Michigan Soo approves location for Super Wal-Mart

Construction is scheduled to start this summer on a new Super Wal-Mart in the Michgan Soo.

Sault Ste. Marie City Commission unanimously approved the sale of 80 acres to Wal-mart at a meeting last night, Scott Brand reports in tonight's edition of the Soo Evening News.

The new Super Wal-Mart will be along the I-75 Business Spur, near Gardenville Road and Riverside Drive.

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