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Click here for digital edition  St. Ignace voters will go to the polls Tuesday, February 28, to elect a mayor from among seven candidates, Susan Tamlyn-Massaway, John Becker, Dean Baker, William LaLonde, Steve DuFresne, Patrick Rickley, and Paul Grondin. It will be the first time in 22 years the title will belong to someone other More ... Looking out into the Straits of Mackinac toward the Mackinac Bridge and the St. Ignace Shore, one can see the area still is devoid of an ice bridge to Mackinac Island. The large openings in the ice remained as of Friday, February 10. With January ending a record-setting month for warm temperatures, More ... The death of Ron Bloch last year has derailed a major recycling program and led members of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.) to seek help recreating the service. Mr. Bloch had organized and carried out the recycling effort, taking paper products to Manistique and donating any proceeds to H More ... Garfield Township has hired Dale Nelson as its new assessor and has agreed to retain former assessor Dawn Nelson as the data processor. The two will split the salary budgeted for the assessor, the board decided during a regular meeting January 16. More ... The DeTour Hunt and Fish Club will hold its annual fishing tournament on Caribou Lake Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19. The tournament starts Saturday at 7 a.m. and continues Sunday from 7 a.m. until noon. Registration will be at the South Caribou Lake Road public access. More ... The following dispositons are from 11th Circuit Court in St. Ignace, February 10, Judge Charles Stark presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace February 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... Mackinac County programs for children and parents will benefit when taxpayers check the box to make a donation to Children More ... St. Ignace Area Schools will hold student-led conferences the evening of Thursday, February More ... The 101st anniversary of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in St. Ignace is Sunday, February 19, and the congregation is planning an anniversary ceremony in the summer. More ... The Sault Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking a new executive director to replace Virginia Zinser, who has led the group since 2004 and will be leaving to take a position with the Lake Superior University Foundation. More ... Local projects in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, including street construction, police upgrades, recreation services, and community projects, were among those benefiting from $1.7 million donated in 2005 by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians through Kewadin Casinos. More ... Mackinaw City Village Council addressed land divisions and maintaining aesthetic appeal in the city at the Thursday, January 5, meeting. More ... Award winning figure skaters and ice dancers, as well as local skaters and a performance by the St. Ignace Fire Department Volunteer Clowns, will be featured when the Mackinac County Child Protection Roundtable presents an Ice Follies Fundraiser Sunday, February 26, at 1 p.m. at Little Bear East Are More ... The Mackinac Island State Park Commission, meeting Friday, January 27, in Lansing, told the City of Mackinac Island it has no control over the speed limits in the park, but offered to see if they could be lowered. The city has asked the Commission to lower its 35-mile-per-hour speed to 20 miles per More ... A 49-year-old male inmate at Mackinac County Jail was found dead in his cell early Monday morning, February 13. Sheriff Scott Strait said he believes the man hung himself. More ... Singles for Christ of Zion Lutheran Church of Petoskey will host a dinner Saturday, February 18, at 7 p.m. for all single people age 40 and older from any area of northern Michigan. The dinner will be at Northern Lights Recreation Center Sassyloon Restaurant. More ... Traffic decreased 1.5 percent on the Mackinac Bridge in January 2006 compared to January 2005, said Robert J. Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. More ... The Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will hold its fourth annual Celebration Dinner Thursday, February 16, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Varsity Grill in Rudyard. The evening will feature a dinner and a More ... A Red Hat Celebration is set for St. Ignace June 2 through June 4, with a highlight of the weekend to be a concert by More ... The Sault Area Fibromyalgia Recovery Group will meet Sunday, February 19, at 2 p.m. at the medical library of War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... An annual writing contest is open to all Upper Peninsula adults and students in fourth through 12 grades. Entries due by May 15 to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Writers More ... Communities can learn how to strengthen their economies and attract economic development with workshops and grants through the Rural Arts and Culture Program. More ... The St. Ignace Area Schools will host a winter concert with music by the pep band, steel drum band, and jazz band Monday, February 27, at 7 p.m. The event is open to the public. Students pay $1 and adults $2. More ... Third-grade students from St. Ignace visited the Upper Peninsula State Credit Union in St. Ignace Wednesday, January 25, to tour the facility. Students were equipped with clipboards and given a tour of the vault, the coin counter machine, and the facility More ... The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is hosting a Character Education program at Les Cheneaux Elementary School Thursdays after school through February and March. Activities have been scheduled by the Sault Tribe Youth, Education, and Activities Program and Lisa Burnside. More ... |
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