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Click here for digital edition  Hessel Home Bakery reopened May 4, much to the delight of local residents and visitors who missed snagging an early morning pastry or lunchtime pasty in the summer months. More ... Working in concert with the St. Ignace Food Pantry, a new charity will soon be available in St. Ignace for people who find themselves in urgent need of household goods or human services. It is called St. Ignace Area Hope, or "Project Hope," and is being formed by local pastors who want to open a thr More ... Boaters using the launch ramps in Cedarville and Hessel will now pay $5 a day or $30 a season under a new program to earn revenue for Clark Township's marina and two boat launches. The fees will be implemented when new signs and payment envelopes are made available at the ramps, most likely by July More ... More than 10,000 trucks carrying wood across the Mackinac Bridge have been inspected for emerald ash borer in the first year since the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) opened a permanent inspection station at the bridge. The station is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help stop t More ... Nineteen candidates have filed for office in Mackinac County and will run in the Tuesday, August 8 election. They had until Tuesday, May 16, to file petitions and until May 19 to withdraw. More ... In its 15th year, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive conducted by the Post Office collected 2,500 pounds of food locally for the St. Ignace Food Pantry May 13, reported mail carrier Preston Allers. The amount collected represented "many generous donors" and was about the same as last year on all St. Ig More ... Camping, enjoying attractive scenery, and visiting Mackinac Island were the top three reasons readers of More ... A new Web site will allow friends and family members to see the annual Sixth Grade Camp experience for themselves. The site provides a place where students can tell, in their own words and pictures, about the two-day camp that took place Thursday, May 4, and Friday, May 5, at Northwoods Christian Ca More ... The Mackinaw City High School Class of 2006 has named Blaine Paquet valedictorian and Kristen Darrow and Betsie Frye salutatorians. More ... Cadet Amber Welch, formerly of St. Ignace, was named to the dean's list for the fall 2005 semester at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. More ... Jimmy McDonald, the son of Jim and Lil McDonald of St. Ignace, received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Lake Superior State University in April. More ... Dana Neelis of St. Ignace was awarded the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine Friday, May 5. More ... Cedarville High School students who have been on the honor roll all three marking periods for the year were treated to the annual Honors Banquet Monday, April 24, where they were joined by family members and staff at Cedar Campus in Cedarville. Cedar Campus staff provided the dinner to students and More ... Margaret Rose Bynoe of Mackinac Island was graduated from Aquinas College Saturday, May 6, 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree. More ... LaSalle High School students were recognized for this year's academic achievements in an assembly before the student body and school staff Wednesday, May 10. The following awards and scholarships were presented: More ... Children of employees of the Mackinac Bridge Authority enjoyed a tour of the facilities Thursday, April 27, shadowing their parents or grandparents. Pictured are (front, from left) Carley Johnson, Bryanna Litzner, Allison Gustafson, Shelby Litzner, David Neph Jr., C.J. McDonald, Ryan Litzner, Casey More ... A Touch of Craft store in St. Ignace will open for the season Monday, June 5. Hours will be Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Occasional evening hours will be posted outside the building. The shop is run by volunteers and features senior citizens' handmade items, including framed p More ... Kinross Speedpark, formerly known as Kinross Speedway, opened for the season Friday, May 19. Among the changes for the season at the quarter-mile asphalt race track on the Chippewa County Fairgrounds is a new name. A nonprofit association has been formed, called the Sault Area Racing Association, to More ... "Orchids by the Bay," an orchid show hosted by the Northwestern Michigan Orchid Society, will be at the Art Center in Traverse City Saturday, May 27, from noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 28, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. More ... This spring brings three graduation ceremonies for brothers Brad, Josh, and Garrett Becker, sons of Greg and Patti Becker of St. Ignace. More ... Chad Schlosser has been named valedictorian of Cedarville High School's Class of 2006. Wesley Dixon and Ryan Duman are the class salutatorians. They will lead the class in commencement exercises Sunday, May 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the Duncan Gymnasium in Cedarville. More ... Dawn Russell, a graduate of Engadine High School in 1985, will be the keynote speaker at the school's commencement ceremony Friday, May 26. More ... Celeste Baker, Nicholas Pavloski, Trenton Salo, and Ashley Traynor have been named valedictorians for the Rudyard High School 2006 graduating class. More ... Cedarville Middle School students who have been on the honor roll all three marking periods for the year were treated to a dessert with family members and staff Thursday, April 27, at the Les Cheneaux Community Schools cafeteria. The names of the students honored are listed here. An asterisk (*) den More ... A family concert by the Christian music group New Dawn will be offered Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church in Rudyard, reported Pastor Katheryn King. More ... Above: The fourth grade class commemorates a tree in memory of Andrew Waits, who corresponded with the class during his tour of duty in Iraq. The Andrew Waits memorial tree, a flowering crab tree, is planted just left of the main entrance to the St. Ignace Elementary School. Attending the ceremony were his mother, Diane Waits, a 1969 graduate of LaSalle High School and now a resident of Waterford, his uncle, Paul Mackin, his grandparents, Ralph and Therese Mackin-Oja, who reside in St. Ignace, and Patrice Mackin's husband, Eugene Elmer. More ... St. Ignace The veterans of Mackinac County have made plans for this year's Memorial Day services, which will be Monday, May 29, at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the Mackinac County Courthouse. In case of inclement weather, the services will be held inside the courthouse. More ... Using modern computerized weather simulations, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have taken another look at Lake Superior weather conditions during the 1975 wreck of the freighter More ... A square dance is planned at DeTour Village Hall Saturday, June 3, at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 and all adults are welcome regardless of level of square dancing experience. The dance is a fundraiser for DeTour Area Senior Citizens Club. More ... Consolidated Community Schools Services (CCSS) graduation banquet and ceremony will be Thursday, May 25, at the Cisler Center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. All Alternative Community Education (ACE), adult education, and general education degree candidates will participate in More ... St. Ignace area Girl Scout leaders and their daughters enjoyed afternoon tea at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island Sunday, May 7, in celebration of Leader Appreciation Day. After tea, the group enjoyed the view of the Straits of Mackinac from the cupola, then strolled through the Grand Hotel gardens. Pa More ... Newton Township trustees, meeting Wednesday, May 10, planned to ask voters for ambulance and road millages in the primary election scheduled for Tuesday, August 8. Both will be for one mill, to be collected for four years. Without the millages, said Township Supervisor Bob Brotherton, the township w More ... Pastor David Letscher of Bethel Lutheran Church in Cedarville commended the Cedarville Trojans varsity basketball team, their coaches, and families, during a Sunday, April 30, recognition luncheon hosted by the church. The Cedarville boys basketball team played in East Lansing this spring, as Michig More ... Les Cheneaux Elementary School students placed third in a regional reading challenge issued More ... Cedarville High School's Class of 2006 will be graduated Sunday, May 28, at 2:30 p.m. Seniors will participate in commencement ceremonies at the Duncan Gymnasium at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville. More ... Cedarville Trojan basketball camp is slated to begin again Monday, June 5, and continue through Friday, June 9. Anyone who wants to participate in the camp must register by Thursday, June 1. More ... The Les Cheneaux Lions Club will host its annual Memorial Weekend whitefish dinner to raise money for academic scholarships Saturday, May 27, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Les Cheneaux Community Schools cafeteria in Cedarville. More ... A men's prayer meeting is held Fridays at 7 a.m. and a women's prayer meeting is held Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at Hillside House restaurant of St. Ignace. The meetings are open to all. More ... |
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