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Click here for digital edition  The National Guard 1437th Engineer Company returned to the Upper Peninsula Wednesday, August 25, from their deployment to Iraq with great fanfare as a police escort heralded their arrival at Sault Ste. Marie and a contingent of motorcycles composed of the Forgotten Eagles, American Legion Riders, and Patriot Riders celebrated their return. More ... New Justice Alton T. Davis of Grayling, a 1960s Petoskey disc jockey who became a well-respected Circuit and Michigan Court of Appeals Court judge, is a rarity in the 174-year history of the Michigan Supreme Court. More ... Carol Eichman of Saginaw is opening the Chapel Hill Motel in Brevort with the hope of attracting visitors to the area. The motel, which has 27 rooms and a two-bedroom cottage, will open on Labor Day weekend. It has been closed for a year. More ... John and Sandi Fisher came across an unlikely scene Sunday, August 29, when they ventured behind their Cedarville home with friends Keith and Sharri Kostecki to show them the Taylor Pit, where sediment from the Les Cheneaux channel dredging project is being dumped. An eightpoint buck was up to its neck in the muck. More ... Clark Township election officials are 98% sure that humidity was the culprit in a ballot going unaccounted for in the August 3 primary. Out of 541 ballots given out, only 540 votes were tallied, most likely because the dampness in the air caused two ballots to stick together, said election chair Julie Smith. More ... The City of St. Ignace will be allowed to move its sewage treatment drain pipe 300 feet to the north of its present location to get it, and the birds it attracts, away from the Mackinac County Airport runway. More ... In an article titled “Mackinaw City Knitters Share Warmth With Those In Need” in the August 26 issue of The St. Ignace News, the article reported an incorrect time the Straits Stitcher group meets. The group gathers every Monday at the Church of the Straits at 2 p.m. More ... A fiber optic network will be expanded west on US-2 from St. Ignace to Ironwood, and on US-41 from Calumet to Menominee, said the Peninsula Fiber Network (PFN), which has received a $69 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). More ... Raw shell eggs recalled because of potential contamination with salmonella were distributed in the Upper Peninsula and northern lower Michigan, The Chippewa County Health Department announced Wednesday, August 25. More ... Yacht racing season on Mackinac Island comes to a close when sails are hoisted for the 16th annual Horn's Bar Labor Day Regatta Sunday, September 5. All area sailors are welcome to participate in the approximately 10-mile challenge that includes one lap around the Island. More ... The St. Ignace Public Library will be closed Monday, September 6, in observance of Labor Day. More ... Roughly $2,500 and a safe were stolen and a cash register was damaged during a break-in at AMaze N-Mirrors in the Mackinaw Crossings mall in Mackinaw City late Sunday, August 22, assistant manager Sarah Grant told The St. Ignace News. A window into the maze of mirrors was broken. More ... The Mackinac Island Airport will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, September 13, through Friday, September 17. Contractors will be making repairs to the runway. The runway will be open before and after those hours each day and on the weekend. If the tarmac requires additional work, it will be scheduled to begin Monday, September 20. More ... Mackinac Straits Health System of St. Ignace was named Business Neighbor for the month of August through the United Way of the EUP Volunteer Center's Recognition Spotlight program. More ... After living in Germany for the past nine years, Jennifer Tallaire has returned to her hometown of St. Ignace as a newly hired teacher at LaSalle High School, where she will be teaching freshman English classes and world history this year. More ... After working for St. Ignace Area Schools for the past five years as a substitute teacher, Kevin Brady was hired this summer as a fulltime teacher at LaSalle High School in St. Ignace, where he will be teaching business, accounting, and technology classes. More ... The Clark Township board and the township's Sewer Advisory Committee (SAC) used a joint meeting Thursday, August 26, to hash out concerns over sewer system projects that have become backed up, including work to a lift station on the corner of Beach and Hodeck streets, a pipe with hairline cracks between pond two and pond three at the wastewater treatment plant, and lingering concerns over the More ... Kathy Gaylor was named the new Rudyard Township supervisor, effective until November 2012, at an August 17 township board meeting. The vote to appoint her into this role was 2-0, with township treasurer Bruce Berkompas and trustee Pat Van Sloten voting yes. Mrs. Gaylor did not vote and township clerk Donna Hall was absent. More ... Deceased red necked grebes and cormorants were collected near the mouth of Brevort River Friday, August 27, to determine what may have killed them, Hiawatha National Forest Wildlife Biologist Kirk Piehler said. Though avian botulism is suspected, no confirmation has been made. More ... Mike Dempsey, a pianist, vocalist, and published composer from southeastern Michigan, is returning to Soo Theatre with the production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein” Thursday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the theater in Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Dempsey performed here last year with his compilation of “Gershwin.” He was born and grew up in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... Nancy (nee Slater) Rheaume was inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C., in May. Ms. Rheaume grew up in Pickford, the daughter of Evelyn and the late Jack Slater. A