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Thursday, March 20, 2025
In 1923, The Sault Evening News put together a booklet of recollections by its readers. I will be sharing some of these from time to time. I did take the liberty to correct some of the grammar and spelling to make it easier for you to read. – Laurie Davis […]
The Sault High Blue Devil girls’ basketball team keeps on rolling, as they improved to 9-0 on Friday night, winning at Alpena, 66-22. The Blue Devils will be home to Traverse City Central on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. In other girls’ basketball from Friday night, Pickford moved a top the […]
Two firefighters loaned to Washington for the day were the only medics on the Capitol steps Jan. 6, trying to triage injured officers as they watched the angry mob swell and attack police working to protect Congress. Law enforcement agents were “being pulled into the crowd and trampled, assaulted with […]
Frank Kelley, the state’s attorney general from 1961-98 and perhaps the most popular politician in Michigan history, died Friday night at the age of 96. Mr. Kelley’s health had started to decline in recent months, his friend and longtime spokesperson Chris De Witt said. Mr. Kelley was appointed attorney general […]
After a comeback victory over the Sault High Blue Devils on Wednesday night in boys’ basketball, the St. Ignace Saints won their third game in a row on Thursday night, improving to 5-2 overall, as they defeated Brimley, 66-59 at the Iggy Zone. The Saints will be home to East […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (March 5, 2021) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials will use dry blasting during New Lock at the Soo construction to avoid or drastically minimize impacts to fish larvae and adult fish spawning near the Soo Locks. The Soo Locks on the St. Marys […]
TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two teenagers have discovered a human foot while fishing in Saginaw County. The Saginaw News reports Thursday that the foot was found Feb. 26 along the banks of the Flint River in Taymouth Township. Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel says it has been sent to […]
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Men’s League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, through WCHA President and Men’s League Commissioner Bill Robertson, today announced the 105 recipients of the 2020-21 WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award. Lake Superior State University had nine student-athletes qualify for the academic honor: Alex Ambrosio, Louis Boudon, Ashton Calder, Dustin Manz, Yuki Miura, Miroslav Mucha, Jacob Nordqvist, Mitchell […]
LANSING — Gretchen Whitmer stood on the floor of the Michigan Senate in 2013 and unloaded on a governor she claimed was operating in a “cloud of secrecy.” Serving as Senate minority leader at the time, Whitmer lambasted then-Gov. Rick Snyder for convening a private “skunk works” commission to develop […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced today a major expansion in eligibility for Michigan residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Starting March 8, those 50 and older “with medical conditions or disabilities and caregiver family members and guardians who care for children with special health care needs,” can receive the vaccine, a statement […]