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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Middle school and High School students are facing a lot of pressure from their friends, and from social media to get them to start vaping. E-cigarette use among U.S. middle and high school students increased 900% during 2011-2015, before declining for the first time during 2015. However, current e-cigarette use […]
The City of Sault Ste. Marie has seen two demonstrations so far that were related to the death of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis. Two more are planned and others will probably follow. The police department would like to thank those that organized and those that attended the protests in […]
Four years ago, an idea was discussed by the Chippewa County Family Project about building a teen foster home in Sault Ste. Marie. Foster teens would be relocated downstate – several hours away. In August 2019, a groundbreaking ceremony started the physical process. The 1.1 million dollar home is located […]
Michiganders looking to return their hordes of cans and bottles can finally do so beginning later this month. The state of Michigan will allow bottle and can return facilities to resume operations on June 15, under certain restrictions, including limits on the number of containers individuals are allowed to return […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – What started as a peaceful demonstration against police brutality Saturday afternoon escalated when a woman stood on the front of a Marquette City Police SUV in the Police Department parking lot. Monday’s death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked more protests across our country Saturday, including […]
Alda Aurora Routhier, age 85, died May 27, 2020, at the J. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park, MN. She was born in New Bedford, MA, on October 2, 1934. She was the daughter of Captain Emanuel T. Chantre and Alda Oliveira Chantre. Alda graduated from New Bedford High School […]
Walter George LeBlanc, 78, of Brimley, Michigan passed away at the Hospice of EUP in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on May 22, 2020. Walter was born on September 14, 1941 in Superior Township, Michigan. Walter had a full life and worked at many jobs. He enlisted in the Marine Corps […]
Ten weeks after Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed the strictest limitations in the nation to combat the spread of COVID-19, she suddenly moved Monday to lift some of the most significant restrictions, lifting a ban on travel, authorizing outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people and allowing offices, restaurants, bars and […]
SAULT STE. MARIE – A spark of good news is set to light up Sault Ste. Marie, as the city is proud to announce that the annual Fourth of July firework display will still be taking place at dusk on the holiday. With uncertainty over the state’s restrictions on large […]
Charles “Joe” LaVake, age 53, of Clarkston, Michigan, died Saturday, May 9, 2020, at the home of his mother in St. Ignace, Michigan. He was born March 26, 1967, in Wayne County, Michigan, to Melvin and Dorothy (Witherspoon) LaVake. Joe graduated from Garden City High School with the Class of […]