Local News

Cloverland Cares Announces 2021 Scholarship Opportunity

DAFTER, Mich. (March 8, 2021) – Students seeking scholarships for schools in the Eastern Upper Peninsula have a new opportunity through Cloverland Cares, the non-profit foundation of Cloverland Electric Cooperative. One award recipient will be selected from each of the co-op’s three districts and announced in May. Cloverland Cares scholarship applications […]

Corps lowers impact to fish spawning near Soo Locks

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (March 5, 2021) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials will use dry blasting during New Lock at the Soo construction to avoid or drastically minimize impacts to fish larvae and adult fish spawning near the Soo Locks. The Soo Locks on the St. Marys […]

Soo Co-Op Credit Union Hosts 63rd Annual Meeting

Soo Co-op Credit Union’s 63rd Annual Meeting of the membership was held on Monday, February 22, 2021, at the credit union’s main office in Sault Ste. Marie. This year, the meeting was held virtually through the credit union’s website to allow all Members to participate, and to comply with COVID-19 […]

14-year old arrested in Luce County shooting death of sister

Lakefield Township, MICH. — On Tuesday, Feb. 23, at approximately 8pm, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post were dispatched to a residence in Luce County’s Lakefield Township for a shooting involving a 10-year-old girl. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The preliminary investigation […]

Local leader named to US Dept of Interior Leadership Team

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced additional members of the agency leadership team working to steward America’s natural, cultural and historic resources, and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes. “As we work to advance President Biden’s vision for a clean energy future that creates good-paying jobs, protects […]