Kenneth Charles Payment, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on Drummond Island on January 24, 2021, following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Ken was born on December 6, 1935 and attended DeTour Area High School where he was an outstanding athlete in both basketball and baseball. Right out […]
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James Cornwell
James Robert (Jim) Cornwell, age 78, of Hessel, Michigan, passed away at the Pennington House in Pickford, Michigan, January 24, 2021 after battling lung cancer for several months. He was born September 30, 1942 in Dearborn, Michigan to Jesse Lawrence Cornwell and Mary Elizabeth (Hey) Montgomery. Growing up in the […]
Whitmer’s Third State Of The State Speech Shrouded For Now
On the one hand, the big picture themes of what Governor Gretchen Whitmer will discuss in her third State of the State address are obvious: the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic and education crises. On the other hand, the specifics of what Ms. Whitmer will say are unknown with no major […]
Gov. Whitmer Lowers Flags to Honor Former State Sen. Shirley Johnson
LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, to honor the life and service of former state Senator Shirley Johnson. “My administration and the entire state of Michigan recognizes the service and […]
Women’s Basketball Drops Hard Fought Game against Ferris State – PHOTOS
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State women’s basketball team fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs by a final score of 83-65 on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the Bud Cooper Gymnasium in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) game. First Half The Lakers […]
Schools outraged that bars can open in Michigan, but not winter sports
Olivet High School boys basketball coach Matt Seidl gathered his team around him at practice Friday to tell them the latest bad news. The season had already been delayed several times by state mandates forbidding close contact for fear of spread of COVID-19. High school winter sports teams were supposed […]
Michigan asks for a waiver of standardized testing for 2021
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with instruction inconsistency and difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Michigan Department of Education submitted the request to the U.S. Department of Education to allow schools […]
Fern Weber
Fern Lois Weber, age 90, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away January 23, 2021, at War Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. She was born on February 2, 1930, in Trout Lake, Michigan to Alexander and Bertha (Wren) Beaudoin. Fern worked at McDonalds Hotel in Trout Lake for 10 years […]
Barbara Campbell
Barbara Lynn Campbell, age 78, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away on January 22, 2021, at War Memorial Hospital. Barbara was born on August 3, 1942, in Lansing, Michigan, to the late Donald and Elsie (Adams) Perkins. She graduated from Sexton High School and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in […]
January 25, 2021
David Alan Lawrence Coullard01/08/1998Fail to Report AccidentFines and costs $38590 days suspended Tinika Eliza-Beth Jewell03/26/1996Fail to Report Accident to FixturesDriving-RecklessFines and costs $4,720.7590 days, credit 1, balance held in abeyance30 hours community serviceNo alcohol, controlled substance, marijuana, THCNo bars/taverns/casinosTest on demandAssessment and recommendations Jayne Stewart Murray09/18/1989Operate While IntoxicatedFines and costs […]












