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Click here for digital edition  Environmental champion Joan Wolfe was not crying wolf when she warned that the legal showdown over Nestle's Ice Mountain bottling operation in Mecosta County put the landmark 1970 Michigan Environmental Protection Act in jeopardy. More ... This year the St. Ignace News is serializing Les Bagley's unpublished manuscript on the history of Michigan State Ferries, the only link between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas before the Mackinac Bridge was completed 50 More ... The magnificent Budweiser Clydesdales, sponsored by Griffin Beverage of St. Ignace, visited Mackinac Island Tuesday, July 24. At 6 p.m., they paraded from the Mackinac Island Public School through town to Mission Point Resort, returning via Main Street to an audience of cheering onlookers. More ... With the weekend festivities of the Mackinac Bridge anniversary behind us, it will be a pleasant one to recall. For most folks from the Upper Peninsula, it truly is a sight to behold: When the Big Mac is in sight, you know home is just over the span. What a great feeling. More ... Dear Mark: Do Triple Play machines use just one, or multiple decks on the draw? Are the odds of each of the three hands the same? Will I get more royal flushes playing Triple Play than playing on a standard machine? More ... A spaghetti dinner is being held Sunday, August 26, at Little Bear West Arena in Manistique. Dinner starts at 3 p.m. There will be raffles, an auction, and live music by the band "Driver." Donations may be sent to the Chris Kieffer Benefit at mBank, or call (906) 450-0028 for more information. All proceeds will help toward medical expenses. More ... Front porch visitors this week were Jack Gearing and an old friend, Bill Triner, from Massillon, Ohio. Sally Conklin and I enjoyed the front porch. Charlie and Pam Movalson and their daughter, Chrissy, were at their cottage on Lake Michigan this weekend. It was good to go fishing, but the fishing was not good. More ... Summer weather means everyone is surely having fun at the Sand Dunes and other local beaches. Margaret Leonard of Holt will mark her 97th birthday in St. Ignace Friday, August 3. A longtime visitor to the Straits area, Mrs. Leonard has been celebrating her birthdays here since the early 1950s. Family friends are members of the Bentley family in St. Ignace. More ... What a busy past weekend it was all around the area, from the Tahquamenon Valley Cruisers Car Show in downtown Newberry, the wine and cheese tasting and auction fundraiser at Chamberlin's Ole Forest Inn in Curtis, to the Mackinac Bridge 50th anniversary celebration in St. Ignace and Mackinaw City. More ... The weather is beautiful. There are lots of people around, fishing is good, kayaks and canoes are paddling throughout the islands, and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. What more could one ask of a summer in the Les Cheneaux Islands? More ... What can be more beautiful than the picture-perfect weather we have been having? Of course: the team of Budweiser Clydesdale horses that visited Cedarville last week. It was certainly a thrill to see them march down M-134. This well-groomed team of horses was in northern Michigan to participate in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge. More ... 115 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Saturday, July 30, 1892 The Democrats of Mackinac County will assemble in convention at the City Hall in the city of St. Ignace on the 11th day of August 1892 for the purpose of electing the delegates to the State Convention that is to be held in the city of Grand Rapids August 17th, 1892. More ... |
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