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November 16, 2006 / News

Mackinac Straits Health Care Providers Say More Women Should Get Yearly Mammograms

By Karen Gould

Since the summer of 2001, Mackinac Straits Hospital has been offering mammograms, which is an x-ray medical experts consider to be one of the most effective means of early detection of breast cancer. More...

Sting Reveals 29 Liquor Violations

By Ryan Schlehuber

Twenty-nine businesses in the Upper Peninsula were cited for selling liquor or tobacco to minors during a sting operation conducted jointly by police and district health departments in September. In the operation, which is conducted annually, St. More...

Toy Drive Begins at St. Ignace

The St. Ignace holiday toy drive and Adopt-a-Family programs are now underway, with early December deadlines to ensure distribution to all families and children who need assistance this season. More...

Schaeffer Brings Proposal to Drummond

Drummond Island Township Hall will host a community meeting Monday, November 20, at 7 p.m., to hear a proposal by Bob Schaeffer of St. Ignace for a maritime project for businesses on the island. More...

Police Reports

Reports from the St. Ignace Police Department from October More...

Les Cheneaux Preschool To Host Christmas Bazaar Nov. 25

Les Cheneaux Preschool will host its annual Christmas Bazaar and Cookie Walk Saturday, November 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville. More...

Sault Christmas Open House Fri.

The Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Business Association will host an annual Downtown Christmas Open House beginning Friday, November 24, with the annual Christmas Parade of Lights. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. More...

Craft Fairs To Be Held in Pickford This Weekend

The 30th Annual Pickford Art Fair will be at Pickford Township Hall on Main Street in Pickford Friday, November 17, and Saturday, November 18. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. More...

Sault Shelter Provides Critical Services to Survivors of Domestic Violence

By Paul Gingras

Two victims of domestic violence, a mother and her child, ride north from St. Ignace in a car driven by Kathy Keaton. They have found emergency shelter and hope at the Diane Peppler Resource Center in Sault Ste. Marie and Ms. More...

Hearings Held for Mud Run, PUD Ordinance

By Ryan Schlehuber

A Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance was introduced at the St. Ignace City Council meeting Monday, November 6, and a public hearing is scheduled at 8 p.m. Monday, December 4. More...

2006 Snowmobile Is Top Prize for Island's Christmas Bazaar

Preparations are underway for this year's Mackinac Island Christmas Bazaar, scheduled for Saturday, December 2, through Monday, December 4, at Community Hall. More...

$7,000 Donated by SICF for Area Projects

The St. Ignace Community Foundation donated $7,000 to five area organizations Thursday, November 9. More...

New Hessel Business Offers Unique Fiber Arts Experience

By Amy Polk

Stepping into the Woolderness Fiber Loft in Hessel feels like stepping back in time. More...

Union Disputes Recent School Board Decisions at St. Ignace

By Paul Gingras

At its regular meeting Monday, November 14, the St. More...

Radio Racing Takes Off Sat. at St. Ignace

Radio controlled racing will take place at Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace Saturday, November 18. The doors will open at 9 a.m., and races will begin at noon. More...

Cedarville Students Collect Food for Needy Families

Cedarville High School Student Council members (from left) Dale Dunn, Kristen Duman, and Rebecca Bickham unload more than 30 grocery store bags of food and housekeeping supplies at Cedar Post Thrift Shop and Emergency Food Pantry in Cedarville Wednes More...

County Commission Increases Food Pantry Funding

By Karen Gould

The St. Ignace Food Panty will receive $1,200 from Mackinac County in 2007, and the Curtis Baptist Food Pantry and the West Mackinac County Food Pantry in Engadine will each receive $500. The St. More...

Program Starts for Santa's Elves

The Santa's Elves program in Clark Township is beginning, and descriptions of young people who need holiday gifts are now available at First National Bank, Les Cheneaux Branch in Cedarville. More...

92nd District Court

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Holiday Parade Set for Dec. 1

St. Ignace Residents Are Asked To Participate

St. Ignace residents are invited to decorate a truck or float with lights and participate in the Home for the Holidays Parade, Friday, December 1, at 6 p.m. More...

Pickford Mother Asks for Community Help

Rosalie Morrison of Pickford is seeking help and donations for her son, Neal, a 1997 Pickford High School graduate, who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis earlier this year. More...

Results Are in, DeVos Wins Cedarville School Election

Before heading to the mock school polls Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, Kathy Tassier's fifth grade class at Cedarville held a lively discussion about campaign commercials. More...

St. Ignace Boardwalk Extension Underway

Wayne Peterson of Moran (from left), Jon Kamyszek of St. Ignace, and Greg Peterson of St. Ignace work on the St. Ignace Huron Boardwalk extension project. The men are from Weiss Builders. More...

Island Council Protests Late Ballot Arrivals

By Karen Gould

The late arrival of absentee ballots prompted Mackinac Island City Council to send a letter of protest to the Election Liaison Division of the Bureau of Elections in Lansing, with city leaders expressing concerns that their "election rights were bein More...

Cheboygan Public Library Gets Grant

The Cheboygan Area Public Library received a $47,500 grant from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The funds will be used to build an art studio and gallery in the lower level of the renovated library. More...