Get the news as it happens!
Friday, January 10, 2025
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Soo Thunderbirds defenceman Connor Toms scored once and added an assist in helping his club defeat the Blind River Beavers 5-3 Tuesday evening in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at John Rhodes Community Centre. Picking off a pass in Blind River territory, Sault Ste. […]
The Cedarville Trojans boys’ basketball team improved to 5-2 on the season, as they defeated the Pickford Panthers, 47-34, on Tuesday night at the Purple Palace, in Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference play. You can hear the podcast of the game at Cedarville at Pickford Boys B-Ball 3-2-21 (podbean.com). Cedarville is […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – If you’re looking for a summer job that comes with a side of island breezes and can be done to the clip-clop backdrop of horse traffic, hiring season is underway on Mackinac Island. More than 5,000 seasonal employees are needed each year to make Michigan’s favorite […]
The winter weather across the Eastern Upper Peninsula on Monday, cancelled several scheduled high school basketball games. Games cancelled on Monday include Sault High at St. Ignace in girls’ and boys’ basketball, along with Newberry at Rudyard, Cedarville at Pickford, and Brimley at DeTour in girls’ basketball, and Rudyard at […]
The former director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will receive more than $155,000 in exchange for “releasing all claims against” the state, according to a separation agreement provided to the Free Press. The agreement states the money provided to Robert Gordon constitutes nine months of pay […]
Cynthia Ann (McDonald) Panik, age 70, of Dafter, Michigan, died on February 23, 2021 at Regions Hospital in St Paul, Minnesota after a four day battle with acute myeloid leukemia. She was born on February 3, 1951 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan to William C. and Verva (Lawson) McDonald. Cindy […]
NEWBERRY — Sault Ste. Marie finished strong in the second half with a 63-51 win over Newberry in a Straits Area Conference game on Friday night. Newberry will be at home again on Monday against Rudyard. Sault Ste. Marie will be at St. Ignace on Monday.
ENGADINE — Cedarville hit its free throws down the stretch in the fourth quarter to hold off Engadine 51-47 in an Eastern UP Athletic Conference matchup on Friday night. Cedarville will next play at Pickford on Tuesday. Engadine will be at Rudyard on Tuesday.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State women’s volleyball team dropped a match to the Ferris State Bulldogs by a score of 3-0 on Saturday, Feb. 27 in the Bud Cooper Gymnasium in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. in the second game of a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) series. […]
Cameras monitored by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service will start scanning the licence plates of all vehicles entering and exiting the city via Highway 17 East and North later this year. The move, police say, will make it easier to track suspect vehicles connected to activities such as human and […]