Man Dies in Crash on Mackinac Trail

On Saturday 1-25-2025 at approximately 4:52 pm central dispatch started receiving 911 calls in reference to a traffic crash. It was reported the crash occurred on Mackinac Trail near 12 mile rd and it appeared the victims were in rough shape. Deputy Sheriff’s arrived on scene to find the roadway […]

Sen Peters Announces Retirement

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters will not be seeking a third term in 2026, he announced this morning. Peters said he’s retiring from Congress, but not from public life, in a video posted online. He said he hopes to spend more time with his family, including his newborn first grandchild. “At this […]

Teaching Future Leaders

“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who […]

Voodoos Clip the Eagles

POWASSAN, Ont. – Getting goals from five different skaters, the Powassan Voodoos went on to defeat the Soo Eagles 5-1 Sunday evening in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at the Powassan Sportsplex. Generating the game’s first tally, 16 minutes into the match-up, the Voodoos’ Ryan Saginaw led a rush […]

Laker Men’s Basketball Earn Convincing 79-49 Decision Over NMU

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The No. 14 Lake Superior State (LSSU) men’s basketball team (17-3, 8-2 GLIAC) put together a dominant 79-49 performance over Upper Peninsula rival Northern Michigan (12-6, 6-4 GLIAC) on Saturday. The Lakers got off to a hot start, taking an 8-0 lead behind sharp shooting by Tyson […]

Night of 1sts in Kirkland Lake victory over Eagles

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. – A strong home-ice effort helped the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners collect their initial Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League triumph of the season at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex Saturday in downing the Soo Eagles 4-3. Meanwhile, the victory between the pipes for Kirkland Lake goaltender Caleb Shuker was […]

Kuenzer Repeats; Russo and Klier Crowned Wrestling Champions

Woman Arrested for Smuggling Contraband and Drugs into local prison

CHIPPEWA COUNTY – A woman from Redford, Mich. has been arrested and arraigned in court after smuggling drugs and communications items into a correctional facility. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post is announcing the arrest of 41-year-old Frances Ramirez-Huerta from Redford, for smuggling contraband into the Chippewa Correctional Facility […]

The First Sawmill

In 1923, Stanley Newton published, “The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County.” This is part twenty of a continuing series about the history of Sault Ste. Marie and area in its early years. I have left punctuation and grammar intact. – Laurie Davis The First Sawmill “The first […]

Just minutes before leaving the presidency, Biden pardons his family

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”  “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will […]