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June 15, 2006 / Front Page

Tribe To Move Gaming Area To Resolve Land Dispute

New Resort Still To Open June 15 at St. Ignace

By Karen Gould

A setback at the new $33 million Kewadin Shores Casino and Hotel in St. Ignace may be turned into an advantage by the Sault Ste. More...

Post Office Eyes Rerouting All Letters in 497 Zip Codes

Postal Union Workers Question Whether Move Will Jeopardize Rural Service

By Ellen Paquin

A Postal Service study will determine whether the agency can save money and still maintain customer service by re-routing singlepiece first class mail to a processing center in Traverse City, rather than Gaylord. More...

Funds To Harass, Kill Cormorants May More Than Double

By Amy Polk

State and federal biologists hope to increase the money available in 2007 for controlling the double-crested cormorant population in the Midwest. More...

Red Hat Society Gathering Draws 190 to Area

By Paul Gingras

A celebration by the Red Hat Society drew 190 members from all over Michigan and the United States to St. Ignace last weekend. That is up from the 144 Red Hats who attended last year, said Kelly Simmons of the St. More...

News

As Plant Growth Begins, Residents Look Out for Invasives

By Paul Gingras

Early summer concerns that a massive plant called giant hogweed, which can cause a painful and lasting skin rash, has sprung up near Pte. Aux Chenes has been identified as a benign look-alike called cow parsnip. More...

Chamber Rolls Out Mackinac Money...

New Wooden Nickels Are Merchant Tool

By Ellen Paquin

"Mackinac Money" will be the name of a new St. More...

Veterans To Be Focus of Curtis Parade July 2

Veterans will be honored as the theme for the Independence Day parade this year in Curtis, which will host the "Biggest Little Town Parade in Michigan" Sunday, July 2, at 12:30 p.m. More...

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Obituaries

Vivian 'Helen' James

Vivian "Helen" James, 91, of Sturgis, formerly of Raber, was a mother and homemaker who served many years as a church organist. Mrs. James passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at Heartland Health Center in Three Rivers. More...

Mary Hancock

Mary Kathene Hancock, 86, of Dafter, worked on her family's farm in Pickford, at Kincheloe Air Force Base, and at the Soo Locks. Mrs. Hancock died Friday, June 9, 2006, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Charles 'Pat' Rhoades

Charles P. "Pat" Rhoades, 95, of St. Ignace, died Friday, June 2, 2006, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace, where he had lived for several years. More...

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Columns

Michigan Politics

McCain Helps State Polls

By George Weeks

Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, said Saturday he will soon release a report documenting the extent that tribes "were duped and exploited" by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies. More...

Outdoor Matters

Recovery of Lake Erie Walleye Is Great Lakes Success Story

A column from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Lake Erie is often the most maligned of the Great Lakes. Pollution problems have plagued the lake, which hosts several industrial centers on its shores. The walleye fishery on the lake has gone bust, and boom as well. More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud 847-3301

Mackinac is a paradise in color. Cadotte Avenue on the way to Grand Hotel is a lilac lane, with every variety ranging from white lilac, variegated, double whites, and those in the darkest of deep purple. More...

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Sailors, Captains Share Mackinaw Stories at Ship's Decommissioning

Icebreaker Was Nation's Most Powerful

By Karen Gould

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WAGB 83) was decommissioned in Cheboygan Saturday, June 10, in the Coast Guard's first double ceremony, which also commissioned her successor and namesake, More...