On Wednesday, June 1st, the community of Pickford and the family and friends of Ann Marie Smith gathered to celebrate Ann Marie Smith’s life. Ann Marie Smith was the former librarian of the Pickford Community Library. She passed away on Valentine’s Day in 2020. A memorial service had been planned […]

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — Oil spilled from an Ontario steel mill into the waterway connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron is “not recoverable,” said the U.S. Coast Guard. The estimated 5,300 gallons of gear oil spilled at the Algoma Steel mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on Thursday, June 9, will […]

BAY MILLS — Economic development continues in Bay Mills, this time with a project geared toward local youth. The Bay Mills Boys & Girls Club received another round of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes […]

BAY MILLS — After years of discussion, a partnership between Bay Mills Indian Community and the US Forest Service has come to fruition. BMIC  has entered into an interpretive agreement, which will empower Bay Mills to oversee the operations at Point Iroquois Lighthouse in Brimley, on the shores of Lake […]

DAFTER, Mich.— (June 2, 2022) — Cloverland Electric Cooperative announced results of the director election at its Annual Meeting of the Members June 2. Cloverland is a democratically controlled, not-for-profit electric co-op governed by nine directors elected by and from the members of their respective districts to serve a three-year term. […]

MACKINAC ISLAND – Memorial Day will get the Mackinac Island treatment during a short ceremony planned for next week. Mackinac State Historic Parks will hold a brief and informal Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 30 at 8:30 a.m. The ceremony will begin behind Fort Mackinac at the Avenue of […]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Monday, June 6th at 7:00am, Payne & Dolan will beginthe 3 Mile Road reconstruction project. The project area will be from the roundabout to M-129 and will consist of crushing existingbituminous pavement surface, adding two inches of aggregate to the crushed materialwhile shaping the […]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Tuesday, May 24th at 7am Arlington Street will be closed toinstall the crosswalk near the U.S. Postal Service and MyMichigan Health billing office. The City of Sault Ste. Marie received a $4,408,500 Community Development Block Grant from theMichigan Economic Development Corporation to be used […]

After a several year hiatus, a resource police officer will be assigned to an eastern Upper Peninsula school district. The Sault Ste. Marie City Police Department and Sault Area Public Schools will team up for the project. In 2015, voters approved a millage for better security in the schools. Security […]

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (May 19, 2022) – Cloverland Electric announces power supply expert Patrick Frazier has joined the cooperative as chief operating officer, effective May 16. Frazier’s role as chief operating officer (COO) will support President and CEO, Mike Heise, in executive leadership while applying decades of power supply expertise […]