Nineteen St. Ignace switchboard operators who worked for Michigan Bell prior to 1974 met at Mackinac Grille Thursday,
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By Ryan Schlehuber
Five citizens, including this reporter, weighed the benefits of working and living in the St. Ignace area against its potential drawbacks at a workshop Wednesday, September 13, to gather information for a new county-wide master plan. More...
St. Ignace Parent Researches EUP Education Services
By Paul Gingras
Three-year-old Samara Maldonado of St. Ignace was recently diagnosed with autism, spurring her mother, Gia Lopez, to research educational services available in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. A dentist for the Sault Ste. More...
Handmade quilts are being given to each client of LMAS Hospice in Mackinac County. The quilts are made and donated by volunteer Nancy Smith. The hospice More...
The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, September 27, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...
In a story published on page 3 of last week's issue, "'Old St. More...
Diane Waits of Waterford, a 1969 graduate of LaSalle High School and mother of the late U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Waits, has established a $33,000 endowment scholarship in her son's More...
By Amy Polk
Jenny Lohff of Rudyard is the new Cedarville Alternative Community Education teacher, hired to replace Jim Patrick, who moved to Boyne City in August. More...
Parent-teacher conferences are planned on the evenings of Monday, October 9, and Wednesday, October 11, at St. Ignace Area Schools. More...
The Les Cheneaux Watershed Council's annual meeting will be Friday, October 6, at 7 p.m. at the Clark Township Hall in Cedarville. More...
Cindy Selig of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, won the "Cabin in the Woods" quilt in the 2006 Les Cheneaux Historical Association quilt raffle. Her mother, Mary Crockett of Cedarville, accepted the quilt on her behalf. More...
Ten free trees will be mailed to each person who joins the National Arbor Day Foundation during October. More...
Sault Ste. Marie received $632,931 and the Chippewa County Road Commission received $324,808 Friday, September 29, under a state highway program for road repairs. More...
Sara Schaedel of St. Ignace, a student at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, will be studying this semester at the Institute for the International Education of Students in Berlin, Germany. Miss Schaedel is the daughter of More...
Pete Heckman (right) of St. Ignace and his son, Dirk, enjoyed a two-day, 24-mile hike along the More...
All adults are welcome at a square dance at DeTour Village Hall Saturday, October 14, at 7 p.m. Refreshments are available and admission costs $5. More...
Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to explore the feasibility of starting their own businesses at a free workshop called Business Basics: How to Get Started in Your Own Business. The event takes place at Michigan Works! More...
August Mackinac Bridge crossings have dropped 4.2 percent from last year, with 553,789 crossings in August 2006 compared to 578,330 crossings in 2005. Crossings for 2006 to date are down 4.1 percent, More...
State Representative Gary McDowell will hold office hours Monday, October 9. The schedule is 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Chippewa County Courthouse Annex Meeting Room, third floor, 300 Court Street, Sault Ste. Marie; More...
Captain Terry C. Cox of Hessel retired June 1 from ABX Air, Incorporated, formerly known as Airborne Express, of Wilmington, Ohio, after flying a DC-9 since 1992. More...
Brett LaLonde of St. Ignace is recovering from surgery, and Huff's Repair in Cedarville is accepting donations to help the LaLonde family offset the cost of medical bills. More...
By Amy Polk
Les Cheneaux Community Schools Board of Education said it supports a state ballot proposal that will guarantee K-16 school funding increases tied to inflation, even though it will limit the legislature in juggling tight budgets in a bad economy. More...
Andrew Doud's proposed Harrisonville commercial barn will only be available for privately owned saddle horses, said Mackinac Island Zoning Board of Appeals members in their decision to go against a recommendation by the Planning Commission to change More...
Mackinac County American Red Cross is holding a dinner and silent auction Thursday, October 19, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...
A new map of logging railroads which recalls a bygone era in Upper Peninsula history has been compiled and drawn by historian James L. Carter of Marquette. More...
The Student Activities Advisory Council will meet Wednesday, October 11, at 6 p.m. in the elementary conference room at Les Cheneaux Elementary School in Cedarville. All current and new members are invited to attend. More...
Workers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will apply lampricides to portions of the Brevort River in Mackinac County in early October to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed into the stream bottom. More...
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