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Four Islanders First To Cross Feb. 13 By Ryan Schlehuber A February cold spell has made an ice bridge between Mackinac Island and St. Ignace, and four Island residents crossed over to the mainland Tuesday afternoon, February 13. Others are not ready to trust the ice just yet. Despite areas of open water, Islanders Jason St. Onge, Brett Horn, Bobby Horn,... More ...
By Paul Gingras The landscape is changing at the old state ferry dock in Mackinaw City, which is part of a new marina designed to meet anticipated demand for boat moorage, said William Boik, planning unit manager for the Michigan State Waterways Commission. Work was halted for the winter in December, leaving a co... More ...
By Karen Gould At her dining room table, Cynthia Baker looks up from neatly arranged charts, papers, and a well-worn leather book and peers out the window at Lake Huron, much like George W. Marshall might have 100 years ago. Mr. Marshall was the first lighthouse keeper of Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse in Mackinaw... More ... Ice Anglers Plan 5-Day Jamboree Starts Wednesday at Munuscong Bay By Amy Polk Pickford's Munuscong Walleye Jamboree offers a $1,000 grand prize to the angler who hauls in the largest walleye from the bay Wednesday, February 21, through Sunday, February 25. The contest starts at 6 a.m. Wednesday, and activities will be based at Dan's Cabins and Resort, eight miles east of Pic... More ...
Twin Tracks Featured at Show During the 15th Annual Antique and Vintage Snowmobile Show in Naubinway Saturday, February 17, Ken Meyers of Ludington shows off his 1970 Cushman Twin Track Trackster, which he resurrected from a farm field in Evart and rebuilt. More ...
A view from a plane of the frozen waters of the Straits of Mackinac, with the Mackinac Bridge on the horizon, Tuesday, February 13. U.S. Coast Guard reported ice thickness varied between 18 inches (at the Lansing Shoals near Beaver Island) and three inches Thursday, February 15. More ...
Sunny skies and bright smiles warmed the 2007 Les Cheneaux Snowsfest in Cedarville last weekend, Friday, February 16, through Sunday, February 18, when hundreds of people met on the ice and in downtown Cedarville to enjoy an old-fashioned horse sleigh ride, children's games, to taste chili, play go... More ... Portage Twp. To Put Noise Ordinance on '08 Budget By Paul Gingras Portage Township voters will be asked a year-and-a-half from now whether they want the township board to develop a noise ordinance. Until then, trustees decided Tuesday, February 13, the Portage Township board will quit its review of such an ordinance. More ... Clark Twp. Board Asks UPHP for Uninterrupted Coverage By Amy Polk Clark Township wants residents insured by MIChild and Medicaid to continue having their visits to Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey covered by insurance without interruption, and wrote a letter to Upper Peninsula Health Plan asking it to reinstate the Petoskey hospital in its network of health... More ... Portage Township EMS Seeks To Upgrade Status To Save Money By Paul Gingras The Portage Township Emergency Medical Service is applying for Limited Advanced Life Support status that will allow it to function at a higher level of service for up to two years. The change is part of an effort to save money by upgrading from Basic Life Support status, which limits medical proced... More ... |
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