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02/25/2024

02/06/2024

Tahquamenon Falls

02/06/2024

A view of the empty Poe Lock from last week. There aren't any ships but the Soo Locks are a busy place!

02/04/2024

Owosso Speedway Proudly Presents: The 55th Running of the International 500 Snowmobile Race Powered by Wheeler Trucking UNOFFICIAL Results

02/02/2024

We first posted this picture on Sept. 3, 2015. It was taken July 4, 1935, when perhaps the second-largest parade ever to be held in the Sault occurred. (The largest parade was surely the one in 1955, during the big Centennial Celebration of the first lock built here).
The "Sno-Go" was from the Michigan Department of Highways. They must have had a bucket or two of small bits of cotton batting which they occasionally threw in to the blower unit of the Sno-Go to simulate snow. If you look carefully at the road behind the Sno-Go, you should see many clumps of white, and you can also see quite a bit of it floating in the air, and piled on the roof of the machine.
Note the name of the Sault's most famous hockey player, Taffy Abel, on the billboard for Foxhead Beer. He owned the Log Cabin Café, roughly across Ashmun from the Temple Theater. Note also the small "peanut wagon" behind the crowd, on the left side of the photo. I think I can remember when that little business was still operating, in the 1950s----but I'm not sure of that. Can anybody tell us anything about who ran it, and how long it continued to operate?
This is one of many pictures we have of parades over the years, taken from a bay-window in Walter Materna's second-floor studio above Rudell's Drugstore, corner of Maple and Ashmun. He started his business in 1929, so this picture was taken only six years after he started. Walter Materna Collection, neg. #705.6

01/31/2024

Starting Thursday, we will be in Sault St. Marie Michigan for the I500 race. See you there !

01/31/2024

SPREAD THE WORD!
In the spirit of community and safety for pub crawl goers, Eagle Radio 95.1 will be offering FREE rides home, within city limits, Thursday from 9:30PM - 11:30PM!

Put us on speed dial to secure your safe ride home in our Rodenroth Motors station vehicle!
CALL: 906-440-6540

And don't forget about:
Soo Line Limousine : 906.440.5161
Rod's Rides Cab Company: 906.632.5555

01/30/2024

‘It’s NASCAR on ice’: Although next week’s forecast doesn’t resemble a ‘normal’ winter, 55th edition of International 500 Snowmobile Race in Sault Michigan remains on track to provide a successful weeklong lineup of races, pageants, and family-friendly activities

01/28/2024

The City of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, does hereby proclaim the first week in February each year as🌟𝐈-𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊🌟, honoring ALL International 500 Snowmobile Race volunteers past, present and future. Volunteers who give of their personal time and efforts to make this world class event possible that benefits so many in our community.