By CONNIE THOMPSON Special Contributor to EUP News There was quite a bit of bird activity in July this year. Many of the nestlings have become fledglings and are out on their own by now. The only exception may be the goldfinches, which are only now starting to raise their young – in coordination with the thistle plant blooming as [...]

Rosemary Moors, age 64, of Sugar Island, Michigan passed away Saturday morning, July 28, 2012 at her home. Rosemary was born April 21, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan to the late Carl Thomas and Iris Linelle (Smith) Remus. She was a graduate of Everett High School. Rosemary was a member of ATA Trap Shooting Association and the Red Hat Society. She [...]

Know the people that grow your food at the Sault Ste. Marie Farmers’ Market Location:       Crossroads of Sault Ste. Marie: Portage and Ashmun Streets  (Under the Twin Peaks, behind the Eagle’s Nest) Time:           Wednesday 4:00 until 7:00 PM The Jones Family -  A large selection of greens to eat raw or cook.   They also have  kohlrabi, radishes, herbs and more. Barb Teeple [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Lakerpalooza, an annual information and resource fair at Lake Superior State University, will welcome students to the twin-Sault community for its tenth year on Friday, August 24.  Area businesses, non-profit organizations and service groups are invited to participate.   The event has become one of more popular parts of “Laker Week,” several days of special [...]

9:00 pm…               8:30 pm…                 8:00 pm… Looks like round 1 of the storm has passed us by, but there’s plenty more to come.                 7:10 pm…               6:50 pm… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE [...]

CNN says it wasn’t editorializing when it used the pop song “Stupid Girls” to introduce a segment about Sarah Palin on Sunday. Pop star Pink was heard singing the lyrics, “stupid girl, stupid girls” just before a photo was shown onscreen of Palin posing with her husband Todd at a Chick-fil-A outpost in Texas. Palin had posted the photo on [...]

Lake Superior State University President Tony McLain conveys a congratulatory letter and check to LSSU student tutor Megan Sorensen, who has been named tutor of the year by the Michigan Tutorial Association. She was selected out of the hundreds of tutors MTA serves at every university and college in Michigan. This is the first time an LSSU student tutor has received [...]

Howard W. Bacon, 93, Newberry, died Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Newberry Assisted Living in Newberry under the care of Northwood’s Home Health and Hospice. Born on November 12, 1918 in Milwaukee, WI. he was a son of the late Kenneth A. & Esther (Dupuis) Bacon. Howard graduated from Grosse Point High School in the class of 1937 and then [...]

The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that applications for antlerless deer licenses are on sale now through Wednesday, Aug. 15 at all license agents or online at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Hunters should note that private-land licenses for southern Michigan and the northeastern Lower Peninsula (Deer Management Units 486 and 487) may be purchased without an application and are available over-the-counter beginning [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois authorities took the unusual step of searching guards and other prison employees for contraband as they left at least seven facilities last week, sparking worker allegations that the checks may have been reprisals for complaints about overcrowding and understaffing and inside information leaked to the news media, workers and union officials told The Associated Press. [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Startled awake by an earsplitting fireworks blast at 6 a.m., then annoyed by an early morning sound check session by the band that was playing the prerace show, Jimmie Johnson’s day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn’t exactly get off to a winning start. It ended just fine, though — with Johnson making plenty of noise of [...]

Jacqueline Kay “Jackie” Haber, age 81, of Westland, Michigan, formerly of Hessel, Michigan, died Friday, July 27, 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was born September 23, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Yeatman C. and Martha (Klein) Bell. Jackie worked at Packard Motors until she and William “Bill” Haber married on February 18, 1955. They made their home [...]

LONDON (AP) — Here’s what to watch for at the London Olympics on Sunday: ___ 1. SWIMMING: The United States, Australia and France go for gold in the final of the 4 x100m freestyle relay, a day after Michael Phelps was stunningly defeated by teammate Ryan Lochte. 2. BASKETBALL: The U.S. men’s team plays France (and NBA star Tony Parker). [...]

The EUPISD BTOP program offered free basic computer training sessions to interested adults at the Engadine Consolidated Schools.   The class sessions were offered on 3 Tuesday nights and lasted 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours as participants explored Microsoft Windows.  Mike Rivenburgh, BTOP Computer Systems Technician, began with learning how to use the mouse all the way to defragmentation of [...]

EUP Travelers didn’t provide Dakota Zuhlke with much support, but he didn’t need much. Zuhlke pitched 8 2/3 strong innings to carry EUP Travelers to a 2-1 win over Marquette on Thursday at James. Lucas Krupa pushed EUP Travelers ahead, in the ninth inning, and the lead lasted until the final out. With the score tied at one, Krupa came [...]