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Fife Lake Man Crosses Michigan as 14th State By Paul Gingras On a ride to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Lou Ransom of Fife Lake has been driving across the United States on a lawnmower. He began in Fort Wayne, Texas, and reached the Mackinac Bridge Thursday, May 17. More ...
By Paul Gingras Upper Peninsula residents and downstate race fans lined the sides of a muddy track behind Little Bear East Arena and Community Center for the first St. Ignace Mud Run Saturday, May 19, a day of roaring engines, flying mud, kids games, and music. More ... Powerful Lightning Bolt Damages Curtis Ball Field By Paul Gingras "It must have been amazing," said P.J. Costa, fire chief of the Portage Township Fire Department, describing a powerful lightning bolt that struck Curtis Recreation Area on H-42 Monday, May 14. The bolt destroyed wooden poles, trees, wiring, and a cement pad at the township's main baseball field. More ... Legacy House: Building a Home, One Donation at a Time By Ellen Paquin Just as individual boards are nailed to a framework to build a house, small acts of charity are being assembled to create a place of sanctuary for women in a donated house on the corner of Marley and Goudreau streets in St. Ignace. More ... 'Dirty Jobs' To Film at Bridge Discovery Channel Show To Visit Friday Highlighting the work Mackinac Bridge maintenance crews perform each year, Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs," and his crew will film on the bridge Friday, May 25. "Our crews take an incredible amount of pride in what they do," said Bob Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mac... More ...
A fire consumed a trailer home on Sixth Street in St. Ignace Friday, May 18. No one was hurt, however, the home for a family with three children was a total loss. The St. Ignace Fire Department was called out to Ann Marie and Martin Fulgenzi's home about 8 p.m. and worked at the site for three ho... More ... Court Reports The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, May 15 and 16, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. + Aaron Eaton, 38, of St. Ignace, pleaded guilty to retail fraud, third degree, and was assessed a fine of $250, 93 days in jail, and six month... More ... Relay for Life To Host Kick-off Thurs. The Mackinac County Area Relay for Life team will host a kickoff meeting and program for the 2007 Relay Thursday, May 24, starting with hors d'oeuvres at 6:30 p.m. The program will be from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Door prizes, food, and information about Relay for Life will be offered at the event. More ... Workshop Offered for Home Buyers Potential home buyers are invited to attend a pre-purchase workshop Thursday, May 24, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. More ... State Retired Employees To Meet June 4 Upper Peninsula Chapter 16 of the State Employee Retirees Association will meet Monday, June 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the State Office Building in Escanaba. All members and their families may attend. More ... Meeting Is Rescheduled for LCTA May 30 Is New Date The date of the meeting about the future of the Les Cheneaux Islands Tourist Association has been changed to Wednesday, May 30, at Cedarville Inn at 5:15 p.m. The meeting was previously scheduled for May 23, but was rescheduled to avoid conflict with the Cedarville High School athletic banquet. More ... Sault Ste. Marie Farm Market Planned A Sault Ste. Marie Farmer's Market is held Wednesdays, from 5:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The market is in the downtown parking lot at Maple and Ashmun streets in Sault Ste. Marie, behind the Chippewa County Courthouse Annex. All market produce vendors participate in the WIC Project Fresh assistance pr... More ... 1950s To Be Theme for L.C. Chamber's Bridge Celebration The Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the 1950s this summer, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge. "Celebrate the 1950s" will be the theme of Independence Day festivities throughout the first week of July and at the July 4 parade. As always, military service me... More ... EUPNTA Earns Founders Award Eastern Upper Peninsula Nature Tourism Alliance was among several Upper Peninsula businesses earning Founders Awards from Northern Initiatives in April. The Founders Award for Excellence in Collaboration is given to U.P. entrepreneurs who have worked within their communities to strengthen local ec... More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber During her visit to villages in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, Arial Leeper of Mackinac Island had difficulty breaking the language barrier with the local children, knowing only a little Spanish. So she laughed and smiled a lot. More ... Mackinac Island Faces Challenge of Preserving the Past in a Demanding World Changes to Buildings Could Affect Historic Landmark Status By Karen Gould The first challenge to historic preservation on Mackinac Island came in 1876, just one year after the Island followed Yellowstone to became the second national park. Today, like Ellis Island in New York, the entire Island is ranked among the county's top historic sites, holding the distinctive sta... More ... Three Challenges Made to Recent Tribal Election Three challenges have been submitted to the recent secretarial election of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the local Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) office reported May 17. More ...
