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Gros Cap School Building Renovations Nearly Complete

Teachers, Administration Prepare for New Education Requirements

Lighting in the classrooms and hallways at Gros Cap school looks the same as it did a month ago, but Superintendent Bill Peltier said it now costs only half as much for the electricity, because new T8 fluorescent bulbs have replaced the more ineffici More...

Dick Nye's Modular Home Sales Approved by Clark Township

The Clark Township Planning Commission gave Richard and Donna Nye of Hessel permission to build up to six modular home models and operate an office at their property on the corner of Cedar Road and M-134 in Hessel. More...

Circus in St. Ignace March 31

The Walker Brothers Circus will present two performances at Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace Friday, March 31, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. More...

Illinois Leads New Push for Universal Preschool, Children To Begin at Age 3

By Amanda Paulson The Christian Science Monitor

CHICAGO By the time they start kindergarten, many children are already 18 months behind. More...

Rudyard Bulldogs Basketball Team To Host Breakfast

A pancake breakfast for the Rudyard Bulldog basketball program will be served Saturday, April 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Rudyard High School cafeteria. More...

Area Students Rachelle Allers and Colleen Bell Earn Degrees

Colleen Bell of McMillan completed requirements to earn an Associate in Applied Science degree in human services at Bay de More...

For The Record...

In a brief sidebar report, "A look at alewives and salmon in the Great Lakes," to last week%27s article, "Lake Invaders Stress EUP Commercial Fishery," it should have been noted that the population of alewives virtually collapsed in 2003 in Lake Huro More...

St. Ignace Players Capture Harbor Springs Tournament

Garth Law, Steve MacDonald, Robb Aukeman, and Mark Massey, all of St. Ignace, are on the recreational basketball team that captured the trophy from the Harbor Light Classic basketball tournament in Harbor Springs Saturday, March 11. More...

Sheriff Department Offers Motorcycle Safety Courses

Basic motorcycle safety courses will be offered for northern Michigan residents in Cheboygan, Sault Ste. Marie, Gaylord, and West Branch this summer. More...

'Jewels' Red Hat Meeting April 22

The Jewels of the Straits Red Hats society will meet Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the St. Ignace Visitors Bureau office on Spring Street in St. Ignace. More...

Organ Transplant Support Group To Meet April 5

The Organ Transplant Support Group of Northern Michigan will meet Wednesday, April 5, at 6 p.m. in the conference room of the Professional Medical Building behind Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord. More...

St. Ignace Bowling Results

Youth League Little Miners 77, Lions 63, Top Guns 59.5, Super Saints 57, Patriots 51, Angels 51, Angels 41, Never To Late 36, The Demons 35.5. More...

Les Cheneaux Students Gobble Up Spring at March 14 Picnic

Les Cheneaux Elementary School students enjoyed lunch on picnic blankets on the floor of the Old Gymnasium, where they staged picnic day Tuesday, March 14. More...

Any Dose of Secondhand Smoke Affects Children

Children are especially vulnerable to the risks of secondhand smoke and parents should provide them with a smoke-free environment, says the health care More...

Winkelman Participates In Church Volunteer Hurricane Katrina Relief

Kathy Winkelman of Lansing, formerly of St. Ignace, accompanied a group of 30 volunteers from several churches in southeast Michigan on a week-long hurricane relief program in New Orleans March 3 to March 11. More...

Teens Try to Change World One Food Purchase at a Time

Youths 'vote' for fair trade, conservation, and natural foods with their dollars but convenience is also a consideration.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. When classes adjourn here at the Fayerweather Street School, eighth-graders ignore the mall down the street and go straight to the place they consider much cooler: the local natural-foods grocer. More...

Motorists Can Report Potholes

Motorists may report potholes on state roads to Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) through a telephone hotline at (888) 2964546. More...

Bishop Family Receives Outstanding Commercial Producers of The Year Award

Dave and Jane Bishop and children J.D. and Erika of Pickford were named Outstanding Commercial Producers of the Year in January by the Michigan Sheep Breeders Association. More...

Genealogy Seminar Is Offered April 1

A free genealogy seminar, "Learning More at the Library of Michigan," will be offered Saturday, April 1, at the Michigan Library and Historical Center in downtown Lansing. The free session runs from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. More...

There Is Little Time To Avoid The Big Thaw Scientists Warn

Arctic temperatures near a prehistoric level when seas were 16 to 20 feet higher, studies say

Global warming appears to be pushing vast reservoirs of ice on Greenland and Antarctica toward a significant, long-term meltdown. The world may have as little as a decade to take the steps to avoid this scenario. More...

