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Year-Around Jobs Most Pressing Need for Local Workforce Minimum Wage Hike Will Have Indirect Impact Here; Most Employees Pay More Owing to Labor Shortage By Ellen Paquin Increases in the state's minimum wage will not apply directly to many workers in Mackinac County because most local employers already are paying higher wages. More ... Petoskey Hospital Dropped From U.P. Medicaid Program Mackinac Straits Protests Impact on 600 Patients By Karen Gould Opposition over a decision that could force families using MIChild insurance and patients on Medicaid to travel to Sault Ste. Marie or Marquette for specialized medical treatment, including obstetrics, has some Mackinac Straits Hospital board members saying the decision is politically motivated and... More ...
Top: Miss Mackinaw City, a student ambassador for the Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce, prepares to call the time of the winning outhouse during the Winterfest Outhouse Race Saturday, January 20, in Mackinaw City. More ... Sled Display on Track in Naubinway Plans Move Ahead for Snowmobile Museum By Paul Gingras Plans are being developed for a vintage and antique snowmobile museum on US-2. Designed to stimulate the economy in Naubinway, the museum will include space for sleds, a meeting room for the Naubinway/Engadine Merchants Association, a tourism information center, and a meeting place for elders of th... More ... Judge: Edison Sault Should Pay Customers $4.6 Million By Karen Gould An administrative law judge says that Edison Sault Electric Company should return $2,124,000 to its 23,000 EUP customers, and her decision will be taken into consideration by the Public Service Commission (PSC) when it makes the final ruling on the case. More ...
1780 Fort Mackinac Walls Restored in '01 By Karen Gould The white limestone walls that protect Fort Mackinac have begun to deteriorate again. Built by British soldiers in 1780-81, the fort walls were restored five years ago for $4.1 million and are the oldest structure in the state.But the mortar is crumbling prematurely, and the Mackinac Island State P... More ...
Geocaching Sport May Be Marketed in Area By Ryan Schlehuber Madelyn LePage never knew about Sunset Rock on Mackinac Island until she and her family discovered it while geocaching. The relatively new treasure hunting game incorporates satellite technology to locate hidden objects, and Mrs. LePage and her family are among a world-wide network of players who s... More ...
By Paul Gingras The first St. Ignace BroomBowl Tournament drew 64 players to a rink of snow in the parking lot of the Driftwood Sports Bar Saturday, January 20. Players enjoyed more than nine hours of competition and generated $1,516, which will be used to augment the city's recreation equipment stockpile, said ev... More ...
Almost $400,000 of gaming revenue from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians was granted to local municipalities and groups at Kewadin Shores Hotel in St. Ignace Thursday, January 18. Under a Michigan Gaming Control Board law, tribal casinos in Michigan are required to distribute two perc... More ... Bill To Protect Great Lakes From Asian Carp Invasion Congress introduced legislation Thursday, January 18, to fund the last line of defense against the nonnative Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, causing havoc for boaters and anglers, and threatening the region's $4.5 billion fishery. More ... |
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