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Blue Devils Keep Making Progress

The Sault High Varsity Blue Devils traveled to Grayling for more team duals action last weekend. With twelve teams total ready to compete, the Blue Devils were placed in a pool with Lake City, Roscommon and Whittemore-Prescott.  The team easily beat Lake City with a score of 60-12. The only […]

Caulfield Flies with Eagles

Chicago area product Lucas Caulfield is living and loving the hockey life up north in Sault Ste. Marie. The high scoring forward is a key component and team captain for the high flying Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. Caulfied is third on the Eagles in scoring […]

I Think I’m a Bear

Hi everyone. Here I am again with a new edition of “Cat Tales.” If you are a first-time reader of my column/blog, my name is Maverick. I write about all kinds of things. It’s like keeping a journal about my life with my mom and friends, only I let other […]

Winter time at the Conservation District

While the snow may be falling and the days are short, the Conservation District is far fromdormant. In fact, these winter months are a time of intense activity, a period for laying thegroundwork for a successful and productive spring and summer. “People often ask me what we do in the […]

Soo Locks Closing for Seasonal Repair, Maintenance

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan will close to all marine traffic beginning 11:59 p.m. January 15, or until commercial traffic ceases, through 12:01 a.m. March 25 to perform seasonal critical maintenance. Federal regulation (33 CFR 207.440) establishes the operating season based on the […]

Weitzel Lock is Opened

In 1923, Stanley Newton published, “The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County.” This is part nineteen of a continuing series about the history of Sault Ste. Marie and area in its early years. I have left punctuation and grammar intact. – Laurie Davis A new lock, having been […]

Free Snowmobile Weekend is Jan. 17-19

Discover (or rediscover) your love of winter trail riding this month, with a full weekend of free snowmobiling Jan. 17-19! For one winter weekend each year, you legally can ride without the requirement of a snowmobile registration or trail permit. Explore more than 6,000 miles of DNR-designated snowmobile trails, public roads and […]

Gladstone Man Arrested for Child Sexually Abusive Activity

GLADSTONE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes AgainstChildren (ICAC) Task Force is announcing the arrest of Timothy Alphonse DeBone, 27 of Gladstone, forchild sexually abusive material – aggravated possession and using a computer to commit a crime.DeBone was arrested following an investigation in which digital […]