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March 22, 2007 / Columns

Michigan Politics

Michigan's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings

By George Weeks

Mistakes were made. And I'm not happy about them. - President George W. Bush on U.S. More...

All signs are pointing to spring, and we're ready. The path to the clothesline is just about devoid of snow, the plastic is coming off the windows, and the paint chip collection is being narrowed down to a few great choices. More...

Gould City

By Marilyn McNeil 477-6925 donmar@lighthouse.net

A belated happy St. Patrick's Day to all. At my age, one doesn't always celebrate holidays like I used to, mainly because they've come and gone before I remember that they're there. More...

DeTour Area

By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com

Monday brought us another taste of winter, not a very good sign for the arrival of spring this week. It was reported that this blast of cold temperatures will not last. Let us hope that is true. More...

Looking Back

Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber

115 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Saturday, 26, 1892 The camps in this vicinity are breaking up. More...

Autos Across Mackinac: Ferry Capacity Increased To Meet Demands

PART 11: A CHANGE IN THE WIND

By Les Bagley

2007 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Mackinac Bridge, but for four decades before that, ferries carried autos between Michigan's peninsulas. More...

Engadine

By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net

Earlier this week, Mother Nature gave us one last taste of winter before the first day of spring. It's forecast to be in the 50s later this week. Now that's what I'm talking about, and the way spring is supposed to come in. More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud 847-3301

Saturday evening, March 17, was a perfectly beautiful Mackinac night with brilliant stars dancing in the midnight sky, as a radiant moon was shining down on the iceshrouded Straits of Mackinac. More...

Brevort

By Lois Movalson 292-5581

We woke up this morning to about three inches of fresh white snow, but fear not, there is warm weather coming, with rain to wash it all away. Then we have mud and ruts. My tulips are poking out of the ground. Michigan weather is never boring. More...

DEAL ME IN

No Redrawing Of The Discards Allowed

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: If, as you claim, a video poker machine uses only one standard 52-card deck, how is it that I get the same card I discarded when I draw? For instance, the screen shows two jacks, two queens and the 10 of spades. More...