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Friday, January 10, 2025
It’s the second season in high school basketball across the state of Michigan, starting on Monday night, as district playoff basketball action commences. In girls’ basketball on Monday night, Engadine will be at Newberry in a Division 4, District 101 semifinal, at 7:00 pm. The winner will face Rudyard in […]
MANKATO, Minn. – With a 6-3 victory, the No. 17 Lake Superior State hockey team won the 2021 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Postseason Tournament to earn the program’s first ever WCHA Championship and secure an automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey National Tournament. The Lakers earned […]
BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Devin Mauro notched the tying tally in the third period, then collected the difference maker in the shootout, as the Blind River Beavers edged the Soo Thunderbirds 5-4 in a see-saw Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up Saturday night at the Blind River Community Centre. A fortuitous […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – With last night’s 4-1 win over No. 13/12 Bemidji State in the WCHA Semifinals, the No. 17 Lake Superior State University men’s hockey program became the 27th Division I program to reach 1,000 all-time wins. In the storied history of LSSU hockey, the program has combined […]
Robert Leland Lindley, age 85, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died on March 16, 2021 in Petoskey, Michigan. He was born January 29, 1936 in Martinsville, Indiana to Fred and Margaret (Litzner) Jackson. Robert grew up in Moran, Michigan and graduated from LaSalle High School. After high school, he went to […]
SAULT STE. MARIE — On Tuesday, the Coast Guard starts breaking ice in the lower St. Marys River in preparation for the Great Lakes commercial shipping season. Initially the icebreaking activity will focus on the lower St. Marys River, south of Munuscong Lake and the Middle Neebish Channel north and […]
Arnie Donald Piippo, age 75, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, died on March 1, 2021 in Sault Ste Marie. He was born on January 18, 1946 in Rudyard, Michigan to Onnie Elmer and Ruth Annabell (Hancock) Piippo. Arnie grew up in the Upper Peninsula and graduated from Rudyard High School. […]
Mary Lou Krause, age 89, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died on March 14, 2021, at Evergreen Living Center in St. Ignace. She was born on March 16, 1931 in Marquette, Michigan, to Vernon Everette and Lucille Anita (Hagen) Thompson. Mary grew up in a few different places as she traveled […]
Blanche Belle Hamel, age 92, of Cedarville, Michigan, died on March 9, 2021 at Ball Hospice House of the EUP, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, surrounded by her family. She was born on February 17, 1929 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, to Walter and Flossie (Sanford) Saylor. Blanche spent her childhood in […]
Randy Scott Franklin, 58, born September 24, 1962, lifetime resident in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, went to be with the Creator on March 14, 2021. He is preceded in death by his Grandfather Luke Lafrenier, Mother Janet Franklin, two Brothers Robert (Skimpers) Franklin and Rodney A. Franklin, a niece Nicole […]