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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
The Court of Appeals this week upheld the $11 million judgment awarded to Lisa and Cedric Griffey, former employees with the Department of Corrections, in a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. In the case Griffey v. Department of Corrections, Ms. Griffey, a probation officer for Lapeer County, sued MDOC after […]
Harold Allan “Harry” Stockfisch, age 80, of Kinross, MI passed away July 22, 2022, at his home. Harry was born on January 27, 1942, in Traverse City, MI to the late Carl and Arvilla (Spencer) Stockfisch. He was a graduate of Traverse City Senior High with the class of 1960. […]
Floyd Earl Peffers, age 89, of Dafter, Michigan, died at the Pennington House in Pickford, Michigan, on July 21, 2022. He was born in Pickford on May 20, 1933, to William Henry and Pearl Jeannette (Farrish) Peffers. Floyd grew up in Pickford and graduated from Pickford High School. He joined […]
SAULT STE. MARIE – The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) has suspended the operations of a Brimley driving school after the provider was found to be in violation of the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act. Bay Mills Ojibwe Driving School, located at 11507 West Industrial Drive in Brimley, was […]
Robert Arthur “Bob” Lewis, age 64, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2022, at his home in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Bob was born on January 26, 1958, to Elgin and Katherine (Cusenza) Lewis in Flint, MI. He graduated with the St. Louis, Michigan Class of 1976. Bob spent 30 […]
HAY DAYS! The weekend including August 2 through August 7, 2022 is all about Hay Days in Pickford, Michigan! The purpose of Pickford Hay Days is to promote a fun weekend for the community, family and friends, (with a wink and a nod to the most obvious activity that occurs […]
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich.—With only closeout items remaining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District’s New Lock at the Soo substantially completes its first phase of construction. “We are waiting on final survey results and anticipate they will show the deepened areas as complete, really only have some punch-list […]
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—Chippewa County District Court congratulates its final two graduates from the misdemeanor Sobriety Court. Sobriety Courts use an intensive probation period that involves a coordination between treatment providers, probation, courts, prosecution, and defense attorneys. Every other week this team meets to review participants’ progress. Following this team […]
Dolores Ethelyn (Bosley) Rye, age 82, of Pickford, Michigan, died on July 17, 2022, at 2:15 AM at her home with her sister, LuAnn, and surrounded by her family. She is a survivor of colorectal cancer of ten years and died of peritoneal carcinomatosis and a broken heart from the […]
St. Ignace, Mich. (WLUC) – The Mackinaw City Police department attempted to pull over a vehicle speeding through a construction zone on I-75 around 9:20pm Monday. The driver continued to accelerate through the construction zone and continued south on US-31 near Emmet County. The vehicle reached speeds of over 100mph […]