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Click here for digital edition  Passing through the north channel between Mackinac and Round islands Wednesday, August 10, was an unusual sight. The 1,000-foot freighter M/V Edgar B. Speer (left) was assisting the 858-foot freighter M/V Roger Blough through the Straits of Mackinac. The Blough lost its rudder August 5 while navigating the St. Mary's River, according to the U.S. Coast Guard in Sault Ste. Marie, and was being towed to More ... As always seems the case, the summer has gone very quickly and school will begin in less than a month. The first full school day of instruction is Tuesday, September 5. Other important news: More ... Gary Koben Sr. of St. Martin's Point, Hessel, caught the largest fish in four years of the Islander Bar's Slammin' Salmon Derby, hauling in a 21.06-pound Chinook to win the contest Saturday, August 19. He said he caught the fish around 8:15 a.m. west of Goose Island near Hessel, using a fly and fish More ... Cormorant control in the Les Cheneaux Islands seems to be working, according to Mike Hamburg of the Les Cheneaux Islands Association, before introducing his guest speaker at the Les Cheneaux Islands Association meeting Thursday, August 10. More ... Prompted by complaints by the general public and trustee Mark Spencer, the Moran Township Board of Trustees voted not to pay an annual bill of $9,800 to the St. Ignace Water Department for fire hydrant rental until the city fully explains what the township is getting for its money. The action was ta More ... Wawatam Lighthouse at the entrance to the St. Ignace Marina now is operational and is serving as an aid to navigation to boaters. The light was turned on Sunday, August 20, and will remain lit year-around, said Eugene Elmer, St. Ignace marina director. More ... At its regular meeting, Monday, August 21, the Moran Township school board ratified two-year contracts for teachers and support staff, which included annual 2.3 percent raises for teachers and 1.5 percent raises for support staff. The board also redesigned the pay scale and limited the maximum pay t More ... The Mackinac County Emergency Services Department has requested about $45,000 in Homeland Security funding to buy new radio and pager equipment, and planners are hopeful that their request may be granted following the approval of more than $1.7 million in funding for the Upper Peninsula, said Miki D More ... In 1948 there were approximately 50 resorts in the Les Cheneaux Islands, some still in the development phase. More ... New student registration for Rudyard Area Schools will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29. School begins Tuesday, September 5. More ... Mackinac County Sheriff's Department will conduct off-road vehicle (ORV) safety training courses at Engadine High School in Engadine Thursday, August 24, and Friday, August 25. More ... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be conducting a survey of Mackinac County streams to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys in these streams. The streams to be evaluated are the Black River and Hog Island Creek (Lake Michigan area) and Carp River, Albany, Trout, Beavertail, and McKay creeks More ... Thirty-six guns, a 10-horsepower outboard motor, and Nascar Nextel Cup Race tickets are just a few of the prizes people can win in the Portage Anglers Club's annual raffle drawing. Proceeds go to erecting and maintaining public fishing piers and fish planting in the Curtis area. More ... Cheboygan Area Public Library will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, August 26. Events begin at 10 a.m., with entertainment from authors, musicians, and craftsmen to follow throughout the day. An ice cream social will be held at 3 p.m. More ... Two feline members of The St. Ignace News crew, office cats Paige and Oreo, with receptionist Debbie Sterk, were featured in an August article in the trade publication More ... Curtis will be the site of Art on the Lake Festival Saturday, September 2. Michigan artists, craftsmen, and musicians will gather on the shore of South Manistique Lake for the day. More ... Brevort Township will work with U.P. Engineers in pressuring the bankrupt Frontier Insurance Company to settle a long-standing dispute regarding the township's sewer system. More ... Free workshops designed to teach consumers how to control home energy costs are being offered by the Chippewa-LuceMackinac Community Action Agency. More ... Carol Norman of Curtis set out to gather 250 pairs of shoes to help children in Iraq, at the request of her son, Sammy, who is stationed there with a Navy Reserves Seabee Unit. Donations eventually reached 1,000 pairs and