Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an apology Sunday after a photo emerged showing her at a restaurant with 12 other people gathered around tables pushed together in violation of her health department’s current epidemic order. The May 15 order from the state Department of Health and Human Services says […]
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Doris McKerchie
Doris M. McKerchie, age 70, left her earthly home early morning May 18, 2021 surrounded by her family at War Memorial Hospital. She was born January 12, 1951 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to the late Lawrence L. and Henrietta McKerchie. Doris enjoyed her job as a bartender on and […]
One more thrill: Phil Mickelson wins at 50 in raucous PGA
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Standing on the 18th tee with a two-shot lead in a championship he refused to imagine himself winning, Phil Mickelson took one last violent swing with a driver — the club that betrayed him 15 years earlier in the U.S. Open. His tee shot Sunday […]
Italy investigators probe why cable car brake ‘didn’t work’
STRESA, Italy (AP) — The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake didn’t engage and prevent the cabin from careening back down the mountain until it pulled off the support line and crashed to […]
House fire kills two residents
A house fire in the 100 block of Blucher Street has claimed the lives of two people. The fire broke out at approximately 11 p.m. Friday. The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office has been called in to investigate. It is not known at this point if the fire was suspicious in […]
Gladys Malette
Gladys Marie (Ball) Malette passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 20, 2021. She was 99. Gladys was born in Ozark, Michigan to Lula Ellen (Shipley) Ball and Ephriam Allie Ball on March 5, 1922. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Arthur Rogers Malette who […]
Hazel Irene Nutkins
Hazel Irene Nutkins, age 87, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at War Memorial Hospital. Hazel was born on July 16, 1933, in Strongs, Michigan to the late Charles and Evaline (Toll) Alexander, Sr. She was a graduate of Sault High School with the class […]
Heidi Lynn Bailey
Heidi Lynn Bailey, age 55, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan passed away Thursday morning, May 20, 2021, at her home surrounded by her family. Heidi was born on January 3, 1966, in Marshall, Michigan to the late Richard and Linda (Beebe) Ditto.She graduated from Newberry High School with the class […]
Calumet fire is now a crime scene
CALUMET, MI – Authorities are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in an Upper Peninsula historic downtown. State and federal agencies are working with the local sheriff’s office in Calumet, and are treating the incident as a crime, The Associated Press reports. The fire […]
Two locals, three total, arrested for Meth and Heroin distribution
Detectives from TriDent have been investigating a group of people selling Crystal Meth and Heroin within Chippewa County. Several purchases of Crystal Meth were made during the investigation. Detectives received information that members of this group drove to lower Michigan to bring back another load of Narcotics. In the evening […]