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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

He is Everywhere

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) It was late last summer, in the middle of the night, when I saw light flashes and a halo around a night light. I had just had eye surgery about 6-8 […]

Gold Miners surprise Eagles 

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – A three-point night from Trent Nobes propelled the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners to a 4-2 road victory over the Soo Eagles in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest Saturday at Pullar Stadium. Kirkland Lake began the scoring nearly six and a half minutes into the […]

BMIC announces plans for new retail/housing development

BAY MILLS — As Bay Mills Indian Community moves forward with plans to revitalize the area where King’s Club Casino once operated, a new retail space will accompany nine second-floor apartments in the mixed-use facility. The former casino/tribal administration building, located on Lakeshore Drive, will be tentatively be demolished this […]