The ice in Moran Bay Tuesday, January 31, stretches as far as the four abandoned fuel tanks on the horizon, where it gives way to open water.
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By Aebra Coe
The busing program shared by Gros Cap and St. Ignace school districts that pools students at bus stops for pick-up is satisfactory, school superintendents say, and is likely to continue next school year. Members of the Gros Cap and St. More...
St. Ignace City Council members and the mayor received $1,490 for attending council and committee meetings in January. The mayor receives $70 to attend council meetings and $60 to attend committee meetings or to represent the city at public events. More...
Company Appeals To City of Mackinac Island After One Ferry Discontinues Service
By Matt Mikus
Boat captains operating Mackinac Island ferries have authority to judge safe travel conditions and determine when weather prohibits passage, the City of Mackinac Island says, and City Council called for the two boat lines to sit down with the city to More...
A new February event, Pickford Winterfest, will be scheduled for Friday, February 17, Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, in Pickford. On February 17, there will be family skating at the township park from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. More...
The Mackinaw Mush sled dog race usually held in Mackinaw City the first weekend in February has been cancelled owing to mild weather and lack of snow. Event organizer Chuck Cullip of St. More...
Northern Ferry ended its winter ferry service to Mackinac Island Saturday, January 28, ending the 2011 ferry season. Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry discontinued its passenger service Wednesday, January 18. More...
Creating Confident Caregivers is a new program for family caregivers of persons with dementia or memory loss. The next workshop starts Wednesday, February 8, in St. Ignace. More...
The annual Winter Free Fishing Weekend is scheduled for Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19. On that weekend, everyone can fish without purchasing a state license, but all other fishing regulations still apply. More...
Carrie Berkompas of Rudyard and Becky McCauley of Sault Ste. Marie earned the top spot in the fifth annual “Yoopers Have Talent” show Saturday, January 14, at the Rudyard Middle School gymnasuim. More...
Effective 11 a.m. Thursday, February 2, the water between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island will be closed, according to the United States Coast Guard. Ferries have been shut down for the season, and anyone on boats in the waterway could be fined. More...
A yoga class is among programs announced at the Erickson Center in Curtis. It will be taught by Alison Quiring for men and women of all levels, including a beginning level, from Monday, February 6, through Monday, March 12. More...
The Gros Cap School spelling bee winners were announced Wednesday, January 25. The students are qualified to compete in the district spelling bee competition, to be held in St. Ignace Tuesday, February 7. More...
Fifteen day care homes and centers in Mackinac, Luce, and Chippewa counties received 35 new cribs when more than 900 licensed child care providers in the state had the opportunity to trade in old cribs for new ones as part of a free crib exchange fro More...
A Mackinac Straits Oncology Nursing Scholarship for Lake Superior State University nursing students will provide annual grants to qualified student nurses during their senior academic year. More...
By Josh Perttunen
A coordinated use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Mackinac County should make the sharing of information between county agencies more efficient, said Nathan Fazer, and enable a greater amount of detail when examining properties, streets, f More...
By Matt Mikus
Acknowledging that making all boat lines operate in the winter is prohibitively costly for the companies, the City of Mackinac Island’s Transportation Committee will now look into forming a transportation authority that would have sole responsi More...
By Aebra Coe
Emmet County made several decisions last week that will impact its Headlands property in Mackinaw City. More...
By Aebra Coe
Proactive city planning is better than reacting to problems as they are presented, Mackinaw City planning commissioners say, and they have determined that they want to strive for a more forward-thinking approach to their role. More...
By Josh Perttunen
As the forest trail breaks into an open field, the snowmobile riders dismount to make a snowman, one of the traditional activities during the Easter Seals “For Women Only Snowmobile Ride. More...
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