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Ironworkers Will Show Skills in Mackinaw City This Week

The public is welcome at the International Ironworker Festival, where ironworkers will celebrate their skills and provide entertainment Friday, August 10, through Sunday, August 12, at the Mackinaw City Recreation Center behind the high school in M More...

Quilt Show To Be on Museum Walls for Month

Sparkling galaxies, flying ships, luminous moons, and skies full of stars are some of the images featured on a collection of quilts at the Les Cheneaux Historical Museum in Cedarville. More...

Program To Focus on Water Levels, Lake Health August 10 in Cedarville

Lake Huron To Be Topic for Georgian Bay Assoc.

Low water levels, invasive species, fish diseases, and other factors impacting the health of Lake Huron are on the agenda for the Friday, August 10, seminar, "Our Middle Lakes Crisis: An Update on Issues, Programs, and Progress" at the Community Ce More...

Sherlund Makes Picnic Tables

Aaron Sherlund, 18, a 2007 Cedarville High School graduate, made and donated five handicapaccessible picnic tables to Cedar Cove Assisted Living center in Cedarville. More...

Cardboard Race Competition Gets Watercraft Viewers Involved

Cardboard Classic Boat Races Saturday, August 18 American Legion Park, St. Ignace 11:30 a.m. Registration Noon to 1 p.m. Boat building 1 p.m. More...

Concert To Benefit Hope Chest

Charity Gave $15,600 To Needy People Last Year

The Chicago duo Switchback will perform a benefit concert for the St. Ignace Hope Chest Saturday, August 11, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Marina. The band plays blues, folk, Irish, jazz, and Americana music. More...

For the Record...

In the newspaper supplement published with The St. Ignace News July 26, the name of Mary Cope was omitted from a list of Mackinac Bridge employees not pictured. On page 18 in the July 26 issue of The St. More...

Donations Collected for Literacy Program

Donations toward books for children can be dropped off at all First National Bank offices in St. Ignace, Cedarville, Mackinac Island, Naubinway, and Newberry. More...

American Legion Meets Monthly

American Legion Post 62 is to meet the first Monday of each month at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on State Street in St. Ignace, at 7 p.m. More...

Slide Show of Cruising French Canals To Be Shown at Library

Pixie Haughwoat and Ralph Folsum will present a slide show of their experience cruising canals in southern France Wednesday, August 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the DeTour Public Library. More...

Mackinaw City Concert Series Continues Sat.

Music in Mackinaw will feature Banjo Picker and Friends Saturday, August 11, at 8 p.m. at Conkling Heritage Park on South Huron Avenue in Mackinaw City. More...

Walk for Warmth Golf Event Aug. 23

A Walk for Warmth Golf Scramble will take place Thursday, August 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sault Ste. Marie Country Club. The four-person, nine-hole format is open to all, with an entry fee of $40 per person. More...

Pickford's Bishop Makes Dean's List

Ashley Bishop of Pickford, and Andrea Fulton and Jacob Swider, both of Engadine, were named to the dean's list at Saginaw Valley State University for the winter 2007 semester. More...

Writer Planisek To Address Mackinaw Historical Society

Writer Sandy Planisek will address the Mackinaw Area Historical Society on the topic, "From Sea to Shining Sea, 200 years of Mapping America," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 13, at the Mackinaw Area Library in Mackinaw City. Ms. More...

Power Boats Sought To Support Labor Day Swim September 3

Fifty swimmers will attempt to swim across the Straits of Mackinac from St. Ignace to Mackinaw City on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, during the Mackinac Bridge walk, in celebration of the bridge's 50th anniversary year. More...

Traffic Across Bridge Is Down 3.6% for June

Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge dipped 3.6% for the month of June, with 413,485 vehicles crossing, while 429,061 crossed during June 2006, reported Robert Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. More...

Flavor Is Deciding Factor as Glory McLennan Wins Mackinac Bridge Cake Contest

Using her grandmother's lemon cake recipe topped with a special butter cream frosting recipe she created, Glory McLennan, owner of Tas TCreations in St. More...

Chris Smith, Grandson of Chris Craft Founder, To Be Guest of Honor

Recalls Early Years in Boat Building Plant for Show This Week

"I can honestly say I've never received a paycheck from anyone but Chris Craft," mused Chris Smith while in Cedarville July 5, celebrating his 80th birthday. More...

Bayside Live!

Send Help, Boogie 2 Shooz Will Give Concerts at St. Ignace Marina

Send Help will be featured in a Locals on the Bay concert Wednesday, August 8, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Marina. Local musicians Randy Binger, Mike Pierron, and Mike Welch formed the band about a year ago. More...

Clark Township Hosts Public Land Use Forum

Citizens, Cottagers, and Neighbors Gather To Record Ideas on Growth

As Clark Township takes another look at how it wants to grow, 103 citizens, cottagers, and a couple of neighbors from Pickford came out Monday, July 30, to record some of those ideas. More...

Tractor Pull Requires Skill for Young Drivers

"There is actually quite a lot of skill to driving, especially on a track like this," said Andy Thompson, a member of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Antique Equipment Association that ran garden tractor pulls at Pickford Hay Days. More...

St. Ignace Firemen Enjoy Annual Fishing Day

Volunteer fireman gathered for the second annual St. Ignace Volunteer Fireman's Association fishing tournament, hosted by Gary Sorenson Friday, July 13, through Sunday, July 15. The event started with a meal cooked on the grill. More...

Senior Driving Class To Be Offered

AARP Safety Program Planned in St. Ignace

An eight-hour Safe Driving Class will be offered Monday, September 10, and Tuesday, September 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in St. Ignace. More...

LIFT To Host Teen Dance at Cedarville Sat.

A teen dance will be held Saturday, August 11, in Cedarville to raise money for LIFT (Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens). The dance is for ages 13 to 19 from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Community Center. The cost is $5. More...

LMAS Advises Swimmer's Itch Prevention

Conditions are favorable for contracting swimmer's itch, announced the Luce Mackinac Alger Schoolcraft (LMAS) Health Department Friday, August 3. More...

Trojans Sports Booster Dinner, Auction Planned for August 10

The Cedarville Trojans Athletic Boosters will host a whitefish dinner and silent auction Friday afternoon, August 10, at Mertaugh's Storage Shed in Hessel. More...

Benson Family Meets with City Officials

Marylan Benson (right) and her daughter, Laura Quinn, visited the Fort de Buade Museum Monday, July 30, and met with St. Ignace City Manager Eric Dodson (center), and Councilmen Merv Wyse and Tom Della-Moretta (not pictured). More...

McPhee Is New Hotel Manager

Steven McPhee, a St. Ignace native, has been selected as hotel manager for the St. Ignace Kewadin Casinos Hotel. Mr. More...

Great Lakes Boat Bldg. School Open House August 11

The Great Lakes Boat Building School on Meridian Street in Cedarville will offer the public a chance to tour the facility and meet staff Saturday, August 11, from noon to 6 p.m. Everyone is invited. More...

Pickford Church To Offer Vacation Bible School August 13 to 17

Pickford United Methodist Church will offer vacation Bible school Monday, August 13, through Friday, August 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This year's theme is Mega Sports Camp. More...

Sense of Life To Host Meetings

A Sense of Life suicide prevention committee will host two meetings this month. The meeting of the Mackinac County Human Services Collaborative Body will be Friday, August 10, at 10 a.m. at the Mackinac County Airport Conference Room in St. More...

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