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Friday, January 31, 2025
UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WLUC) – Health departments around Upper Michigan are providing data on possible COVID-19 cases, though test results are seeing up to a week delay. The health departments for all 15 Upper Peninsula counties are listed roughly west to east below. The information is as of 4:00 p.m. […]
The Soo Locks are open for business! Wednesday is the first day of the shipping season on the St. Marys River. At one minute past midnight, the H. Lee White entered the Poe Lock on its way to Duluth. The Lee is the first of many freighters that will make […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — An Upper Peninsula hospital has created an easy way for people to receive an evaluation of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Evaluation Drive-Thru at War Memorial Hospital is designed as a place to obtain triage care from healthcare providers who will evaluate a person’s risk and presence […]
Renee Corrine (Peters) White, age 68, of Sault Ste Marie Michigan, died on February 17, 2020, in Sault Ste Marie. She was born on August 26, 1951. Renee grew up in Sault Ste Marie and graduated from Loretta High School. After High School, she met Charles Puffenbarger and they were […]
Lawrence “Duke” Leon Masse, age 84, of Cedarville, Michigan, died on March 13, 2020 in Petoskey, Michigan. He was born on September 16, 1935 in St. Paul, MN, to Hamel Ernest Masse and Agnes Celene Verschaeve Masse. Duke grew up in Gladwin, Michigan. After high school he met and fell […]
Robert E. Joly, age 75, of Drummond Island, Michigan, died March 2, 2020 at his home. He was born July 28, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, to Kenneth Ira Joly and Mary H. (Bryant) Joly. Bobby was an entertainer, artist, and designer. He lived for many years in Arizona where he […]
Sandra Ann Coady, age 64, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, died on March 19, 2020 in Sault Ste. Marie. She was born on November 7, 1955 in Sault Ste. Marie, to Eugene Henry and Margaret Eleanor (Willette) Castagne. Sandra grew up in Sault Ste. Marie with her five siblings. She […]
Judy Lee Causley, age 74, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, died on March 10, 2020 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born on August 17, 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Harold and Margaret (Porter) Jordan. Judy was a dedicated wife and caring mother who worked part time to […]
The Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post is seeking your assistance in solving a Breaking and Entering of a seasonal cabin and shed located in Paradise, on Vermillion Road, which occurred 8/10/19, between 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm. The suspects entered the seasonal cabin by forcing the front door […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. — Recently, through various media outlets, there have been concerns being voiced that COVID‐19 testing is not being done in Chippewa County. Healthcare facilities such as War Memorial Hospital (WMH), Sault Tribe Health Center (STHC), and Bay Mills Health Center (BMHC) are collecting specimen samples from individuals […]