In 2000, Mackinac County's 11,943 Residents Earned A Per-capita Income of $17,777

The population of Mackinac County in the 2000 census was 11,943, up from the 1990 census of 10,674. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that population in the county would fall by 2004, to 11,383. More...

Lake Huron's Fishery To Be Discussed Apr. 8

Lake Huron regional fisheries workshops will be hosted in April at Alpena and at Sandusky, Michigan. More...

Bill Would Allow Island State Park To Sell Sloop Welcome

Legislation now before the Michigan Senate will allow the Mackinac Island State Park Commission to sell the reconstructed sloop More...

Marsh Monitoring Pilot Program Comes to St. Marys River Area

Volunteers will be assessing wetland health and monitoring the marshes of the St. Marys River this spring under a pilot project headed by Bird Studies Canada to expand the marsh monitoring program around the Great Lakes basin. More...

Court Report

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace March 17, March 21, and March 22, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Spaghetti Dinner To Be Held for Rose Scholarship

Rudyard High School%27s Class of 2007 is hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Rose Scholarship Program Saturday, April 8, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rudyard High School cafeteria. More...

High School Juniors Invited To LSSU Open House On Saturday, April 1

Area high school juniors and their families can attend a spring open house at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) Saturday, April 1. More...

Cedarville and Rudyard Students Go To London For Spring Break

Cedarville High School students Katie Eberts and Rhianna Milligan and Rudyard High School students Alicia Clark and Charlie Rye are spending their spring break in London and will see two plays while they are touring the city. More...

Cedarville High School Quiz Bowl Team Competes

The Cedarville High School Quiz Bowl Team competed in the Quiz Bowl District Finals in Sault Ste. Marie Saturday, March 11, where they were defeated, and took third place overall. Newberry%27s team was in first place, Sault Ste. More...

Michigan Works! Recognizes Tech-Optics, Karen Coleman

Karen Coleman of St. Ignace, and her employer, Tech-Optics, were recognized by Mackinac County%27s Michigan Works! for their outstanding job performance during a recognition breakfast at the Community Action Building Thursday, March 23. More...

Lions Club Breakfast April 19

Rudyard Lions Club will host its annual pancake supper Wednesday, April 19, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rudyard High School cafeteria. More...

A Happy Home

Man-made Cribs Provide Shelter for Brevort's Fish Population

Nineteen new fish cribs were constructed by Straits Area Sportsmen%27s Club and will soon meet the 41 other cribs at the bottom of Brevort Lake, once the ice melts, allowing them to sink. More...

Florence Sturt Dealt Second Perfect 29 Cribbage Hand

For the second time in a lifetime, Florence Sturt of St. Ignace was dealt a perfect 29 cribbage hand while playing a game with her son-in-law, Tom Tarnutzer, Sunday, March 19. Mrs. More...

Wildlife Management Workshop May 6

A forest and wildlife management workshop for loggers and foresters is being sponsored by the EUP Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hiawatha Sportsman%27s Club near Engadine. More...

Petoskey's Jay Duggan May Run Against Rep. McDowell

Jay Duggan, a businessman from Petoskey, is exploring whether he will run as a Republican against Democrat Gary McDowell for the Michigan House of Representatives seat in the 107th District. More...

County Health, Hospice Offices Get New Home

The home health and hospice divisions of the county health department offices in St. Ignace have been relocated to 124 West Elliott Street, said home health supervisor Judy Meisner. More...

Computer Skills Classes Begin in April at Rudyard

Residents can get acquainted with their new computer or upgrade their computer skills by enrolling in a Microsoft Word, Excel, or Outlook computer class offered by Consolidated Community Schools Services (CCSS). More...

DNR Offers Safe Burning Tips

Michigan Requires Burning Permits

Michigan citizens must obtain burn permits before burning yard debris during spring clean-up. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a reminder of safe burning practices Monday, March 20. More...

Red Cross To Hold Several Local Blood Drives Starting March 31

American Red Cross blood drives will be held in Pickford, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Cheboygan, and Cedarville during April. More...

Residents Encouraged To Report Zebra Mussels in Inland Lakes

Last year, zebra mussel infestations were confirmed in 23 more of Michigan%27s inland lakes, bringing the total to 227 infested lakes, according to Michigan Sea Grant. More...

Cut-out Dolls Raises Funds for Child Protection

St. Ignace students display cut-out dolls they decorated and distributed to area businesses to raise funds for the Mackinac County Child Protection Round Table, the local council for the statewide Children%27s Trust Fund. More...

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