NORTHERN MI – The Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance recognized the efforts of northern Michigan’s business owners, workforce, and community members to stay safe to stay open as Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the June 10 move of regions 6 and 8 to Phase 5 of the MI Safe Start Plan and […]
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Skerbeck Carnivals cancel 2020 season
PRESS RELEASE Making the touch call with our partners to cancel, put on hold, and postpone events for our 2020 season has not been a light decision. This pandemic and time of uncertainty will not stop our family from doing what we have always done, provided fun entertainment. But alas, […]
Salons, Barbers, Theaters and Gyms to re-open June 10
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Orders 2020-114 and 2020-115 to reopen more regions and economic sectors under the MI Safe Start Plan. Starting on June 10, Regions 6 and 8 — which include much of northern Michigan and all of the Upper Peninsula — will advance […]
Michigan Supreme Court rejects case challenging Gov. Whitmer’s emergency powers
LANSING – The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to directly take up a challenge by the Michigan Legislature to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers, saying the case should follow the normal appeal route to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court issued an order Thursday that said: […]
Ray Charles Franks
Ray Charles Franks, age 79, of Kinross, Michigan passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Bodi Lake, in Luce County. Ray was born on July 17, 1940, in Kinross, Michigan to the late Truman and Doris (Baker) Franks. Ray married Wilma Jean McKenzie in Arkansas. They were together happily […]
Sharon Rose Parish
Sharon Rose Parish, age 70, of Dollar Settlement, Michigan passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital. Sharon was born on May 5, 1950, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She enjoyed cooking, baking, and cake decorating. She also enjoyed crocheting, fishing, hunting, gardening, and canning. Sharon loved […]
June 5, 2020
Jason Alvord Smith09/15/1971V-Operation without SecurityFines and costs $550 Seth Dewaine Bosley12/22/1998Trespass-RecreationalFines and costs $127590 days held in abeyance80 hours community service Deanna Mary Tomie02/15/1994TrespassFines and costs $37530 days, credit 1, balance suspended30 hours community service Laura Virginia Tetzlaff07/27/1979Operate While IntoxicatedFines and costs $102093 days, credit 1, balance held in abeyanceNo […]
DNR announces opening dates for campgrounds, harbors and other outdoor spaces
As Michigan moves to Stage 4 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start plan, the Department of Natural Resources has determined official opening dates for state park and state forest campgrounds, state harbors and other DNR-managed outdoor spaces – just in time for the summer season. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Second BLM rally goes off without a hitch
Sault Ste Marie, MI – A second rally organized by local university students in recognition of the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement took place Wednesday afternoon in downtown Sault Ste Marie, MI. The event started at roughly 4:30 pm with about a dozen activists and […]
Effie Lever
Effie Lever, 95, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and formerly of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, went home to her Heavenly Father, on June 01, 2020. Effie was born in Sault Ste. Marie on September 03, 1924. She was the daughter of John and Ellen (Smale) MacLean, who preceded her in death. A […]