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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A Chase Tallaire goal late in the first period proved to be the game-winner as the Soo Eagles went on to defeat the Soo Thunderbirds 4-1 Friday in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at John Rhodes Recreation Centre. It was the visiting Eagles who […]
Former morning show host at WSOO, James “Jim” Thomas DiSanto, has been convicted and sentenced to prison for having sexual relations with a minor female between 13 and 16 years of age. 50th Circuit Court Judge James Lambros sentenced DiSanto to 5 ½ to 15 years in prison for his […]
RUDYARD – Rudyard athletes gave back to their community over the Labor Day weekend, serving at the Chippewa County Fair in Kinross. Bulldog athletes helped out at the Kinross Lions Club and rec center food shacks. The community service is a point of emphasis Rudyard coach Jim Suggitt drives home […]
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around […]
John Charles Ylimaki, age 80, of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away peacefully August 31, 2022, at the Medilodge of Sault Ste. Marie. John was born on December 3, 1941, in Grand Marais, Michigan to Elizabeth Selina (Sayen) Ylimaki. John served his country in both the Navy on the USS Avenge […]
David Michael Sokol of Trout Lake, Michigan, passed away in Rudyard, Michigan at the age of 78. He was born on June 17, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, to parents Philip Warren Shutran and Shirley Jeanette Sokol (Monschau). David David grew up in Frederick, Michigan, and spent much of his youth […]
Donald Darrel “Duckie’ Smith age 87, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, passed away at the Ball Hospice House in Sault Ste. Marie, MI after a short illness, on September 4, 2022. Born November 13, 1934 on Mackinac Island, MI, the youngest of 7 children to Ozro Jackson Smith II and […]
Kenneth “Kenny” Dale Kammers, age 45, of Kincheloe, Michigan, died at his home on August 10, 2022. He was born in St. Ignace, Michigan, on June 19, 1977, to Dale McDowell and Mary Kammers. Kenny grew up in St. Ignace with his mother and grandmother. He spent many hours at […]
Cynthia Sue Cawthorne, of Mackinac Island and East Lansing, passed away Friday, September 2, after a sudden and unexpected two-day illness. She passed at Munson Hospital, Traverse City, after being air-lifted from Mackinac Island. Cynthia was born April 11, 1949, in Hart, Michigan to William J. and Hazel Margaret (Field) […]
Prison facilities in Ionia and Adrian are shrinking this fall in the wake of a plummeting prison population and a crippling shortage of workers. The consolidations won’t result in layoffs, however. There are enough openings in prisons in each of the Michigan communities to absorb the employees of the mothballed […]