Hall in Brimley. Board members […]
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark Totten, said that a 19-year-old from Pickford was arrested by FBI agents and charged in a criminal complaint with sending a message that contained a threat to injure someone else. Seann Pietila was alleged to have communicated with others on […]
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a worker at Algoma Steel today. Details about the incident are scarce. At this point, it is not clear where the man was when he died, or whether he was a plant employee or a contract worker. “Right now, it’s under […]