Chuck Bosley of Brimley holds a morel to show participants of his Saturday morning hike what they are seeking on the Mushrooms and Other Forest Floor Discoveries trip west of Hessel, in the Hiawatha National Forest. Mr. Bosley is a member of the Sault Naturalists. More ... Students Take Funding Plea to Lawmakers Les Cheneaux, Rudyard Groups Speak at Capitol By Amy Polk Few high school government classes stage a rally at the state capitol, but for Cedarville's American government class, politics was brought to life in Lansing last week when Les Cheneaux Community Schools students read essays and lobbied about the importance of education. More ... Condo, Park Projects OK'd on South Manistique Lake By Paul Gingras A14-unit condominium on South Manistique Lake was approved by the Portage Township Board of Trustees at its Tuesday, May 15, meeting in Curtis. The project, called Cedar Ridge Properties, required a special-use permit. Formerly a single-family residence, it is now considered multi-use property. More ... Lions Club Hosts Memorial Day Weekend Dinner The Les Cheneaux Lions Club will host its annual Memorial Day weekend whitefish dinner to raise money for academic scholarships Saturday, May 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Les Cheneaux Community Schools cafeteria in Cedarville. More ... Bonnie Carpenter To Speak at Retired School Personnel Conference at LSSU A Retired School Personnel Area Conference, featuring executive director Bonnie Carpenter as the keynote speaker, will be offered Wednesday, June 6, at 8 a.m. at the Cisler Center on the campus of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... Area UAWRetirees Are Invited to Monthly Meetings at Hulbert All United Auto Workers (UAW) retirees in the Eastern Upper Peninsula may attend monthly meetings at the American Legion Hall in Hulbert, where programs are presented that are of interest to retirees. More ... Red Cross Blood Drives Announced The American Red Cross has planned blood drives in the area in May and June on the following schedule: Thursday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at American Legion Post 3 in Sault Ste. Marie. Friday, May 25, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Cheboygan. More ... St. Ignace School District in Good Financial Shape, Board Learns Cutbacks Would Change Outlook By Paul Gingras A revised budget for the 2006/2007 school year was discussed by the St. Ignace Area Schools Board of Education at its Monday, May 14, meeting, in preparation for adoption in June. More ... Residents' Appeals Win McConnel Road Repairs By Paul Gingras At residents' request, McConnel Road in Portage Township will be improved this summer, rather than North Gould City Road, as previously planned. It is the single, major road project of the season, reported the Portage Township Board of Trustees at its Tuesday, May 15, meeting. More ... Volunteers Honored for Helping Local Veterans Free Transportation Available for Veterans' Medical Appointments By Ellen Paquin Covering the miles between the Eastern Upper Peninsula and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iron Mountain, as often as six days a week, is a red, white, and blue van taking local veterans to the hospital for medical appointments. Behind the wheel are volunteers from St. Ignace, Cedarville, ... More ...
The St. Ignace Public Marina officially opened Monday, May 21, welcoming 10 seasonal boaters. The marina, which has 100 slips for transient boaters and 40 for seasonal boaters, has three staff members now, including (from left) Harbor Master Jeff Davenport, More ... Two Men Convicted of Shooting Wolves During U.P. Deer Season Two men have been convicted for shooting wolves in the Upper Peninsula during last year's firearm deer hunting season. The men were both found guilty of shooting wolves while hunting deer November 16, 2006. Robert Wudzinski, 70, of Richmond pled guilty in 98th District Court in Ontonagon County t... More ... Lamprey-Killing Chemicals To Be Applied in County Chemicals to kill sea lampreys are to be applied to Millecoquins River and Hog Island Creek in Mackinac County, between Tuesday, May 29, and Thursday, June 7. The chemicals, designed to protect the Great Lakes fishery, are not dangerous to humans, according to the United States Department of the ... More ... Police Identify Remains of Sault Ste. Marie Resident in Bruce Township The remains of a Sault Ste. Marie resident have been identified by the Michigan State Police as Raymond Sidney Kiger. Mr. Kiger was found dead near Seven Mile and Ridge roads in Chippewa County Saturday, April 21. Police continue to investigate the cause of his death. He had been missing since e... More ... |
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