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Walkers Allowed To Begin as Late as 3:30 p.m. By Paul Gingras Beaming smiles and jovial spirits pervaded the 50th Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk Monday, September 3, an historic Labor Day event that included participants from the first Bridge Walk as well as newcomers drawn by the sheer beauty of the bridge and the opportunity to see the Straits of Mackinac und... More ...
Deal Signed; Fort de Buade Reopens By Ryan Schlehuber Fort de Buade Museum in St. Ignace reopened Friday, August 31, after city officials signed a deal with the Donald Benson family Monday, August 27, purchasing the downtown building and its retail inventory for $500,000. The museum's collection of about 5,000 items was donated to the city as part of... More ... Hospital Sees Greater Profits This Year By Ryan Schlehuber An increase in patients using Mackinac Straits Hospital for rehabilitation and recovery after surgery have boosted the hospital's profits to $181,934 in the first four months of its fiscal year, a considerable improvement over this time last year, when the hospital suffered a $381,866 deficit. More ...
EUP Students Return to Class Tuesday... Students braved heavy rains that soaked schools around the Eastern Upper Peninsula Tuesday, September 4, the first day of the 2007- 2008 school year. Here students step off the school bus at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville, and into a new school year. More ...
Eastern Upper Peninsula Antique Equipment Association members toss hay into a 1938 International Harvester baling machine that forms and ties bales into their rectangular shape. More ... Stalwart Fair Celebrates 102 Years of Agriculture The livestock show at Stalwart Fair will return to the Stalwart Fairgrounds this weekend. The fair is Thursday, September 6, though Saturday, September 8. The livestock show was returned to the fair after a 30-year hiatus, drawing more spectators and participants. More ... Local Districts To Ask Voters To Increase Special Education Millage Again By Amy Polk As summer slides into the school year this week, school funding issues remain unsettled. This fall, local districts will again ask voters to increase special education funding, and Michigan legislators will debate a school funding proposal that addresses perpupil funding inequities and needs uniqu... More ... Transportation Study Shows High Cost of School Busing Pete Everson of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District compiled the following information for the Upper Peninsula Transportation Study presented to Lansing legislators. The study demonstrates the high cost of busing students to and from schools in rural districts with fewer stude... More ...
At left: One of the newest exhibitors at Cedarville's Art in the Park, Arlene Thompson shows her works at the Saturday, September 1 show, sale, and demonstration. More ... |
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