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The St. Ignace City Council, ignoring the warnings of its auditors and unable to face rising utility costs, have tapped into other city funds and incurred a $700,000 water and sewer fund deficit and now must raise water and sewer rates, although it isn More ... The teen quickly slid the gun he was holding between his shirt and waistband at the small of his back as he saw police approaching. St. Ignace officers were responding to a call that someone was shooting a gun in a parking lot off State Street, said city patrolman Ryan Diehl, who was one of several More ... Mackinac County Commissioners have got back only $2,000 of the $5,000 the county treasurer appropriated to herself and her staff last year without authorization. Commissioners want all of the money back and, at their Thursday, April 28 meeting, handed the matter over to County Prosecutor W. Clayton More ... Les Cheneaux Community Schools may take another financial hit if enrollment predictions for 2005-2006 come true. Superintendent Rod Goehmann gave a dismal report on next year%27s anticipated enrollment at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday, April 21. The district is expected to enroll 26 fewer More ... Anglers fishing in Lake Huron can expect to catch smaller and leaner salmon for years to come. They also will find more of the kinds of species that once ruled the waters before exotic fish invaded the Great Lakes. Populations of alewife, the primary forage fish for salmon, have crashed, leaving mil More ... The DeTour Reef Light Station in Chippewa County was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places Tuesday, March 15, the National Park Service reported. More ... The 56th Annual Upper Peninsula History Conference will meet at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie Friday, June 17, to Sunday, June 19. More ... In a rural area with an aging population, declining school enrollment, remote health care, education, and communication resources, community leaders and legislators representing northern Michigan sometimes feel their needs are not understood by the political powers in Lansing. To help state policy m More ... |
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