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Maple Syrup season well underway

Spring in Northern Michigan marks the return of the maple syrup season. For many this is the first opportunity to get back into the woods after a long winter. There is a lot of debate over the origins of maple tapping, but the practice goes back to indigenous culture where […]

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI — Detectives from Trident have been investigating individuals involved with the smuggling of narcotics into our area. On 3-13-2022 at approximately 0322 am a traffic stop was conducted on I-75 in Chippewa County. A search warrant was also conducted. As a result of the search Detectives seized […]

Margaret Rose McKerchie

Margaret Rose McKerchie, age 80, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at War Memorial Hospital. Margaret was born on October 16, 1941, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI to the late Clifford and Rose (LaGace) Lockhart.  Margaret enjoyed dancing, country music, word search, crocheting, and playing […]

Sault Youth Wrestlers qualify for State Tournament

St. Ignace, MI Open results Logan Lowther 2-0(1st), Chase Kilgore 2-0(1st), Jack Lowther 2-1(2nd), Kaysen Hendrick 2-1(2nd), Jared Riggs 1-1(2nd), Pierce Rondeau 0-3(4th), Jackson Minta 1-1 (2nd), Brantley Kilgore 2-0(1st), Easton Hendrick 1-2(3rd), Kane Savoie 1-1(2nd), Brady Rondeau 2-1(2nd), Dalton Savoie 2-0(1st) and Wyatt Peabody 2-0(1st). MYWAY Far North Regionals […]

Jack King Storey

Jack King Storey, 77, of Sault Ste. Marie and Drummond Island, Michigan, passed away at War Memorial Hospital on March 4 after a short illness. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Jane Mason Storey, brothers, and sisters-in-law Thomas P. Storey (Sandy) of Colonial Heights, VA; Alfred J. […]

Donald “Don” Murray Hudak

Donald “Don” Murray Hudak, age 64, passed away peacefully on March 7, 2022, at his home in DeTour Village, Michigan, surrounded by his family after a longtime battle with cancer. He was born on May 23, 1957, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to parents Ronald “Joe” and Ruth Ann (Fountain) […]

Eagles pull out OT win over Voodoos

POWASSAN, Ont. –  A Dylan Bacholo marker a minute and a half into overtime lifted the Soo Eagles to a 4-3 victory over the Powassan Voodoos Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at the Powassan Sportsplex. A tight-checking opening 20 minutes saw neither side convert offensively as they hit […]

Sault Youth Wrestlers take title in Cheboygan

Saturday Cheboygan Open Results: Kencade Dixon, 3-0 (1st), Ryder Galarowic 1-1 (2nd), Josh Dixon 3-0 (1st), Travis Pyle 3-0 (1st), Emmett Rogers 2-1 (2nd), Pierce Rondeau 3-0 (1st), Guy Pyle 3-0 (1st), Daniel Laitinen 3-0 (1st), Drew Burtt 2-0 (1st), Chance Gregg 3-0 (1st), Connor McKee 1-2 (3rd), Kane Savoie […]

Jennifer E. “Jen” Veum

Jennifer E. “Jen” Veum, 48, of Brimley, passed away at White Wiles Assisted Living Hospice Care in Rudyard on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Born on November 24, 1973, in Sault Ste. Marie, MI she was a daughter of Ronald and Ellen (Myers) Meister. Jen graduated from Sault High in the […]