Until there is a state-issued mandate calling for the vaccination of everyone at the Department of Corrections, the agency will not institute a requirement that a person must be inoculated against COVID-19 if they wish to continue working at any of Michigan’s prisons. Concerns have been voiced by prisoner advocates […]
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Week 1 High School Football in the EUP begins (with photos)
By Scott Nason “The Game” ESPN 1400 thegamesportsshow.podbean.com The beginning of the high school football season kicked off this past weekend across Michigan and here in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. With COVID-19 delaying the start of the 2020 football season, with a condensed and interrupted schedule, games in the area were […]
Carl “Joe” Cornwell
Carl Joseph “Joe” Cornwell, age 75, of Pickford, Michigan, died on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at McLaren Northern Michigan. He was born on November 7, 1945, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Sylvester Charles and Bernita Irene (Spalding) Cornwell. Joe grew up in Athens, Michigan and graduated from Athens High School […]
G-7 grapples with Afghanistan, an afterthought not long ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months ago, the leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized democracies met at the height of summer on England’s southwest coast. It was a happy occasion: the first in-person summit of the Group of Seven nations in two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and the […]
After humble beginnings, USA’s ‘Roque’ star ready to take on the Worlds
A Michigan product with Canadian Indigenous bloodlines, Abby Roque “has turned a lot of heads pretty quickly.” She’ll probably turn more at the Women’s Worlds It’s not as though Abby Roque has come out of nowhere. In fact, the good people of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., might take offense to […]
Darlene Jarmusch
Darlene Ethel “Dar” Jarmusch, age 83, of DeTour, Michigan, died on August 12, 2021. She was born on September 29, 1938, in DeTour to Rene “Ray” and Aino “Ina” (Kyllikki) Landreville. Darlene grew up in DeTour on the Landreville farm. She graduated from DeTour High, and afterward moved to St. […]
Child Sex Trafficking Sting Results in Three Local Arrests
At about 6:00 pm on Monday, August 16, Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bitnar held a Facebook Live video conference, assisted by Sault Ste Marie Police Chief Wes Bierling and Sault Tribe Police Chief Robert Marchand, to announce the arrest of three men on Friday, August 13, as the result of […]
20-year-old dies after single-vehicle crash in Newberry
LUCE COUNTY, MI – A 20-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in the Upper Peninsula. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post, Jaden Caswell of Luce County was killed in the crash, which occurred on M-123 near Charcoal Grade Road in Luce County’s […]
Ardis James Olmstead
Ardis James Olmstead, age 96, of DeTour, Michigan, died on August 3, 2021 at Medilodge in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was born May 17, 1925 in DeTour to Lester Charles and Sarah Ellen (Smith) Olmstead. Ardis grew up in DeTour and attended DeTour Area Schools. He left high school […]
Marilyn June Robbins
Marilyn June (Lawrence) Robbins passed away at Hospice of the EUP “Hospice House” on July 31, 2021. Marilyn was born on June 23, 1931, in Sault Ste, Marie, Michigan to the late Franklin Ross and Gladys (Roosevelt (St George) Lawrence. Marilyn retired from Sault School. Marilyn and her husband […]