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Click here for digital edition  Arctic air marched into the region over the weekend, bringing strong northwest winds, below zero double-digit wind chill readings, and single digit temperatures, although little snowfall. With the onslaught of the bitter cold temperatures, the Lake Huron ice pack thickened, bringing a halt to freight and ferry boat service to Mackinac Island. More ... An ad hoc committee has recommended that the City of St. Ignace pursue a $700,000 offer from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to purchase the Fort de Buade Museum building and contents, amidst protests from some tribal members that the money go elsewhere. More ... The St. Ignace City Council put to rest a proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) zone that included a waterfront condominium development by denying it Monday night, February 5. More ... Adisgruntled group of senior citizens protested moving into a smaller room for weekly lunches three times a week, but ultimately accepted the Clark Township board's January 18 decision to close the main hall for lunches at the township's community center in Cedarville during the winter to save on heating costs. More ... Low water levels on the Straits of Mackinac have led the Mackinaw City Village Council to pursue a project to replace standing docks with floating docks at the Village Marina. At its meeting Thursday, February 1, Council approved $17,000 for an engineering study to determine costs and procedures for installing the new docks. More ... Clark Township Planning Commission will recommend the professional planning firm Gourdie-Fraser of Traverse City to tackle the township's comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance updates. All six commissioners at a special meeting Tuesday, January 30, voted in favor of recommending the firm. More ... At a special meeting Tuesday, January 30, the St. Ignace school board approved a three-month school calendar for February through April which details vacation days, the end of the third marking period, and teacher training days. The dates could change if the board and the teachers' union come to an agreement on the teacher contract. More ... To rectify a situation in which a trash removal company has a monopoly in the county, because it owns the only county-approved landfills, Mackinac County is pushing the Eastern Upper Peninsula Solid Waste Committee to allow a new landfill into the solid waste plan for Mackinac, Chippewa, and Luce counties. More ... To help the state evaluate how it is serving its youngest children through health, human services, and education programs, a $120,000 grant has been given in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to identify local needs of children from birth up to five years. More ... Skippy, a young corgi, barks in an attempt to coax the snow shovel maneuvered by Jeff Meyers Saturday morning, January 27, at their home next to the Cedarville Post Office. More ... The Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau in Mackinaw City has developed package pricing to promote six area attractions, it announced February 1. The "Mackinaw Infinity Package" allows patrons to pay one price to visit six of the area's tourist sites, as many times as they would like, within a three-day period. More ... Fifteen walkers braved near-zero temperatures Saturday, February 3, for the Second Annual Walk for Warmth sponsored by Community Action in St. Ignace. Those pictured include (from left) Mayor Paul Grondin, Kay Langstaff, Elizabeth Colegrove, Cheryl St. More ... Building up and promoting Michigan's underdeveloped craft industry is a viable way to enhance tourism and strengthen economic development in communities, according to a report released January 23 by the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries (HAL) and Michigan State University Museum. More ... |
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