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Click here for digital edition  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. The local program reported a record 717 women receiving a mammogram in 2005, and numbers are nearing More ... At its regular meeting Monday, November 14, the St. Ignace Board of Education received a positive report from Hill Schroderus & Co., LLP, the accounting firm that conducted the school's 2005/2006 audit, but the board received heavy criticism from the St. Ignace Education Association (SEA), which sai More ... 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 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 Wednesday, November 1. The students were part of a group of about 17 Student Council members who collected the supplies in the organization's annual Trick-or-Treat for Charity in Clark Township Tuesday, October 31. Working from a wish list of necessary items provided by the food pantry, the students traveled around the area and collected goods to fill the shelves in time for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, when the pantry sees its biggest demand. (Photograph courtesy of Les Cheneaux Community Schools) More ... 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. Ignace topped the list of communities in the percenta More ... 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. Ignace contribution is $700 more than last year, but equal to the 2003 and 2004 county funding levels. More ... 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. Toys and gifts should be donated by Sunday, December 10. Those who wish to adopt a family have the opportu More ... 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. The bank is also planning a food drive to stock the shelves of the Cedar Post Emergency Food Pantry in Cedarv More ... 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 ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... 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. It is the school's largest annual fundraiser, and helps offset the cost of tuition for area preschool students who attend the sc More ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. and will end at City Hall with the tree lighting and a visit from Santa Claus. More ... 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 ... 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. Students said they didn't like negative campaign commercials and noted they saw some candidates at football games or at the More ... 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. Keaton, a victim advocate, will get them there. More ... 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. The company was awarded a $157,000 contract to extend the boardwalk from the St. Ignace City Marina approximately 1,100 feet onto the old railroad dock. The project will include a handrail around the lighthouse and the fishing platform. More ... 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 ... 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 being compromised." The decision to send the letter wa More ... Preparations are underway for this year's Mackinac Island Christmas Bazaar, scheduled for Saturday, December 2, through Monday, December 4, at Community Hall. Highlights include a snowmobile raffle, live auction, silent auction, food, and a later boat departure off the Island to accommodate mainland More ... 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 ... The St. Ignace Community Foundation donated $7,000 to five area organizations Thursday, November 9. More ... |
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