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The following flood watch was issued this morning by the U.S. National Weather Service for the Eastern Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Michigan. FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

Okay, Bacillus subtilis, the bacterium that makes spoiled bread dough ropy, is probably not quite as smart as John Tesh, SooToday.com's favourite factoid-spewing radio self-help guru-dude.

The following special weather statement has been issued overnight by Environment Canada for Marathon - Superior North - Wawa - White River - Pukaskwa - Kapuskasing - Hearst - Chapleau and other parts of Northeastern Ontario.

Almost 75 people gathered in front of Sault Ste. Marie City Hall tonight. To deliver a message. "The world wants a real deal," they shouted. "Sault Ste. Marie wants a real deal.

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SooToday.com has received the following note about popular soccer coach Gunther Zemanek, from Bill Howe of St. Marys College. The official obituary follows Howe's note.

Traffic is again moving along the Whitman Dam Rd north of Searchmont. Yesterday we reported that the route had been closed by water at mile 13. But in an e-mail to SooToday.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Man went through ice while snowmobiling on Manitowik Lake WAWA, ON - Members of the Superior East OPP Wawa Detachment are investigating an incident involving a Hawk Junction man who went through the ice at M