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Click here for digital edition  A former St. Ignace summer resident, Judge Janice Law, is among authors selected for the annual Book Fair and Authors More ... 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 industry. This message was the focus of an economic de More ... 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. Five of nine schools interviewed reported student numbers are down this year, while three reported growth in student p More ... 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. The state-requested position will cost Mackinac County about $6,000 a year and become effec More ... St. Ignace seventh graders had fun with Halloween costumes as they participated in the school parade Friday, October 28. Pictured are (from left) William Pechta, Patrick Wyers, Chad St. Andrew, Amber St. Andrew, and Catrise Bunker. More ... Mackinac Straits Hospital will offer influenza vaccinations at an all-day clinic Wednesday, November 9, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The clinic is open to everyone, not just patients of Mackinac Straits Hospital physicians, and there is no shortage of vaccine this year, said Barb Davis, R.N., director of q More ... 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 ... The following dispositions are from 11th Circuit Court in St. Ignace October 21, Judge Charles Stark presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... 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. The students collected water and sediment samples at Steele and Law More ... 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. All cards issued before September are now expired. More ... 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. The service is open to everyone. More ... 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. Drenth painted several young faces during the Cedarville High School Fall Carnival Thursday night, October 20. The High School hosts the annual event, which features children More ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. Pictured are (from left) recreation therapist Treasa Paquin, Ms. Saranen, and Alice Howe, Moose chapter seni More ... 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 ... 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. Both will benefit the new Pickford Community Wellspring More ... 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 ... 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. Members and guests are welcome to attend. More ... The third and final phase of the 2005 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) statewide detection tree program has begun. More ... 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. The two elected officials were appointed to the task T More ... 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 ... 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. The Binational Public Advisory Council and Lake Superior State University Bio More ... Mackinac Island City Council will consolidate monthly committee meetings during the winter. The decision was made during council More ... 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 ... |
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