graduate of Pickford High School, she also attended Lake Superior State University, where she was graduated in 1974. More ... Brother Jim Boynton, SJ was away from his missionary work in Haiti for a few days for a home visit and spent the night of Friday, August 20, on Mackinac Island, where he called a square dance at Ste. Anne's Catholic Church. It is something he used to do every Tuesday night for 12 years, but the church has not hosted one this year in his absence. More ... An attempt by the Mackinac County Road Commission to relinquish a roadway in the 1980s will finally result in the land being given up to property owners, but the road commission first has agreed to be sued as the most direct way to accomplish this goal. More ... Mackinaw City officials want to open a conversation with the City of Mackinac Island about the possibility that the Island may limit its ferry services to one boat company, establishing a monopoly for ferry service to Mackinac Island. More ... A book club for fifth through eighth grade students will meet Thursday, September 9, at 5 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. This month’s book is “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor. More ... Plastic checkered pennants rippled as a strong wind blew across the Mackinaw Crossings parking lot, buffeting hundreds of Corvettes and their owners gathered there Saturday, August 28. Most did not seem to mind, lounging in lawn chairs and watching visitors weave between their modified and stock vehicles during the 21st annual Corvette Crossroads Auto Show in Mackinaw City. More ... People’s Choice Awards 1953-1962 1st, Louis Raymond, Hale, 1958 Charcoal and Silver Blue Convertible. 2nd, Todd and Tracie Sears, Traverse City, 1959 Red Convertible. 3rd, Joe Tiernan, Gaylord, 1961 Black Convertible. 1963-1967 1st, Gregory Rasmussen, Grand Blanc, 1963 Red Coupe. More ... An agreement was signed Saturday, August 21, at Windermere Point between the Round Island Preservation Society and the Hiawatha National Forest to establish the society as the active preservation society for the Round Island Lighthouse and to outline how the organization will work with the Forest Service to maintain the site. A ceremony was held to commemorate the event. More ... Resuming discussions on how to best meet the long term financial needs of both school districts, policy committees from St. Ignace Area Schools and Moran Township's Gros Cap School met Wednesday, August 25. More ... Bids received for a downtown buildings survey on Mackinac Island are more than twice the amount the city had budgeted for the project, causing city and preservation officials to scramble for more funds. More ... Owing to teacher retirements, several classes will be taught by new teachers this year at LaSalle High School in St. Ignace. More ... It is the fifth inning of a seveninning game. The score has been deadlocked since the second inning and there is a man on second base with two outs. A backpedalling outfielder is in perfect position to snag a fly hit to right field. More ... Using wood for energy involves a variety of technologies. Not all wood is equally useful to a particular technology. And, different technologies produce variable mixes of energy. It’s not all the same. More ... For a few days from Wednesday, August 18, to Monday, August 24, the light at Round Island Lighthouse went mysteriously dark. More ... Upper Peninsula Chapter 16 of the State Employee Retirees Association will meet Monday, September 13, at noon at the Highland Golf Club west of Escanaba. Political candidates for state and federal offices will attend the luncheon All members and their guests may attend. Reservations may be made by calling Arlene Paulson at (906) 786-7199. More ... American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in September: Sault Ste. Marie: Friday, September 3, from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Tribal Health Center; Wednesday, September 29, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. More ... With early firearm deer season starting in a few weeks, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment reports that about 50 deer check stations will be open to check harvested deer this season. Bringing a deer to a check station allows the DNRE to collect data that assists with the management of Michigan’s deer herd. More ... The early Canada goose hunting season opens statewide Wednesday, September 1. Early goose season, designed to target resident giant Canada geese, runs through Friday, September 10, in the Upper Peninsula and in Huron, Tuscola, and Saginaw counties, and through Wednesday, September 15, elsewhere in Michigan. More ... Across Michigan and into Wisconsin and Canada, Peggy Hemenway of Little Traverse Bay and Laura Collins of Sault Ste. Marie roam to find the plants and materials for natural healing. Flowers as commonplace as dandelions as well as bee and wasp nests are gathered. The collected medicines are prepared by the two for use in the Sault Ste. More ... The Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville is hosting a beer-tasting fundraiser Friday, September 3, as part of the school's increasing emphasis on fundraising. The event, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., will feature four, five-ounce beer tastings, bratwursts with chips, live music by North Country Band, guided tours of the school, and a souvenir glass with the boat school name and logo. More ... Friends of Bill W. Alcoholics Anonymous Group meets Mondays and Fridays, at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard. Mondays are closed meetings, while Fridays are open with a speaker every third Friday. Al-Anon Meeting are every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Consolidated Community School Services (CCSS) building in Kincheloe. More ... |
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