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While Michigan has some of the best natural resources and most attractive tourism draws in the nation, experts say, one thing has been overlooked in the drive to capitalize on those advantages: a solid strategy to guide the growth of the More ... By noon Saturday, May 20, the Moran Mud Run had checked in more than 300 spectators amd. minutes later, they witnessed a Jeep called the Irish Hammer, enhanced with nitrous oxide, make a full pass down the 150-foot long runway, a brown streak that lay like a churning mire across the center of the Br More ... Harold and Sally Kriesche, owners of the Deer Ranch in St. Ignace, are holding their first triplet white fawns, (from left) Luke, Kimmer, and Michael, born Friday, May 12. The mother whitetailed deer is brown and the father is white, but not albino. This is the third set of triplets born at the Deer More ... John Lipnitz was named the 40th recipient of the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year award at the group's annual dinner at Little Bear East Conference Center Thursday, May 18. He was recognized for his longtime service to the business community and his work with the Lions Club, Dow More ... Keith Massaway, with 408 votes, and incumbent Robert Lambert, with 285 votes, were the top two candidates in the St. Ignace area's Unit 3 for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians board of directors. The primary election was Thursday, May 18, and unofficial results were announced Friday, Ma More ... To build competence and confidence among members of the county's emergency response network, one unit of the Long Term Care Facility at Mackinac Straits Hospital was evacuated as part of an emergency drill that simulated a large structure fire Wednesday, May 17. The drill involved city, county, and More ... St. Ignace Fire Department got a rare opportunity to conduct a live-fire training exercise Wednesday evening, May 17, in a Spring Street building that was being demolished. More ... By winning a seat on the school board at Engadine Consolidated Schools, Ivan Johnson of Garfield Township will have to give up his position on the local board of review, owing to the Michigan Incompatibility of Public Offices Act, which states that no one can be a part of two units of government whe More ... Perhaps the best thing about the Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum is the fact that it's built around a boathouse. While not a particularly fancy structure, compared to some of its local cousins designed to resemble stately summer cottages on the water, the former O.M. Reif boathouse does have a storied More ... The St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority will negotiate a settlement with the Michigan Treasury Department for money it owes for school taxes. Since 1994, the state has not allowed DDAs to capture school tax money and the St. Ignace agency has $203,000 in an escrow account to return to Lansing. More ... |
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