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Monday, March 10, 2025
Due to a COVID exposure the lobby of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department was closed the afternoon of July 8, 2020, for normal business transactions. After a thorough professional virus cleaning of the building and a 12 day closure the lobby is reopened today during normal business hours, with […]
Right to Life of Michigan this morning said it would not challenge the state’s conclusion that it lacks enough valid signatures to put before the Legislature a proposal to ban a second trimester abortion procedure, ending the effort for now. The Bureau of Elections after its initial look at a […]
DELTA COUNTY, MI – Sheriff’s deputies in the southern Upper Peninsula are investigating how a man became trapped in a trailer full of woodchips at a paper and package-making plant. The rescue happened last Thursday around 7:30 p.m. near the back gate of the Verso plant, according to Delta County […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man who said he took a wrong turn into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison for transporting opium paste possibly worth millions of dollars. The man’s name is Abdolnasser Mahmoudikanesbi, a resident of Gatineau, Quebec. […]
The Chippewa County Sheriff reports that a prisoner as absconded from custody. UPDATE: FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SAULT STE MARIE 7-20-2020 Approx 530pm. Local Law Enforcement has been working around the clock trying to track down Todd William Carrick. Todd Carrick had cut his tether and Absconded less than 24 hours […]
Carol Elizabeth Wahlberg Ward passed on into the next phase of her journey on July 6, in Detroit surrounded by family at the home of her son Harry Ward. She was an accomplished artist, an avid gardener, and a fierce environmentalist. Carol was born on December 20, 1930, in Detroit […]
Donald Morrison Wallis, age 89, of Rudyard, Michigan, died on July 15, 2020 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, following an ATV accident. He was born on June 24, 1931 in Sault Ste. Marie, to Percy and Sarah “Sadie” (Morrison) Wallis. Don grew up on the farm in Rudyard and graduated […]
Melva Marlene Payment (nee LaPoint), 83, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on July 14, 2020. Melva was born on Drummond Island, MI April 14, 1937. She was a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Melva worked at Lake Superior State […]
James Marvin Wood, age 74, died on Sunday July 5, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital. His family, who were his life, were with him constantly during his extended illness. He was born on November 6, 1945, in Highland Park, Michigan, to James Mize and Victoria (Picard) Wood. Jim grew up […]
LANSING, MICH. The Michigan Department of Civil Rights today cautioned Michigan businesses and other public accommodations to make sure they follow state and federal law when enforcing rules on wearing a mask or face covering in their facilities. “It is important to remember that along with Executive Orders and specific […]