United Postal Service picked up the final 23 boxes, containing 35 to 50 pairs More ... Lani Fettig of Moran has been selected to represent Mackinac County as a fitness ambassador in the third annual Mackinac Bridge Labor Day Run Monday, September 4, set begin at 6:45 a.m. She will be part of a group of 300 joggers pre-selected by Governor Jennifer Granholm's Council on Physical Fitnes More ... The Reverend Thomas Skrenes, the bishop of the Northern Great Lakes Lutheran Synod, will bless the new Family Life Addition at Zion Lutheran Church in St. Ignace at 11 a.m. Sunday, August 27. More ... The monthly meeting of the Chippewa County Democratic Party will be Saturday, August 26, at 10 a.m. at the Country Kitchen Restaurant on the I-75 Business Spur in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... Members of Hessel Presbyterian Church and DeTour Union Presbyterian Church will combine for a service by the Reverend Judith Arnold at DeTour Roadside Park Sunday, August 27. A potluck will follow. More ... A Labor Day weekend tradition will mark its 29th year on the St. Ignace waterfront Saturday, September 2, and Sunday, September 3, as Arts Dockside brings 100 artists and craft vendors to the marina for a public show and sale. Arts Dockside will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 More ... More than 100 kayakers from five states attended on-the-water classes in Lake Michigan on Sand More ... Corvettes will flood downtown Mackinaw City for the 17th Annual Corvette Crossroads Auto Show Saturday, August 26. More ... Art in the Park, a celebration and exhibition of local visual and performing art, will return to Cedarville Saturday, September 2, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Artists will be at the Cedarville Waterfront Park. More ... The public is welcome to attend a potluck dinner at the newly restored Ozark One-room School at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 5. More ... The Bayliss Library in Sault Ste. Marie will be hosting Marquette author Matthew Williams Thursday, August 24, at 7 p.m. More ... Singer and songwriter Miriam Pico will be the featured performer for Music in Mackinaw's summer concert series at Conkling Heritage Park at 8 p.m. Saturday, More ... A workshop for small business owners will be presented Wednesday, August 30, in Sault Ste. Marie. The workshop will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Administration Complex at 523 Ashmun Street. More ... The new fiscal year 2007 budget for the state's Department of Community Health includes an increase in salaries for the state's 42,000plus home care workers, including those in Mackinac County. More ... The Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce will launch a new event this Labor Day weekend called the Fall Flea Festival. The flea market will be at the Les Cheneaux Welcome Center in Cedarville from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 680 West M-134, in the parking lot. More ... Mark and Esther Engle of Cedarville were honored for 20 years of service as Les Cheneaux Islands Association manager and secretary, respectively, during the organization's 83rd annual meeting August 10. More ... It's the stuff of legends. "For many years we have wanted to explore the deepest location in Lake Superior and, finally, this year, we were able to do so, with great results," said Shawn Sitar, research biologist for the Department of Natural Resources Marquette Fisheries Research Station. More ... The Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has received a $150,000 federal grant that tribal police hope to use for training programs and equipment updates, said Police Chief Fred Paquin. More ... Mackinac County Community Action Agency was one of three community agencies to be honored Tuesday, August 8, by the EUP Community Corrections Advisory Board (CCAB) for their help in working with local offenders. The Soo Theater Project in Sault Ste. Marie and the Youth at Play Center in Newberry wer More ... Cookbooks are now available from the Zion Lutheran Church of Allenville for $10. Proceeds will go toward the church's 100th anniversary celebration next year. More ... Visitors who enter the living displays and exhibits in Mackinac Island's many museums get the sense they are about to experience something completely different from what they're used to in a typical museum, said Steve Brisson, chief curator for Mackinac State Historic Parks. More ... Registration is now open at Soo Theatre Arts Resource Studios (STARS) for instruction in movement and dance, ballet, jazz, tap, point and pre-pointe, vocals techniques, musical theater, and opera. 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