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Early Tellefson Camper Donated to Museum

Harold "Skip" Warp (left) of Mackinac Island and Chicago and Tom Tellefson of California pose More...

Simmons Leaves Visitors Bureau Director Position

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. More...

For the Record...

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...

Gros Cap Fund Balance To Compensate for Lawsuit

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...

17 Local Students Earn Scholarships From Tribe

Seventeen local students have earned scholarships from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, totaling $16,150. Scholarship winners are: More...

Pickford Birthday Calendars Available Through Sept. 30

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. More...

Nearly 100 Descendants Attend MacDonald Family Reunion in Cedarville

The children of George and Anne MacDonald, former Hessel residents, gathered in Cedarville in June for the first family reunion in 10 years. More...

Drug Court Team Attends Conference

Local Staff Travels To Tulsa To Seek Training

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...

Legion Districts To Meet Oct. 14

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...

Colonial Michilimackinac Will Be Transformed Into 'Fort Fright' Oct. 7

Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City will be transformed into a haunted habitat where werewolves, witches, and other legendary characters roam Saturday, October 7. More...

200 Help Cedar Cove Celebrate First Year

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...

Park Commission To Meet Friday

The Mackinac Island State Park Commission meets Friday, September 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Fort Mackinac. More...

Judging Results of the 11th Annual Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show

Best of Show, Non-Working 2000 Peterbilt Heil Bunk Tanker, Hoffman Transportation, Ron Baird, Thorntown, Indiana More...

Foxy Lady Wins Second Annual Boot to Voight Weekend Race

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...

Softball Game Is Just Like 'Old Times'

29th Annual Les Cheneaux Old Timers Softball Game Entertains 200 Spectators

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...

$1 Million Grant To Help Improve Cut River Bridge

A $1 million federal grant will pay for rehabilitation at the Cut River Bridge in Mackinac County. More...

Summer Ensign Racing Results Announced

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 Fantasticks' Opens Sept. 21

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...

Dan Musser III Appointed to MBA

Says That Bridge Has Played Large Part in Family's Life

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. More...

Testing Program Confirms Safe Drinking Water for EUP Residents

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 People To See Real, Working Town

Public Shares Ideas for TV News Series

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. More...

Apple Day Planned at DeTour Sat.

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. More...

Runners Cross Mackinac Bridge To Benefit Special Olympics

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, swi More...

92nd District Court

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...

St. Ignace Cheer Captains To Participate in Macy's NY Parade

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...

Retired School Employees To Meet Sept. 29

The Chippewa-Mackinac Area Retired School Personnel Chapter will meet Friday, September 29, at noon in the Presbyterian Church in Stalwart. More...

Hypothermia Halts Jim Dreyer's Distance Swim

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 morni More...

Scottish Folk Band To Perform at LSSU Sept. 22

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...

Mackinac Associates Plan Golf Outing

The third annual Mackinac Associates golf fundraiser is Friday, October 6, at Pine Valley Golf Club at Ray, in Macomb County. More...

ChamberWill Host Mud Runs, Expands Ambassador Program

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. More...

Take 5 Offers Field Trips as Part of Respite Care Services

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. More...

Volunteers To Clean Up Forest Oct. 7

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...

Trout Lake Man Wins Lottery Prize

Robert Bouchard of Trout Lake has won $250,000 in the Michigan Lottery, the lottery bureau announced September 12. Mr. More...

Hospital Offers Book Sale Sept. 25-26

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...

Teresa Heise of Hessel was making a new flower bed and was More...

Surfing 'Yooper' Football Easier With Iron Mtn. Man's Web Site

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...

U.P. Military Veterans Have Until Oct. 1 To Be Included in Time Capsule

Veterans information is being collected until October 1 for inclusion in a time capsule dedicated to military veterams from the Upper Peninsula. More...

1,000 Boy and Girl Scouts Rally at Bay City Lake

Boy Scout Edward Maxbauer (far left), with Scout Leaders More...

Touch of Craft Will Close for Season

A Touch of Craft, located at Arnold Line Dock 1 in St. Ignace, will close for the season Friday, September 22. More...

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