Lansing  –  Three people who bought Mega Millions tickets in Michigan have won $250,000 prizes in the multistate lottery game. One of the $250,000 winning tickets was sold at the Holiday gas station on the I-75 Business Spur in Sault Ste. Marie. The others were sold at a Unity Service Corp in Westland and at Harbor Park EZ Mart in Harbor [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — A new K-12 public online school chartered by Lake Superior State University and operated by a Michigan nonprofit company, recently announced the approval of its charter application by the Michigan Department of Education. The online school — iCademy – founded by local manufacturing companies of Innotec Group, Innovative Education Services and Inno-Versity, is set to [...]

Troopers from the St. Ignace Post responded to a reported Breaking and Entering at Chamberlin’s Inn in Portage Township of Mackinac County at 7:35 am on May 13.  Upon arrival, troopers found that a breaking and entering had occurred, and the suspect had locked herself in a vehicle and was still at the scene. Investigation determined the suspect entered Chamberlin’s [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – War Memorial Nurses Association and Michigan Nurses Association would like to thank the nurses and the community for helping raise just over $4,000 at their second annual charity 5K race. The nurses are donating the proceeds from the “Expanding for the Long Run 5k Run/Walk” held on May 4 toward the new WMH Emergency Department [...]

The Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Tribal Court is hosting the State wide kick off of the “All Rise Michigan Relay for Recovery Drug Court” celebration at Tribal Court on May 20th.  This will kick off the Michigan leg of the nationwide motorcycle relay.  Following the kick off, the relay will carry the Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals flag [...]

The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Mount Pleasant businessman Noah Leask the 2013 South Carolina Small Business Person of the Year. Leask is president and chief executive officer of Ishpi Information Technologies, a cyber-defense business that provides counterterrorism and cyber warfare services to the U.S. intelligence, security and military communities. Leask, a service-disabled U.S. Navy veteran, and his wife [...]

Mackinac County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a fatal, two-vehicle accident that occurred at 9:32 a.m. Sunday on U.S 2 near St. Ignace that took the life of a 66 year old Cadillac woman. According to the Sheriff’s Office, two vehicles were traveling westbound on US-2.  One of the vehicles was a 2007 Toyota Corolla with four occupants adn the other [...]

The Soo’s Eagle 95.1 has announced the winner of their inaugural Mother’s Day contest.  Former LSSU student, Jordan Johnston, submitted a letter describing how wonderful her mother is.  Annette from Co-Ed Flowers drew the winning entry. Jordan’s Mom, the subject of the winning entry, not only gained the accolades of her daughter, but also wins an array of great prizes [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – A woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash in the eastern Upper Peninsula Tuesday night, Michigan State Police at the Sault Ste. Marie Post reported. Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of the driver, 44-year-old Cindy Sawyer-Bonefant of Sault Ste Marie, MI, police said.  The crash occurred on M-28 near Dick Road [...]

Michigan Department of Corrections Deputy Director, Thomas Finco, made a special trip to the Kinross prison complex recently to recognize several local employees for the meritorious service. On September 30, 2012, a person near Kinross Correctional Facility assaulted a Michigan State Police trooper and a Michigan Department of Corrections Officer and then fled the area.  Three Corrections Transportation Officers who were [...]

SAULT STE MARIE – Approximately 40 local students and young adults came together to celebrate Global Youth Service Day April 25- 26, 2013 at two assisted living communities in Sault Ste. Marie. Students from Sault Area High School’s Students United and Working On Wellness (W.O.W.) groups, Mrs. Kymes’ first grade class from Soo Township Elementary and Malcolm Students Offering Service [...]