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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Michael James McQuiston, age 72, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died August 31, 2021, at Mackinac Straits Hospital in St. Ignace. He was born December 3, 1948, in Lansing, Michigan, to Kenneth Crampton and Patrice (Moore) McQuiston. Michael grew up in Midland, Michigan and attended high school there. He went on […]
SAULT STE MARIE, MI – Dale Pavlat Sr. was sentenced on August 31, 2021 to 7-30 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for kidnapping a special-needs, non-verbal child last year. On April 29, 2020 the child wandered from her home and law enforcement and the community came together to […]
Gary Allan Hill, age 73, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died Friday, August 27, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan after a short battle with cancer. He was born on April 10, 1948, in Petoskey, Michigan, to Toivo Walter and Mary Louise (Ebbert) Hill. Gary graduated from LaSalle […]
NEGAUNEE, MICH. The Michigan State Police will be hosting a U.P. wide recruiting event on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11 from 11am until 7pm each day. Every post in the Upper Peninsula will be participating in this event, including the Manistique Outpost. Sergeants will be on site to […]
Until there is a state-issued mandate calling for the vaccination of everyone at the Department of Corrections, the agency will not institute a requirement that a person must be inoculated against COVID-19 if they wish to continue working at any of Michigan’s prisons. Concerns have been voiced by prisoner advocates […]
Do certain sets of circumstances lie ahead of us wherein we change the world radically by the choices we make? ~ Dr. Vine Deloria Jr. By Dr. Aaron A. Payment, Chairperson Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Reservation ~ I begin with the above quote as the […]
Stanley Merle Atkinson, 92, of Dafter, Michigan entered the presence of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ on August 28, 2021, at his home in Hudsonville, Michigan. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Myrtle Atkinson, as well as siblings Jae, Gwen, Lewis and Ruby. Stan is survived by […]
I’ve been thinking about the changing of seasons lately. Autumn will be upon us soon, and I wonder where the summer has gone. I feel a little bit of melancholy when I think of autumn. I’m not sure why exactly. I love the fall colors and cooler temperatures. I enjoy […]
By Scott Nason “The Game” ESPN 1400 thegamesportsshow.podbean.com The beginning of the high school football season kicked off this past weekend across Michigan and here in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. With COVID-19 delaying the start of the 2020 football season, with a condensed and interrupted schedule, games in the area were […]
As schools take the decision of mandatory masking into their own hands, officials with the Michigan State Medical Society said Monday that everyone should wear a face covering indoors regardless of vaccination status. To date, no statewide mask requirement exists, though more than half of Michigan’s public school students are […]
