Adam Dingman To Present Medals at Division 8 Football Championships



Adam Dingman, a senior at Cedarville High School and a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) student advisory council, will assist in presenting medals to the Division 8 football champions at the state finals between Crystal Falls-Forest Park (13-0) and Muskegon Catholic Central (13-0) at 10 a.m. at Ford Field in Detroit Friday, November 28. Crystal Falls-Forest […]

Eagles’ Elisa Hobbs Named EUPC Player of the Year



Junior Elisa Hobbs of Engadine was named volleyball Player of the Year, selected by coaches in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference. Joining Hobbs on the first team were Kayla Miller of Engadine, Billie McLeod of Cedarville, Cheyenne Cline and Justine Hatfield of Pickford, and Ellie Routhier and Jenna Somes of Brimley. Named to the second team were Jillian Collins and […]

Extension of Unemployment Benefits Becomes Law



Unemployment benefits were extended by seven weeks in all states Friday, November 21, and the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 provides an additional 13 weeks of benefits in states such as Michigan that have unemployment rates above 6%. This is the second extension of unemployment benefits by Congress this year. Standard unemployment benefits provide for a total of 26 […]

St. Ignace Bowling League Results



Bluewater League Gateway Lanes 55, Mackinaw Trolley 53, U.P. State Credit Union 47, News Crew 42, Gerry’s Beauty Shop 34, Quality Inn 28, Northern Bells 27, Apollo Home Mortgage 22. HTG: Gateway Lanes 693; HIS: Mackinaw Trolley 1910; HIG/s: Wendy Colegrove 223/579. 200s: Wendy Colegrove 223, Terri Allan 204, Shannon Goudreau 204. 500s: Wendy Colegrove 579, Misti Gamble 506, Terri […]

Saints Fourth Grade Girls Basketball Team



Pierson, Lester To Be Inducted Into LaSalle High School Sports Hall of Fame



This is the third in a series of five stories about inductees into the 2008 LaSalle High School Sports Hall of Fame. Barry Pierson and Ed Lester Sr., two outstanding athletes who were graduated seven years apart, will be inducted into the LaSalle High School (LHS) Sports Hall of Fame during ceremonies Sunday, December 28, and Monday, December 29. Pierson, […]

Top LHS X-Country Runners Receive Awards



Ronald Rickley Jr.



Ronald Rickley Jr., 31, of St. Ignace, died Saturday afternoon, November 22, 2008, at Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born January 4, 1977, in St. Ignace to Ronald and Cindy (nee Huskey) Rickley. Mr. Rickley was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and was a deli cook at Kewadin Shores Casino in St. […]

Howard Thompson



Howard R. Thompson of Pickford died Thursday, November 20, 2008, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. He was 65. He was born June 18, 1943, in Pickford to Norman Loren and Margaret Elizabeth “Bessie” (nee O’Brien) Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a lifelong resident of Pickford, where he worked as a farm and logging laborer. He was an active […]

Richard Briolat



Richard P. Briolat, 70, of St. Ignace, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, November 20, 2008, while blowing snow in his driveway. He was born June 19, 1938, in Detroit to Casimer E. and Rose (nee Smith) Briolat and was graduated from East Commerce High School in Detroit. Mr. Briolat worked for Bell Telephone for 33.5 years and was an installation foreman […]