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Eagles victorious over rival Thunderbirds

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Dominic Skrelja’s second goal of the game, coming on the power play with under 10 minutes remaining, was the difference as the Soo Eagles went on to prevail over the Soo Thunderbirds 4-3 as the cross-border rivals renewed acquaintances Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey […]

Opinion: The facts about Michigan charter schools

(Detroit News) – On any given day, it’s possible to open your social media feed and wonder what’s true and what isn’t. In an era of “fake news,” many of us are beginning to wonder if we are becoming a society that cares more about rhetoric than facts. Now, there […]

Spending Time With Grandma

By Laurie Davis My maternal grandmother was such an inspiration to me. I remember riding my bike across town and visiting my grandmother on Saturdays during the school year and just about any old day during the summer. She didn’t buy me toys or sit me by the television. She […]

Erma Z. Gallagher

Erma Z. Gallagher, age 91, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at War Memorial Hospital.  Erma was born on September 6, 1928, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Lawrence and Eglah (Robinson) Welch.  She was a graduate of Sault High School with the […]

Local man dies in Rudyard car accident

On 2/27/2020 at 2215 hrs Central Dispatch received a 911 call of an injury accident on Tilson Rd near Strawberry Ln. Deputy Sheriff’s responded and located a small car with heavy damage in the middle of the road. The driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, had been […]

How Do We Solve This?

By Karmen Lemke, CEO, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes We hear in the news that there is a STEM workforce crisis, children are spending more time in front of a screen than outside, and that there is a global leadership crisis. How do we solve this? Girl Scouts […]