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Men’s Tennis Falls to Wayne State in a Home Match

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State men’s tennis team dropped a match to the Wayne State Warriors by a final score of 6-1 on Monday, April 12 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) match at the Student Activity Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Through the […]

Protest after chief says officer meant to use Taser, not gun

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Police clashed with protesters for a second night in the Minneapolis suburb where an officer who authorities say apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described Sunday’s shooting death […]

CDC chief urges Michigan to ‘close things down’ amid spike

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that Michigan should “close things down” to help address the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead urged people to voluntarily restrict certain activities. Dr. Rochelle Walensky made the statement after […]

Wallace Bennett

On the morning of April 8th, 2021 our husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, and friend to many, Wallace Charles Bennett took his departure from this world. He set sail for that distant shore where his deep and genuine love for God was anchored.   He was born in Strongs, […]

Dorothy “Dot” Wojnaroski

Dorothy “Dot” Wojnaroski, former Goetzville, Michigan, resident, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, due to COVID-19. Dot was born May 2, 1935, in Sault Ste. Marie to Clarence and Bertha (Laarman) Pierce. Dot married Bruce Crawford February 14, 1953, and he […]

Deborah Verrett

Deborah K. Verrett, 68, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on April 6, 2021. She was born in Sault Ste. Marie on May 6, 1952 to Frederick (Pat) and Esther (Fournier) Wuebker. Deborah is survived by her father, Harold (Web) Wuebker, brothers, […]

Judy Alatalo

Judy Carol Alatalo, age 80, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died on April 4, 2021 in St. Ignace. She was born on August 21, 1940 in Chassell Township, Michigan to Julius Elmer and Hannah (Mikkola) Wirtanen. Judy was raised in Chassell in the Atlantic Mine Community, where she graduated at Painesdale […]

Britain’s Prince Philip dies at age 99

London (CNN)Prince Philip, the lifelong companion of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, has died, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. He was 99. In a statement, the palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of […]