UPDATED:  AUGUST 17: SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — Salvage experts successfully refloated the freighter Paul R. Tregurtha early Thursday morning that had been hard aground in the downbound channel of the St. Marys River. At 5:30 a.m., two tugs with a combined 4,000 horsepower, moved the stern of the ship into the middle of the channel. This enabled salvage experts to successfully raise [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – War Memorial Hospital and Cup of the Day will serve as the major sponsors of the fourth annual Lake Superior State University Women’s Walk, which has become the primary fund-raiser for LSSU women’s athletics. “This is a big step for women’s athletics, getting corporate sponsorship from two of the top businesses in town,” noted LSSU interim [...]

Fed up with long lines, rude Canadians at Bellingham, Wash. store Bellingham, Wash (CBC News) – Many Canadians are taking advantage of the high Canadian dollar by shopping across the border — with cheap milk and gas being two of the big draws — but some Americans are fed up with the cross-border crowd. Some Bellingham, Wash., residents started a [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – Lake Superior State hockey coach Jim Roque has had great success with some of his last-minute signees and hopes the same fortune awaits the two forwards and one defenseman who recently committed to LSSU. Roque confirmed this week that forwards Daniel Vernace (Toronto, Ont.) and Bryce Schmitt (Minot, N.D.), and defenseman Pete Spratte (Rochester, Minn.) have [...]

The First United Presbyterian Church will host the final program of the 2012 Historic Churches of Sault Ste. Marie season on Monday, August 20. The 7 p.m. program will feature a talk about “The Cemeteries of Chippewa County” by historian John Kenn. Organized cemeteries in Chippewa County generally began in the 1820s at both Fort Brady and Fort Drummond. Beginning [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Lake Superior State University students and staff will get a look at an extensive remodeling of the campus Quarterdeck dining hall during a grand opening at 11 a.m. on Aug. 30 that will feature a meal cooked by northern Michigan’s famed Chef Hermann Suhs. Suhs, who has been regularly featured on northern Michigan television for [...]

You may hold the key to solving a crime! The Sault Ste. Marie Police Department is investigating the break in of the Sault Community Pharmacy and they need your help in solving this case. Shortly before 1:00 am on Friday, August 10, thieves made entry into the Sault Community Pharmacy located on Osborn Blvd in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.  Thieves [...]