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Monday, April 21, 2025
There’s plenty of open water on Lake Superior this winter. Analysis of ice cover on Lake Superior shows the big lake is only about 11 percent ice-covered as of Feb. 11. Compare that to last year when the lake was 72 percent covered at this time. The entire Great Lakes […]
Leona Elizabeth McCuaig, age 76, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away early Sunday morning, February 9, 2020, at her home. Leona was born on March 19, 1943, in Dafter, Michigan to the late Friidolph and Pearl (Aslin) Lipponen. She graduated from Brimley High School with the class of 1961. She […]
Betty Jean Evey, age 61, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Monday evening, February 10, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loved ones after a courageous battle with thyroid cancer. Betty was born on March 28, 1958 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Carl and Shirley […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on the Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens Advisory Council. The council is designed to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department can be more effective and responsive, and offer insight and […]
Associated Press LANSING — State lawmakers and a gun rights group on Tuesday called for changes to Michigan’s terrorism law after a Lake Superior State University student was charged for posting a photo of his rifle on social media and saying it would make “snowflakes melt.” Lucas Gerhard, 20, faces […]
Kaden Cook was dying before he ever started living. He was just 2 years old and had thick, fluffy blond hair and big green eyes that seemed to change color with the weather. He would glide around on his tiptoes, and when he pointed to the incision on his thigh, […]
LANSING – A prisoner is in solitary confinement, accused of inciting a riot, after he and two other inmates wrote a letter complaining about conditions at Chippewa Correctional Facility. The prisoners and their family members say Edward Terrell Walton, 34, did no such thing, but is being punished for speaking […]
Kaden Chayce Cook, age 19, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Friday evening, February 7, 2020, at his home. Kaden was born on July 29, 2000, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Kevin and Trishann (Horka) Cook. Kaden attended Sault High School. He enjoyed riding on the golf cart, playing […]
President Donald Trump’s fourth budget proposal is the first to recommend fully funding a federal program protecting the Great Lakes. Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year includes $320 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a program the president previously tried to cut by 90%. Trump’s […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — Need a reminder that summer is on the way? Or maybe you want to surprise that special someone with a not-so-fancy Valentine’s Day gift in an oh-so-tasty Upper Peninsula destination? You’re in luck! Legendary U.P. burger hot spot Clyde’s Drive-In, which has been around since […]