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DNR Advisory Group Helps Guide Wolf Management in Michigan A column from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wolves are no longer rare in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. During the 2006 wolf survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last winter, biologists estimated Michigan is home to more than 430 wolves. After wolves began a natural recolonization of the U.P in the early 1990s, a Mich... More ...
Census Counts Illegals; Michigan Loses Clout By George Weeks There's no more vivid example of Michigan's dwindling clout on Capitol Hill than what has happened Up North in the four-plus decades that the state lost four congressmen. In 1963-64, the Upper Peninsula actually had two U.S. House members. Representative John Bennett (ROntonagon) represented eig... More ...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Mackinac Bridge and the end of auto ferry service across the Straits of Mackinac. In a book yet to be published, Autos Across Mackinac, author Les Bagley recounts the history of that interesting c By Les Bagley PART 4: THE ARIEL The wooden steamship Ariel was launched in 1882 at the foot of Detroit's Dubois Street from a shipyard owned by John Oades. The Detroit Drydock Company built her to be the second ferry purchased by the Walkerville Ferry Company. More ...
by Stu Hobbs Superintendent Engadine Consolidated Schools has received the fall student MEAP scores for students in grades three through eight. Overall, we have seen improvement in most areas, especially in reading, mathematics, and science. When comparing this year's MEAP data with 2005, one can note which individual student... More ... Les Cheneaux By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 mink1@cedarville.net Cleon Moss called last week to report that he saw a robin on Hessel Point. Bitter cold winter weather has now arrived. There have been many who have been sick with some type of the flu. Many students were out of school, along with some teachers, and others including yours truly. It doesn't seem to ... More ... Brevort By Lois Movalson 292-5581 Friday night, January 26, found Dave and I partaking of the wonderful variety of soups at LaSalle High School before the game with the Cheboygan Chiefs. It was a great evening, with our appetite satisfied, and sitting with our fellow Saints fans of the top row. It was a barn burner of a game, with ... More ... DeTour Area By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com So many of us are relieved and elated to see January end. What makes January seem like the longest month of the year? There are many answers to that; one is, that February is the shortest month of the year, and then March, which is like an entrance to spring. We shouldn't get too far ahead of ourse... More ...
By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net Hello, everyone. Can you believe it's the month of February already? Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and you know I've been counting the days until the first day of spring, but that lies on the shoulders, or should I say shadow, of Punxsutawney Phil. Groundhog Day is Friday, February 2. More ... Mackinac Island By Jeannette Doud 847-3301 Jack Frost waved his mighty wand over the weekend, making everything bright and beautiful. Mackinac glistened in the brilliant sunshine, and the freshly fallen snow, so crystal white. The sky was a magnificent azure blue as our Island lie wrapped in winter's beauty. The nights have been calm with s... More ...
THE BACK DO' MYSTERY Dear Mark, Playing Jacks-or-Better on video poker, should I keep a non-winning pair and draw three cards like I have been doing, or should I be throwing it away and draw one card to fill in a four-card flush, or a four card open ended straight? More ...
Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber 115 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Saturday, January 30, 1892 The recent snow storms have spoiled the skating in the bay. Four traveling retail jewelers were in town on Thursday last, all bound for the lumbering camps. A number of boys attended a dance given in the Lake View House, Brevort L... More ... |
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