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Declining Enrollment Trend Continues for Many Eastern U.P. School Districts

Only Mackinac Island, Rudyard, DeTour Districts Report Population Growth

An October count of student populations in Eastern Upper Peninsula schools reveals a continuation of the downward trend that school administrators have noted in the past five years. More...

U.P. Pet Rescue Operation Takes on Bigger Role Than Expected on New Orleans Trip

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Flu Shots Offered at Mackinac Straits Hospital

Mackinac Straits Hospital will offer influenza vaccinations at an all-day clinic Wednesday, November 9, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. More...

Students Test Water Quality in Steele and Law Creeks at Les Cheneaux

Students at the Alternative Community Education (ACE) school in Cedarville completed another round of water quality tests in late September, continuing assistance with water quality preservation efforts in the Les Cheneaux Islands. More...

LSSU To Stage Play This Month

The Lake State Theatre Company and Drama Club will bring More...

Zaks Wins Contest

The winner of this year More...

Clark Twp. Tones Down Cedarville Streetlights, Adds Them in Hessel

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Spooky Fun at Cedarville Fall Carnival

Above photograph: First grade student Kylie Hill (left), daughter of Kris and Kevin Hill, gets a pumpkin painted on her face by retired Cedarville teacher Sue Drenth. Mrs. More...

Bois Blanc Reconsiders Dock Lease Plan

Bois Blanc Township will soon meet with the City of Cheboygan to reconsider a lease of a Cheboygan dock for a ferry service to the island. More...

Contest Highlights Creative Kids Carvings

Les Cheneaux Elementary School wrapped its Hallo-ween festivities for 2005 with a Great Pumpkin Contest. The contest allowed all the students to decorate, carve, or paint pumpkins, each representing the students More...

Wildlife Restoration Project Gets $567,008 Boost

A total of $567,008 in grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will fund several restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin. More...

Pickford Community Wellspring Foundation Hosting ‘Gemini’ Concert

A concert by Gemini, a nationally acclaimed musical group, will be offered Wednesday, November 16, at the Pickford Presbyterian Church. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and a silent auction will be held before the concert, starting at 6:30 p.m. More...

State Retirees Meeting Nov. 7

The Upper Peninsula Chapter of the State Employee Retirees Association will meet Monday, November 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the U.P. State Credit Union in Escanaba. Information will be provided on the Medicaid prescription drug program. More...

Clark Township Forms Compensation Advisory Committee

Clark Township Clerk Cathy Nordquist and Trustee Tammy Cruickshank will identify citizens to serve on a seven-member compensation advisory committee to review how elected officials are compensated, and make recommendations to the township board. More...

Environmental Summit Planned for St. Marys River Nov. 10

A fifth annual Environmental Summit will explore the status of the St. Marys River environment Thursday, November 10, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cisler Center at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) at Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Former Residents Seek To Help Area

The Yoosta Be Yooper Club of the Denver, Colorado, area has approximately $1,500 that members would like to donate to causes in the Upper Peninsula. More...

Janice Law Picked for Book Fair

A former St. Ignace summer resident, Judge Janice Law, is among authors selected for the annual Book Fair and Authors More...

Economic Conference Leaders: U.P. Has Potential for Job Growth

More than 75 area government officials, school superintendents and principals, community leaders, and business owners learned this region is ideal for certain businesses and it holds the potential for job creation in areas other than the tourism indu More...

District Court Adds Administrator Position

Will Shift Staff Responsibilities To Meet State

The 92nd District Court is being asked to install an administrator to serve offices in Newberry and St. Ignace and Judge Beth Gibson plans to fill the position by shifting responsibilities with current staff. More...

Court Report

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, October 25 and 26, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Circuit Court

The following dispositions are from 11th Circuit Court in St. Ignace October 21, Judge Charles Stark presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Food Program Participants Must Sign Up for Card

Area residents who may be eligible for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) must sign up for a new program card and to be placed on a list to receive food for distribution. More...

Veterans Day Service Planned

Veterans Day will be observed Friday, November 11, with a 10 a.m. ceremony in the St. Ignace Middle School gymnasium. Students in the school music program will participate, and elementary students will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. More...

Don Wallis Speaks for Rudyard Historical Society

Don Wallis will be the speaker for the Rudyard Historical Society meeting this month. The meeting will be at the Rudyard Community Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 10. More...

Church To Host Bazaar Nov. 19

The St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard will hold the More...

DDA, Reavie Finalize Five-Year Agreement

A five-year renewal agreement was made between St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and St. Ignace Antique Auto Show producer Ed Reavie of Nostalgia Productions at the DDA More...

Moose Lodge Donates Teddy Bear to Patient

Toni Saranen, a patient at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care, received a learning teddy bear from Women of the Moose Chapter 1484 in September. The bear was donated to the Moose Lodge. More...

Diabetes Care Class Offered Nov. 3

SA basic diabetes care class will be offered Thursday, November 3, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tribal Health Center in Sault Ste. Marie. The class is hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Community Health Program. More...

MDA: EAB Detection Trees Program’s Third, Final Stage Commences

The third and final phase of the 2005 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) statewide detection tree program has begun. More...

What A Sight: Scouts Enjoy Seney

Seney Wildlife Refuge hosted Scout Day Saturday, October 1. Scouts Cody Barowski (from left), James Lindberg, and River Brown survey a pond with a telescope at Scout Day at the Refuge. The boys belong to Pack 140 in Cedarville. More...

Winter Meetings Set on Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island City Council will consolidate monthly committee meetings during the winter. The decision was made during council More...

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