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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Judith Kay “Judi” Baker, age 78, of Cedarville, Michigan, died August 16, 2021, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born May 27, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan, to Orville and Ione (Krueger) Smelts. Judi grew up in Moran, Michigan, where she went to Rabbit’s Back School up until 7th grade. […]
Janis I. Cameron, 70, of Bay Mills, Michigan passed away August 11, 2021 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital. She was born June 11, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan to Alphonse LeBlanc and Evelyn (Dirette) LeBlanc. Janis was a proud member of the Bay Mills Indian Community and gave back to her […]
Tammy Shepard was defeated in her St. Ignace city council bid in the city’s Tuesday, August 3, 2021 primary election, losing to six other candidates who will vie for three council seats in November. Ms. Shepard received 119 votes, lowest among the seven candidates. Incumbents James Clapperton, with 243 votes, […]
Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving U.S. senator who died Thursday at age 87, was remembered by family and friends as a man who personified integrity. U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Twp., said his uncle always put the public good above self-interest and was honored by the trust the people of Michigan put […]
Evelyn Regina Corp, age 99, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died July 16, 2021, at Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace. She was born January 18, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan, to Isaac and Eveline Victoria (LaChapelle) Corp. Evelyn grew up the youngest of six children. She graduated from the Providence Hospital […]
James “Jim” William Darou, 73, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Thursday July 15, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. He was born May 26, 1948 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Glen and Edith (Evoy) Darou. Jim grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and graduated […]
William Thomas Murphy, age 87, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, in War Memorial Hospital in the Sault. William, known as Bill to friends and Tim to his family, was born on March 10, 1934, in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan to the late William and Helen (Van Brocklin) Murphy. He […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan’s Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional. The Democrat is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill. A conservative group that organized the […]
Danielle Marie (Willis) Aikens, 36, started her Spirit Journey on June 27, 2021 after her yearlong battle with liver disease. Danielle is survived by her husband Jeffery Aikens and her two children, Da’Jon Willis (16) and Jade Aikens (7). She is also survived by her father Brian (Lori) Willis and […]
Nathaniel “Tanny” Raymond Armstrong, age 87, of Barbeau, Michigan, died July 1, 2021, at EUP Hospice House in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was born August 15, 1933, to Whitford Dyer Armstrong and Verna Elizabeth (Smith) Armstrong at the home of his mother’s sister, Cora and Bill Stirling, on Hursley […]
