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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Corrections will be hosting several recruitment events this week to hire corrections officers, heath care staff, skilled trades staff, and other positions. Events will take place in Chippewa County Friday. New corrections officer recruits will attend one of two regional Corrections Officer Training Academies in […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A solid effort to conclude their weekend saw the Soo Eagles skate to a 6-1 decision over the Elliot Lake Vikings Sunday to wrap-up a four-team Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League exhibition event at John Rhodes Community Centre. Taking flight just over seven minutes into the […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A Cooper Fredericks marker midway through the second period held up as the game-winner as the Soo Eagles went on to down the Espanola Paper Kings 6-4 Saturday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League preseason play at John Rhodes Community Centre. Evan Hoglund began a […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The first tie game in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League preseason play came about Saturday as the Soo Thunderbirds and Elliot Lake Vikings skated to a 4-4 overtime draw at John Rhodes Community Centre. After a scoreless first period, the clubs notched six goals in the […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A Lucas DeBerardino marker with 2:34 remaining in overtime lifted the Soo Thunderbirds to a narrow 2-1 victory over the Soo Eagles Saturday, to commence a four-team Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League weekend series at John Rhodes Community Centre. With multiple games being contested, the clubs […]
In 1923, Stanley Newton published, “The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County.” This is part seven of a continuing series that tells the history of Sault Ste. Marie and area in its early years. – Laurie Davis “In a short time, we learned that Mrs. Johnston, who was […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. – The 2024 Mackinac Bridge Walk on Labor Day, Sept. 2, is just days away, and final preparations are under way. “Whether you plan to cross the Mackinac Bridge in your car or RV, or you plan to join in the Annual Bridge Walk, we want to make […]
The Sault High Blue Devils returned to the trails on Wednesday in East Jordan for their Invitational and Party in the Park. Both varsity teams came in the top three overall, with the Sault taking first and third for the boys in a field of 101 runners. Junior Gabe Litzner […]
OTSEGO COUNTY, MI. On August 27, 2024, at approximately 8:15 p.m., troopers from the MichiganState Police (MSP) Gaylord Post and deputies from the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department respondedto a residence in Elmira Twp. for a domestic dispute involving gunfire. Upon arrival, troopers made entryinto the home and located a 57-year-old […]
Searchers discovered a small plane that crashed in Michigan’s Lake Huron 17 years ago, as well as the remains of a long-missing passenger, Michigan State Police said Wednesday. The remains were identified as H. Brooke Stauffer Jr., 56, who lived in Washington, D.C. He was a passenger in a plane […]