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Couple Works To Revitalize Brevoort Lake Camp Store

Business Picking Up for Dan, Sue Fenlon at Log Cabin Store

In the Hiawatha National Forest on Brevoort Lake lies Sue and Dan Fenlon More...

DeTour Reef Light Schedules July Tours

Tours of the DeTour Reef Light are scheduled for the weekends of July 9, 16, and 23 at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Tours are limited to six people each. More...

Craft Show Sets Up This Weekend

The Cheboygan Summer Arts and Crafts Show will be Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, in Washington Park, at 124 North Main Street. More...

Court Report

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, May 31, June 1, June 7, and June 8, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

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(Photograph courtesy of Mackinac State Historic Parks) More...

James Dean Tour To Be a Huge Highlight of St. Ignace Auto Show

As a teenager, Ed Reavie was one of those who idolized legendary screen icon James Dean. Six years ago, he had the good fortune to sit in the house Mr. Dean grew up in and pay a visit to his gravesite. More...

St. Ignace Parents Group Pushes for Classes in Face of School Budget Cuts

School Board Restores Honors English, Anatomy Classes at LaSalle High School

As St. More...

Grant May Fund Broadband Internet Service at Garfield Twp.

Garfield Township residents may soon have access to broadband Internet service if Steve Mason of Lighthouse.Net in Sault Ste. Marie is successful in securing a community grant from Rural Utilities Services. More...

Community Yard Sale Judged Successful

Customers peruse items on tables belonging to the mother-daughter team of Carol Binger and Tahnia Cole at the St. Ignace community garage sale Saturday, June 11. More...

Freshwater Inst. Offered June 28

A four day Freshwater Institute will be held at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston from June 28 through July 1. More...

4-H Summer Neighborhood Clubs

Join us for a day of fun as we visit a neighborhood community each Thursday beginning July 7 for six weeks. Activities will begin at each site at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. More...

Evening Under the Stars Benefit for Lighthouse

The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) will host its sixth annual Evening Under the Stars lighthouse benefit event at the Bayside Dining waterfront on Drummond Island, Saturday, July 2. More...

Pickford’s Waybrant Family Creates Scholarship Fund

Long-time Pickford resident Clifford More...

Trout Lake Man Arrested on Drug Charges June 2

A 23-year-old Trout Lake man was arrested on two counts of delivery of cocaine, one count of delivery of marijuana, and one count of maintaining a drug house, reported officers of Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement (SANE) Thursday, June 2. More...

Community Foundation To Give Grants June 16 at Les Cheneaux

Les Cheneaux Community Foundation will distribute grants Thursday, June 16, at the Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville. Grants will be presented at 5:30 p.m. More...

Cedar Cove Hosts Open House Sat.

Cedar Cove Assisted Living Community will host an open house Saturday, June 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at which the public can tour the new, 20-unit facility and meet staff and organizers of the project. More...

LaSalle Class of ‘75 Plans Reunion

The LaSalle High School Class of 1975 will host a reunion Saturday, July 2, at the St. Ignace Golf Course. More...

Transfer Station Summer Schedule

Waste Management More...

Public Asked To Report Lake Huron Whitefish Tags

In a three-year study on Lake Huron, fish biologists are testing two hypotheses that could affect the way lake whitefish are managed. Led by Fish Assessment Biologist Mark Ebener for the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA). More...

Rich-Poor Gap Growing So Fast, It May Destabilize U.S. Economy

WASHINGTON - The income gap between the rich and the rest of the US population has become so wide, and is growing so fast, that it might eventually threaten the stability of democratic capitalism itself. More...

Class of ‘05 Live:

Excerpts From This Season

Brian Williams NBC News Anchor Bates College, Lewiston, Maine More...

Sunset Cruises Begin on Monday Evenings

Sunset cruises under the Mackinac Bridge will be offered on Monday nights by the St. Ignace Visitors Bureau. All three Mackinac Island boat lines will host the cruises. More...

Hotspots Internet Ribbon Cutting June 18

A ribbon cutting dedication for the St. Ignace Hotspots Wireless Broadband Internet Project will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce. More...

Home Buyer Workshop Set for Tues.

A free home buyer pre-purchase workshop will be available from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at the St. Ignace Public Library on 110 W. Spruce Street. More...

Walking Tour Booklet Will Teach St. Ignace History

Visitors to St. Ignace soon will be able to enjoy a stroll through downtown while learning about the community More...

Concert Series Begins June 23

The Bayside Live! Concert Series will begin Thursday, June 23, with a performance by Rich Eddy More...

Spaghetti Dinner Planned Saturday at Mackinaw City

There will be an all you can eat spaghetti dinner Saturday, June 25, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mackinaw City Senior Center. The cost is $5 for adults, while children age 12 and younger are admitted free. More...

EDC Plans Projects To Stimulate Tourism, Local Businesses

Several projects are in progress or are being planned through the Mackinac County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). More...

New State Law: Diners Can Take Wine Bottles Home

Restaurant Owners Seek More Changes

Michigan wine drinkers can now take leftover bottles of wine home from restaurants and may, someday, be able to order wine from out-of-state wineries to be shipped directly to their homes. More...

U.P. Forests: Select Cutting Selects What?

Many forest owners have spoken to me about having their forest More...

Les Cheneaux Islands Association To Host Informational Summer Programs

Summer cottage taxation, water quality, and coastline security will be the subjects of three programs to be hosted by the Les Cheneaux Islands Association this summer, open to everyone. The programs will be Wednesdays at 3 p.m. More...

County Commissioners Ponder Treasurer’s Office Audit, Send Letter Urging Support of Prison

Mackinac County will collect an additional $144,748 in taxes this year over 2004, estimates Jim Fenlon, director of the Equalization Department, who announced the projected increase to county commissioners at their Thursday, June 9, meeting. More...

USCG Cutter Mackinaw To Become Museum

Cheboygan To Be Home of Retired Icebreaker

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw , an icebreaker that has helped keep Great Lakes shipping lanes open since World War II, will become a museum in Cheboygan with the passage of legislation introduced Thursday, June 9, by U.S. More...

Clark Twp. To Continue Offering Free Boat Launching

Board Appoints ZBA Members, Approves Circus Visiting Hessel, Updates Island Sewer Situation

A proposal to reinstate launch fees at the Hessel Municipal Marina drew public criticism at a Wednesday, June 1, special meeting of the Clark Township board, and the issue was dropped. More...

Circus Comes to Hessel June 23

The Bailey Brothers Circus will present a circus in Hessel Thursday, June 23, at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Albert J. Lindberg Airport. More...

Caregiver Support Group To Meet

The Chippewa County Caregiver Support Group will meet Wednesday, June 29, at 2 p.m. in the second floor conference room at Avery Square Center in Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Seney Wildlife Refuge Offers June Programs

Seney National Wildlife Refuge will offer guided tours of the refuge backcountry from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday in June, July, and August. More...

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