New Sign System To Aid Snowmobile Trail Rescues
By Paul Gingras
      Emergency responders in Mackinac and Chippewa counties are asking snowmobile trail users to look for new trail locator signs, which have been installed to make it easier to rescue injured riders. As of Monday, December 11, more than 90 percent of the 322 trail markers were up in Mackinac County, and the rest will be in place by the end of the year, said Sheriff Scott Strait.
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Salaries Set for County Officials
By Karen Gould
      County wages and salaries were set last week by commissioners in one of their most productive meetings of the year. Entangled in a stalemate two weeks ago when they failed to reach a consensus over elected officials
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Shining Brightly for Christmas
     Bright lights celebrate the Christmas season at the home of Mort Becker and Holly Lester on Ferry Lane in St. Ignace. This photograph was taken December 18.
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Action Council Seeks To Improve St. Ignace
By Karen Gould
      A St. Ignace grass roots organization met for the first time Tuesday, December 12, to begin the process of navigating the community through a weak economy, dwindling tourism, an exodus of families, and a lack of year-around employment opportunities, in search of ways to make St. Ignace a better town. Organizers say they hope the group will move St.
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Santa’s Got Mail....
City Hall Helping St. Nick Answer Children
      With Christmas just around the corner, Santa Claus and his tiny helpers have been very busy, but he is taking time to write a note to children in St. Ignace who have written letters to him and posted them in the special mailbox at City Hall. City employees have been helping, and each child will have received a reply.
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Les Cheneaux Schools To Close for 10 Days, Setting Longer School Day, To Save $15,000
10 Measures To Gain $128,475 for District
By Amy Polk
      The school day next semester will be longer for students at Les Cheneaux Community Schools, allowing the school to be closed for an extra 10 days.
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Young Actors Present Living Nativity Scene at Cedarville
     A group of local young people, including (clockwise, from left) Amy Winberg, Cole Diehl, Kayla Merchberger, and Nathan Smith, portray the Christmas story of Jesus Christ
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Party To Help Meal Program Set for Thurs.
      A community Christmas party is planned to benefit the Meals on Wheels senior citizen nutrition program Thursday, December 21, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Action Agency Fenlon Center at 368 Reagon Street in St. Ignace. Everyone is invited to participate in the party, which will feature a dinner and musical entertainment.
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