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Les Cheneaux Boat Show Marks 30 Years This Weekend By Amy Polk The 30th Anniversary of the Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show and Festival of Arts will sail into the islands Saturday, August 11, with related festivities starting Friday night, August 10, and ending Sunday, August 12. More ...
The Saginaw Voyageurs, a reenactment group from the Castle Museum of Saginaw County Historical Society, landed on the beach at Kiwanis Park in St. Ignace Saturday, August 4, in a 34- foot fiberglass canoe. They gave a demonstration of the life of voyageurs to a small crowd that gathered. More ...
Area Bridges Deemed Safe By Karen Gould Concerned that travelers will be concerned about bridge safety in Michigan following the August 1 collapse of a steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Department of Transportation engineers inspected the similarly-designed Cut River Bridge in Mackinac County Friday, August 3,... More ...
200 People Working To Prevent Spread to South By Paul Gingras The Sleeper Lakes forest fire north of Newberry continued to spread Tuesday, August 7, consuming 15,428 acres in a swath eight miles long and 3.5 miles wide as heat, winds, and bogs hampered containment. More ... Campgrounds Show Midsummer Rebound By Paul Gingras High gas prices and cool weather earlier this summer caused a slight decline in campground visits, operators say, but state and federal campgrounds are reporting a rebound as the summer progresses. More ... Underwater Treasure Hunt Renamed for Jim Montcalm Event Is Sunday at St. Ignace Beach By Paul Gingras This year's Underwater Preserve Treasure Hunt in St. Ignace will be dedicated to organizer and shipwreck enthusiast Jim Montcalm, a longtime promoter of local diving opportunities, who passed away September 4, 2006, More ... City Opposes Prison Work Program Cut, Telephone Tax By Ryan Schlehuber St. Ignace City Council, meeting Monday, August 6, opposed two state legislative proposals, one to cut the state prisoner work program and the other to impose a $1.35-amonth fee tacked on telephone bills to fund state public safety programs. More ...
Janet Thompson Crowned Queen By Amy Polk Hay Days 2007 was ceremoniously launched by a blessing of the banjos at dusk Wednesday night, August 1, near the banks of the Munuscong River in Pickford's Glen Gough Memorial Park. More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber George Ford of Moran Township was voted onto the 11- member Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health Center board during its meeting Monday, July 30, filling a vacancy left by former board treasurer Peter Della- Moretta, who has moved out of the area. More ... Recycling Program Approved by Council Mackinaw City By Paul Gingras Meeting Thursday, August 2, the Mackinaw City Village Council approved a long-awaited recycling program and a 1,000- gallon fuel tank for use by Mackinaw Parasailing. Council also discussed problems associated with the Mackinaw City Triathlon. More ... |
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