December 21, 2006 RSS feed / News

City Adopts $2.15 Million General Fund Budget

The City of St. Ignace will operate with $2.15 million in its general fund for 2007, with a total budget, including operation of its utilities and marina, of just under $8 million. More...

State Shortfall Could Cost Schools $170 Per Student

St. Ignace School Board Learns Funding Level Will Be Determined in February

A $300 million shortfall in the Michigan School Aid fund may reduce expected revenue from the state by as much as $170 per student, although it won More...

Members of the St. Ignace Community Children More...

Police Reports

Reports from the St. Ignace Police Department, November 27 to December 11. A St. Ignace man and Mackinac County More...

For the Record...

In the wrestling story of the December 14 issue of The St. Ignace News, Shawn Cowell and Derek Marshall were listed as seniors at LaSalle High School. They are both juniors. Also, in the winter sports preview of The St. More...

Students Seek Funding for Flagpole

Students in the National Honor Society at LaSalle High School are appealing to community service organizations, businesses, and residents to support their project of replacing the school More...

Straits Visitor Builds Mighty Mac Model

After being inspired by the sight of the Mackinac Bridge during a week-long visit to the Straits area, Dalton Reimschisel, 10, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned to his home and built an elaborate wooden block model of the suspension bridge in his bas More...

Snowsfest Meeting Planned for Dec. 28

The Snowsfest Committee has started planning next year More...

Residents Asked To Save Lights

Les Cheneaux area residents are encouraged to save their Christmas lights for the second annual Venetian Boat Parade and boat decorating contest Saturday, July 7. The parade will start in Cedarville Bay at 9 p.m. More...

Mabel Pechta Marks 95 Years

Mabel Pechta of Moran will celebrate her 95th birthday Christmas Day, December 25. She was born in 1911 to E.A. and Lula Ball of Ozark. After retirement from the grocery store she operated in Moran with her husband, Harry, Mrs. More...

Portage Township Celebrates Arrival of Two New Firetrucks

Portage Township celebrated the purchase of two new firetrucks Wednesday, December 13, at a dedication ceremony attended by residents, local politicians, and firemen. Speaking were Gene DeRossett, state director of the U.S. More...

‘Turkey Tango’ Brings Down the House at Pickford

Second grade students had the crowd in an uproar when they performed More...

Oddfellow Band Exhilarated by Contest Experience

Advanced To Finalist Position in Detroit

The Cedarville-based band, Oddfellow, did not win a national Battle of the Bands competition, but its members are exhilarated by the experience. More...

Les Cheneaux Shops To Stay Open Late This Weekend

Last-minute shoppers can take advantage of later shopping hours at five Cedarville and Hessel stores that will stay open from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, December 22, and Saturday, December 23. More...

DeTour Area Choir Celebrates Season

DeTour Area Community Choir sings its signature song, More...

License Fee Hike Topic of Gaylord DNR Meeting

Northern Michigan residents can share their opinions about a proposed increase in hunting and fishing license fees at a meeting with state lawmakers in Gaylord Wednesday, December 20. More...

Mackinac Island

Ste. Anne

About 44 adults and school children from Mackinac Island, St. Ignace, and Cheboygan will go to Honduras at the end of March to assist five communities with medical and shelter needs. More...

Kincheloe Woman Dies in Accident

Cheryl Lynn Thompson, 37, of Kincheloe, died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Friday, December 8, at 3 p.m. in Dafter Township in Chippewa County. More...

Blood Drive Set for December 28

An American Red Cross Blood Drive has been scheduled for Thursday, December 28, in Cheboygan, to offset the increased need for blood during the holidays. The drive will take place from noon to 5:45 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church. More...

‘Polar Express’

Santa Visits Library for Movie Night

Santa Claus and three of his helpers (not pictured) visited children at the Library More...

92nd District Court

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace December 12, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

EUPISD Seeks Donations for Library Project

The Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District (EUPISD) as established a library donation project, which will help prepare children for school. More...

VanDusen To Show Military Slides Fri.

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dale VanDusen has recently returned from a deployment in Afghanistan and will show slides and photographs of his experiences there Friday, December 22, at 8 p.m. at the St. Ignace Moose Lodge. More...

Emma Brown Wins Shopping Spree

Emma Brown of St. Ignace was the winner of a $1,000 shopping spree at the St. Ignace Do-it Center, the store announced December 14. More...

‘Let It Snow!’

St. Ignace Students Offer Christmas Music Program

Fifth grade classes, taught by Elaine MacDonald and Clyde O More...

Hobbyists Enjoy Radio Car Racing Event

Eleven racers, ranging from ages four to 38 years old, enjoyed an afternoon of radio-controlled car racing at the conference center of Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace Saturday, December 16. More...

Pickford To Host Old-Fashioned Christmas Friday

Pickford will host an Old Fashioned Christmas Friday, December 22, with extended shopping hours, caroling, a musical program, and horse-drawn hay rides. More...

Cedarville ACE School To Host Open House Wednesday

The Alternative Community Education School in Cedarville will host a holiday open house Wednesday evening, December 20, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. More...

Les Cheneaux

The trumpet section of Cedarville More...

Lutheran Church Services, Events

The youth of Zion Lutheran Church of St. Ignace will perform More...

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