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Monday, March 31, 2025
Beatrice “Tash” Jenny (Mongene) Willis, age 79, of Hessel, Michigan, died on January 23, 2020, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born on May 17, 1940, in Sault Ste Marie, to Joseph Mongene and Anna (Brown) Mongene. Beatrice grew up in Hessel and attended school in Hessel and in […]
BAY MILLS — Bay Mills Indian Community’s Executive Council has agreed to purchase Four Seasons Market in Brimley, the local grocery store located across from Brimley State Park on Six Mile Road. The tribe anticipates completing the acquisition within the next six months. The council approved the purchase at their […]
Ian Fishback became a national sensation in 2005 when he wrote to Senator John McCain about how U.S. soldiers were treating prisoners of war. Alarmed at what he considered unlawful and inhumane treatment of prisoners, Fishback told McCain he and his troops had seen prisoners beaten, killed, injured, exposed to […]
Robert Clayton “Bob” Ellis, age 79, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away early Friday morning, January 24, 2020, at the Hospice of the EUP – Hospice House. Bob was born on March 22, 1940, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Clayton and Opal (Jollineau) Ellis. Bob graduated from […]
Betty Loretta Elliott, age 79, of Bay Mills, Michigan passed away Wednesday morning, January 29, 2020, at her home. Betty was born on May 29, 1940, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the daughter of the late Merlin and Thelma (Alcorn) Taylor. Betty graduated from Brimley High School with the class of […]
George “Bill” William Barr peacefully passed away Thursday January 30th, 2020 at his home. Bill was born June 9th, 1957 in Sault Ste Marie Michigan to Dale and Verna Barr. Bill married Colleen (Cryderman) January 3rd, 1981 spending 39 years together. Bill was a loving, passionate and family oriented man […]
Bertha M. Andrews Smith died January 31, 2020 at the home of her daughter Bobbi Hill Root of the Sault. She was born on December 5, 1932. Bert was the beloved child bride of David P. Smith previously deceased. She had two daughters Bobbi Hill Root and Patricia Smith Newby (Randy) three […]
LANSING — Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds in Michigan, and the rates are nearly double in rural communities, according to state and federal surveys. That’s above the national average and has risen in recent years. The surveys were done by the state […]
MIAMI — It took the Chiefs five full decades to bring the Lombardi Trophy back to Kansas City. They don’t intend to wait that long again. With confetti still swirling and their thrilling Super Bowl triumph over the San Francisco 49ers mere minutes old, most of the Chiefs were already […]
Just prior to Midnight on 1/29/2020 a Chippewa Co Deputy Sheriff came across a vehicle driving on the sidewalk off of the I-75 Bus Spur in Sault Ste Marie. The vehicle then traveled into the actual roadway and spun around. The vehicle then took off at a high rate of […]
