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Thursday, May 2, 2024
SAULT STE MARIE, MI — On September 16, 2020 troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post received a request to assist the South Dakota Criminal Investigation Division with an investigation. The troopers contacted the suspect, 25-year-old Waylon Staricha formerly from Volga, South Dakota. Staricha had recently […]
ROSCOMMON COUNTY, MI — On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at about 4:10 am, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) in Houghton Lake stopped to check on a vehicle parked on the shoulder of south US-127 near mile marker 202 in Lyon Township. The driver was asleep behind the wheel […]
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University has cancelled its annual fall homecoming, Great Lake State Weekend, out of an abundance of caution due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to hold classes face-to-face during the semester. “Every fall, we look forward to welcoming our alumni and […]
Roy Charles Martin “Sr.”, age 88, born February 11, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, passed away peacefully at his home on Drummond Island on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, where he lived with his wife of 29 years, Judi Bailey Martin. Roy grew up in Detroit and graduated from De La Salle […]
Rita June Spencer, age 96, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Wednesday evening, September 9, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Rita was born on June 18, 1924, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan the daughter of the late Anthony and Florentine (Piche) VanDusen. She graduated from Sault High School with […]
George William (Bill) Mindel, age 85, of Goetzville, MI, died September 9, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Bill was born on December 14, 1934, in Petoskey, MI, the son of Frank and Ruby Mindel. He went on to meet and marry Edna Lorraine Kaufman in […]
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Lake Superior State University again ranks as one of the best institutions in higher education, according to U.S. News & World Report. The 2021 college rankings singled out LSSU in three categories that it had also made in 2020: best regional colleges in the Midwest; […]
Sunday night, Sept 6, at about 11pm the Chippewa County Sheriff deputies observed a north bound vehicle run a stop sign in Rudyard at a high rate of speed. Deputies gave chase on Mackinac Trail with speeds reaching 100 mph and the driver running through two additional stop signs on […]
My name is Dylan Parker; I am the district forester for the Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District. Some of you already know me and may have had me out to look at your forest land. If you have, you already know that my primary role for the district is to […]
Beverly Ann Honkanen, 87, died Monday, August 31, 2020 in Cedarville, MI. Born on May 17, 1933 in Saginaw, MI to the late Charles and Bernice Riffel, her large family consisted of six amazing brothers, Jim, Bruce, George, Dick, Larry, and Tom, and one beautiful sister, Mary Agnes Green. Upon […]
