Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Bayliss is continuing its programming throughout the winter! On December 3rd, the library will host an author visit with Alex Chornyj. Alex is from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he is a reiki master teacher and an author. He will be sharing short stories from […]
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Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine’s capital flips to survival mode
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Ukraine’s bombed capital clutched empty bottles in search of water and crowded into cafés for power and warmth Thursday, switching defiantly into survival mode after new Russian missile strikes a day earlier plunged the city and much of the country into the dark. In […]
Robotic-Assisted Gynecologic Surgery Available in Sault Ste Marie
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Women in the Eastern Upper Peninsula don’t have to travel out of the region for state-of-the art gynecologic procedures. Minimally invasive surgeries with advanced precision are available at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault using the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery system. Robotic surgery extends a surgeon’s skills to […]
Whitmer appoints first Black woman to Michigan’s top court
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Kyra Harris Bolden will become the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday, choosing a young lawyer who lost a close election just two weeks ago. Bolden will take the seat of Justice Bridget McCormack, who announced in […]
Mike Lynn Says Farewell to Lynn Auto Parts, Inc.
Mike Lynn posted the following message on Facebook. I contacted him and asked if I could run it on this site and he agreed. These are his words spoken with heartfelt emotion at the “changing of the guard” for the auto parts store his Grandpa Roy began so many years […]
New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 contractor mobilizes
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers kicks off Phase 3 construction for the New Lock at the Soo as the contractor mobilizes to the Soo Locks. Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC (KAT), a joint venture headquartered in Westerville, Ohio began moving major equipment to the site via a […]
Paper Tigers: One High School’s Unlikely Success Story – A James Redford Documentary
A free showing of the film Paper Tigers will take place at the Lake Superior State University Arts Center on Monday, November 21, 2022, as the second movie in the Monthly Movie Mondays series, which is designed to spread awareness in the community of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, […]
Mackinac Bridge 30-minute nighttime closures Nov. 29-30 for backup power system upgrade
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - The Mackinac Bridge will close to traffic between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, and Wednesday, Nov. 30, for replacement of the bridge’s backup power system. The closures are necessary because the electrical work will also result in an outage of the bridge’s tolling system. The […]
Enbridge opens new Line 5 monitoring station
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Enbridge has cut the ribbon on its latest security check on Line 5. A ceremony was held Thursday at the Straits Maritime Operations Center in St. Ignace. The facility has seven staff members, scheduled to monitor Line 5 and the Straits of Mackinac around the […]
Time for someone to take on Trump, Michigan Senate GOP leader says
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Republican from Jackson County, criticized Donald Trump during an interview on a Jackson-area TV show Monday, arguing in favor of someone challenging the former president for the GOP nomination in 2024. Trump, who lost the presidential race to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, launched […]