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The Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority (SSMBA) board of directors, the bi-national body that supervises operations of the International Bridge, heard reports on a recent bridge inspection at the board’s regular meeting.

After a three-year wait and an 11day jury trial, Jason David Sadowski was found guilty of murder in the first degree on Monday, November 7.The victim wasTimothy Mozader, Sadowski’s tenant and roommate. Mozader died on May 30, 2019.

Nine members of the Munising City and Munising Township Fire Departments were recognized for their actions that saved one of their own. The incident occurred at a structure fire on Olson Road on July 1, 2022.

Maci Cornish knows what floats her boat. A walking encyclopedia of Great Lakes Shipwreck history, the Fitzobsessed first-year engineering student welds as a hobby, works summers as first mate on a tour boat and is studying for her 100-ton captain’s license.

Mary Locke Petermann, a pioneer in cancer treatment research and development, was named to the 2022 Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. Petermann was born in Laurium in the Copper Country and attended Calumet High School before studying at Brown University and receiving a Ph.D in physiological chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.