Focus This Year Placed on Area History, But Old Photographs Prove Hard To Come By, as Few in This Farming Community Could Buy a Camera Years Ago
By Amy Polk
To Include Pumpkin Roll, Hay Rides, Open House
The St. Ignace Autumn Apple Days and The Great Pumpkin Roll are scheduled for Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1. Carnival games and the LaSalle High School Saints homecoming parade will begin the events Friday. More...
The schooner Roseway completed its last day of sailing from the St. Ignace harbor for the season Monday, September 5. More...
Damage was done to high pressure hoses belonging to American Painting Company, which is working on projects on the Mackinac Bridge, on or about Thursday, September 8, leading to thousands of dollars of damage and job time lost. More...
The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, September 6 and 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...
The next hearing of the new U.P. and Northern Michigan Task force will focus on education Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m. at St. Ignace Middle School Library, hosted by State Representative Gary McDowell (D-Rudyard). More...
Rural Development has 1,700 vacant apartment units and 15 houses available throughout the state that are available rent free for up to six months to victims of Hurricane Katrina who have relocated to Michigan. More...
The third annual Downtown Soo Oktoberfest will be Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Portage Avenue between Ashmun Street and Osborn Boulevard in Sault Ste. Marie. More...
Members of LaSalle High School More...
Tutoring, organized games, sports, crafts, board games, daily snacks, and occasional field trips will be offered after school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade at St. Ignace Area Schools. More...
Consolidated Community School Services is offering hunter safety and CPR instructor classes at Rudyard. More...
Arts and cultural projects planned for 2006 may be eligible for grants of up to $4,000 through the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs Minigrant Program, with an application deadline of Saturday, October 1. More...
The St. Ignace Area Girl Scouts will host an ice cream social and open registration for adult volunteers and girls in kindergarten through 12th grade Tuesday, September 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Quality Inn in St. Ignace. More...
The Portage Anglers Club and the Curtis Chamber of Commerce are offering year-long raffle tickets. Tickets are valid all year and winners are chosen by matching ticket numbers to the Daily 3 Midday number every Friday. More...
By Amy Polk
The Eastern Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Council was surprised and grateful for unexpected donations of nearly $1,000 from the audience at a Summer%27s End concert in DeTour Sunday, September 4. More...
An ordinance expanding road access for off-road vehicles (ORVs) was passed by the Moran Township Board at its regular meeting Wednesday, September 7. More...
The 11th and 12th Districts of the American Legion, which comprise the Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts, will meet at the Greenwood American Legion Post #114 Saturday, October 1, at 10 a.m. More...
Area road projects in Mackinac and Chippewa County will benefit from the new federal transportation bill, including another $6 million for I-75 construction to the US-2 intersection in St. Ignace. More...
Marge Borland earned a College of Regents Degree in Women of the Moose Chapter 1484 and was honored by Moose Lodge 999 Thursday, September 1. She was presented with the honor at the national convention in Las Vegas in June. More...
At right, Bill Brown of St. Ignace checks for holes that may need to be taped up inside the 110-foot long, 18-foot in diameter geometric cylindar art project during Culturama Saturday, September 10. More...
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