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Monday, March 3, 2025
In a pair of exciting matches, the Sault High Blue Devils put up a great fight in the hopes of claiming the District 2 team title, but fell just short. The Blue Devils drew the Escanaba Eskymos, a familiar foe, in the semifinal round. Hazen Hudson (113) started the dual […]
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, MI – – The U.S. border patrol says it has almost 20,000 agents. 85-percent of them are on the Mexican border, the so-called frontlines of the migrant crisis. But there’s a smaller, dedicated crew of agents patrolling the Upper Peninsula. “I heard an agent say, a long time […]
UPDATE: On Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Police andFire Departments were dispatched to Wood Creek Manor for a report of multiple gunshotshaving been fired. While enroute, responders learned that a man shot himself in one of thehallways of the apartment building. Upon arrival, […]
In 1923, Stanley Newton published, “The Story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County.” This is part twenty-one of a continuing series about the history of Sault Ste. Marie and area in its early years. I have left punctuation and grammar intact. – Laurie Davis Sent 21 Men to Union […]
Sault City Youth Wrestling results for the last two weekends. There was a lot of traveling for the club, seeking out stronger competition. Freeland – NEMWA ResultsTravis Pyle 1-2 (DNP) and Guy Pyle III 0-2 (DNP). Gaylord – MYWAY ResultsColton Paquin 0-2 (DNP), Dalton Anderson 0-2 (DNP), Davin Anderson 3-0 […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Busting open a tie-game with four unanswered third period goals propelled the Soo Thunderbirds past the Soo Eagles 6-2 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League play at John Rhodes Community Centre. Converting on the night’s first power play, the visiting Eagles used some crisp puck […]
FRENCH RIVER – A couple of in-close markers, off the stick of Gabriel Clark, including the eventual deciding tally, helped the Soo Eagles grind out a 5-2 victory versus the French River Rapids Friday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at Noelville Arena. Clicking on an early power play, Sault […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State (LSSU) women’s basketball team (5-14, 2-9 GLIAC) fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs (15-5, 9-2 GLIAC) by a final score of 83-46 on Thursday. Both teams battled early with the Lakers getting a pair of threes from CeCe Hacker (Omaha, Neb.) and Gracey Metz (Hartland, Mich.), […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The No. 11 Lake Superior State (LSSU) Lakers (18-3, 9-2 GLIAC) avenged their December loss earlier this season with a 73-64 victory over the No. 15 Ferris State Bulldogs (18-4, 8-3 GLIAC) in front of a packed crowd in the Bud Cooper Gymnasium on Thursday. The […]
There has been an increase in fraudulent activity involving stolen credit cards and lotteryscratch-off tickets throughout the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula. TheMichigan State Police (MSP) is investigating some of the complaints, including several in theEscanaba area. MSP is aware of related cases also being investigated in Wisconsin […]