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Click here for digital edition  The swine quarantine at the Chippewa County Fairgrounds was lifted Tuesday, September 19, and while sick pigs have recovered, test results to determine the illness were inconclusive. More ... A free testing program in August confirmed safe drinking water for 149 residents of the Eastern Upper Peninsula. The testing was offered to all residents by Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program, which will offer it again next year. More ... Mackinac Island residents want television news viewers to see that Mackinac Island is a real, working town with its own creative network of logistics and strong sense of historic preservation. Residents emphasized those aspects of Island living, as well as current marketing challenges, when they met More ... Harold "Skip" Warp (left) of Mackinac Island and Chicago and Tom Tellefson of California pose More ... The Third Annual Happy Apple Saturday in DeTour Village Saturday, September 23, will celebrate harvest time in northern Michigan with apple-based activities at participating businesses from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival will be centered on Ontario Street, which is the main street through DeTour Vil More ... Eighteen Michigan State Police troopers and hundreds of other runners raised $75,000 for Special Olympics in the annual 750-mile Torch Run Wednesday, September 13, through Friday, September 15, and State Police divers also participated this year, swimming a relay across the Straits of Mackinac. More ... Kelly Simmons has resigned her position as the director of the St. Ignace Visitors Bureau to take a job as director of marketing and sales for Baymont Inn and Suites in Mackinaw City. She announced her resignation to the Visitors Bureau board Tuesday, September 12, and will continue working at the b More ... In last week's Page 5 story about new food service employees at Les Cheneaux Community Schools, Kim Thompson's family information was mistakenly attached to Jackie McIntire's name. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, September 12 and 13, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... The Moran Township School Board, meeting Monday, September 18, discussed the results of a draft audit from Anderson, Tackman and Company, which shows the school is in the black by $241,000 for the More ... Sydney Schroeder and Whitney Robinson, co-captains of the St. Ignace cheerleading squad, are planning to be a part of the 80th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York November 23. Each must raise More ... Seventeen local students have earned scholarships from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, totaling $16,150. Scholarship winners are: More ... Pickford Community Calendar is being offered by the Pickford Chapter of Family, Community, Careers Leaders of America, and calendar orders must be placed by Saturday, September 30. Calendars contain Pickford area birthday, anniversary, service, and memorial listings. More ... The Chippewa-Mackinac Area Retired School Personnel Chapter will meet Friday, September 29, at noon in the Presbyterian Church in Stalwart. More ... The children of George and Anne MacDonald, former Hessel residents, gathered in Cedarville in June for the first family reunion in 10 years. More ... After beginning a planned 125- mile swim in downstate Scram Lake Friday, September 15, marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer's second attempt in less than three weeks to set the world distance record for a continuous swim ended at the 50-mile mark Sunday morning, September 17, when he developed signs of hypot More ... Scotland's Old Blind Dogs, part of Central Michigan University's "Our Front Porch" series, will appear at Lake Superior State University Friday, September 22, at 8 p.m. More ... The 92nd District Court drug court team attended a national training session in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 14 to August 18 to learn more about drug court development and management. More ... The third annual Mackinac Associates golf fundraiser is Friday, October 6, at Pine Valley Golf Club at Ray, in Macomb County. More ... The 11th and 12th districts of the state American Legion, which comprises the Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts, will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Little Lake American Legion Post 349 in Little Lake Saturday, October 14. More ... The St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce agreed to host future Moran mud runs, taking over from Jim and Bridget West of the Mackinac Mudders, at its board meeting Wednesday, September 13. Also at that meeting, George Ford of Moran Township stepped forward to head the committee for the Chamber's ambassador More ... Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City will be transformed into a haunted habitat where werewolves, witches, and other legendary characters roam Saturday, October 7. More ... Crafts, music, field trips, and games are a regular part of the Take 5 program administered by Community Action Agency in St. Ignace, said coordinator Ronda Schlehuber. The program offers several hours of respite for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's or memory loss. More ... More than 200 people celebrated the first year of operation at Cedar Cove Assisted Living Facility at an open house Thursday, August 31. Occupancy has now grown to 15 residents and is approaching the building's capacity of 20. More ... A Forest Clean-up Day is planned for the Hiawatha National Forest Saturday, October 7, at 9 a.m. Volunteers are asked to meet at the parking lot of Castle Rock in St. Ignace. More ... The Mackinac Island State Park Commission meets Friday, September 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Fort Mackinac. More ... Robert Bouchard of Trout Lake has won $250,000 in the Michigan Lottery, the lottery bureau announced September 12. Mr. Bouchard matched four white numbers and the mega ball in the September 8 Mega Millions drawing after purchasing a $1 ticket at Trout Lake IGA. A regular Lottery player, Mr. Bouchard More ... Best of Show, Non-Working 2000 Peterbilt Heil Bunk Tanker, Hoffman Transportation, Ron Baird, Thorntown, Indiana More ... The Mackinac Straits Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a book sale Monday, September 25, and Tuesday, September 26, in room 213 in the Long Term Care Unit at Mackinac Straits Hospital. More ... The crew of Foxy Lady outfoxed Beelzebub to take the lead and win the Second Annual Boot to Voight sailing race Saturday, September 2. More ... The annual Les Cheneaux Old Timers Softball game Sunday, September 3, at the Clark Township ballfield north of Hessel attracted approximately 150 spectators and participants. More ... When Chris Beauchamp could not find any Upper Peninsula football history on the Internet, he decided to provide it and now provides current and historical statistics for each football team in the U.P. More ... A $1 million federal grant will pay for rehabilitation at the Cut River Bridge in Mackinac County. More ... Veterans information is being collected until October 1 for inclusion in a time capsule dedicated to military veterams from the Upper Peninsula. The Marine Corps League Iron Mountain Detachment 1239 has placed a 100-year time capsule at the base of the Upper Peninsula Veterans Memorial on top of the More ... AWOL, the ensign owned by Russ Lincoln, won the Birkmeier Trophy for sailing the best season in Ensign Fleet 31 of Les Cheneaux races this summer. The team on Mr. Lincoln's vessel, skippered most of the season by Scott Graul, accumulated 30 points. More ... The Soo Theatre announces its final presentation of the season, the EUP Fine Arts Council's production of "The Fantasticks" on Thursday, September 21, and Friday, September 22, at 8 p.m. at the Sault Ste. Marie theater. More ... A Touch of Craft, located at Arnold Line Dock 1 in St. Ignace, will close for the season Friday, September 22. More ... Grand Hotel President R. Dan Musser III of Mackinac Island and Petoskey has been appointed to a seat on the Mackinac Bridge Authority, succeeding Angelo Lanni of Washington, whose term had expired this summer. Mr. Musser was appointed to represent Republicans to a term that runs until June 30, 2012. More ... |
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