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By Ryan Schlehuber It has been an interesting eightyear journey for Carl and Faye Johnson of Lebanon, Tennessee, tracking down the history and whereabouts of Mr. Johnson's great-grandfather, Watson Sherman. The journey led them to St. Ignace, where the former carpenter and dock builder died in a tragic accident. More ... State Tax Will Impact Small School Funds By Paul Gingras Tax exemptions built into the recently passed Michigan Business Tax (MBT) will reduce traditional income sources for public schools when it goes into effect January 1, 2008. More ... Bayside Fall Fest Planned for Saturday More activities have been added to St. Ignace's Bayside Fall Fest, formerly known as Autumn Apple Day, which will be Saturday, October 6. Most of the activities will take place or begin at the St. Ignace Public Marina, however, the everpopular pumpkin roll, which begins at 2 p.m., will take place... More ... HOME Makes Four New Houses Available on West Spring St. Two Are Being Built by LaSalle Students By Ryan Schlehuber Five new homes are being built on West Spring Street in St. Ignace by Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME). Lots have been cleared and excavation and construction are now underway on the three-bedroom homes, which are expected to be ready for occupation this fall. Applications to purchase four ... More ... Les Cheneaux Community Foundation Reaches $1 Million Mark By Amy Polk A bargain that was too good to pass up helped the Les Cheneaux Community Foundation get its start. Ten years later, the foundation has raised $1 million, and has given out more than $200,000 in grants and scholarships over the past decade. More ... Local TV Channel Disconnected St. Ignace's community television channel, Channel 2 on cable TV, which lists information and upcoming events for the local area, has been disconnected until it can be replaced with an upgraded system. More ...
Ryan Squires (from left), TylerWirick, and Victor Phipps, of the United States Coast Guard Station St. More ... Complaint Brings Suspension of Tribal Police Fundraiser A fundraiser raffle for the Boedne Bay Junior Police Academy Camp by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Police Department is temporarily suspended while the Tribal Gaming Commission reviews a formal complaint submitted by Tribal Chairman Aaron Payment. More ... Court Reports The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace Tuesday, September 25, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. The court does not distinguish between jail time to be served immediately and jail sentences that are suspended. More ... For the Record... In the Thursday, September 27, issue of The St. Ignace News, it was incorrectly reported that the Mackinaw City Village Council acknowledged Mackinaw City Postmaster Dennis Godzik for 26 years of service, when in fact Mr. Godzik served for 32 years. He began as a clerk in 1975, was promoted to p... More ...
By Paul Gingras This weekend, the voices of five young St. Ignace singers will ring out at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Missouri. The singers, all in grades five through nine, have been invited to join an honors chorus there Friday, October 5, through Sunday, October 7. More ...
The baker of a 1958 cake that inspired this year's Mackinac Bridge anniversary cake contest has been identified as Stanley Warden, a former bridge worker from Cheboygan. More ... St. Ignace Community Foundation Deadline Is October 22 To Apply for Fall Grants Applications are now available for grants through the St. Ignace Area Community Foundation. Grant applications must be returned by Monday, October 22. In the fall granting cycle, $12,128 will be available. This spring, $20,500 was awarded. Anyone may apply for grants or scholarship funds through ... More ... Preschool Story Time Resumes The preschool story time program at St. Ignace Public Library will resume Wednesday, October 3, at 3 p.m. Narrator for the program will be Ann Roberts of St. Ignace. The program, which includes stories, crafts, and songs, is free to all preschoolers. Call the library at 643-8318 for more informat... More ... Sense of Life Will Meet Oct. 16 Mackinac County Human Services Collaborative Body suicide prevention committee, A Sense of Life, will meet Tuesday, October 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mackinac County Airport conference room. The meeting is open to the public. More ... Rep. McDowell Honored for Health Care Efforts State Representative Gary McDowell of Rudyard has been named one of two Legislators of the Year by the Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) for outstanding contributions to health care issues. State Senator Tom George of Kalamazoo also earned the award. More ...
By Les Bagley As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the opening of the Mackinac Bridge, the St. Ignace News is serializing author Les Bagley's unpublished history of Michigan State Ferries, "Autos Across Mackinac. More ... Draft Wolf Plan Available for Public Review Until Nov. 14 The draft Michigan Wolf Management Plan is now available online for public review and comment, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced August 17. The comment period closes November 14. The original Michigan wolf plan was finalized in 1997. More ... Blood Drives Set for This Month The American Red Cross has announced the following blood drives in the Eastern Upper Peninsula: Wednesday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Sault Ste. Marie; Thursday, October 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Lake Superior State University Cisler Center i... More ... Land Acquistion Completes Federal Ownership of Mackinac Wilderness Area By Paul Gingras As part of its continuing effort to consolidate wilderness areas in the United States, the federal government has purchased the last portion of privately held property in the interior of the Mackinac Wilderness, a piece of land that amounts to one of the most "wild" areas of the Hiawatha National ... More ...
Physicians Will Get Quicker Results, Cuts Down on Patient Travel Mackinac Straits Hospital's computer-aided tomography, or "CAT scan," technology will soon be an around-the-clock service every day of the week, which will provide quicker results for physicans and cut down on patient travels to referral hospitals downstate. More ... DEQ Continues Public Feedback on U.P. Sulfide Mining Debate The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will accept written comments through Wednesday, October 17, regarding a proposed metallic sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains in Marquette County. More ... Bridge Traffic Increases 3.8% Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge increased 3.8% for the month of August, compared to August 2006, reported Robert Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. This August, 574,968 vehicles crossed the bridge, while 553,789 crossed during August 2006. More ... Last Farmers Market for Season October 6 The Farmers Market in St. Ignace is wrapping up a successful inaugural season, with its last showing of the year at the public marina Saturday, October 6. Michelle Walk, the director of Mackinac County's Michigan State University Extension office and coordinator of the market, is pleased with thi... More ... Foundation Grant Applications Due October 19 Les Cheneaux Community Foundation is taking grant applications from nonprofit organizations for local projects and programs until Friday, October 19, at 4 p.m. The grants will be awarded in late November. This is the seventh year the Community Foundation will award grants to local organizations f... More ... Sgt. 1st Class Blaskowski Killed in Afghanistan Sergeant First Class Matthew Blaskowski of Cheboygan was killed in action by small arms fire in Afghanistan Sunday, September 23, the U.S. Defense Department reported September 25. Sgt. Blaskowski, the son of Terry and Cheryl Blaskowski of Hebron Township near Cheboygan, was born in Petoskey Marc... More ... Birthday Banquet for St. Stanislaus To Be Held Oct. 20 St. Stanislaus Church of Goetzville will host a Birthday Banquet Saturday, October 20, at 5 p.m. at Raber Township Hall, complete with chicken dinner, birthday cake, and ice cream. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages five to 12. More ... Fort To Hold 'Archaeology Day' Mackinac State Historic Parks will present Archaeology Day at Colonial Michilimackinac Sunday, October 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is included in the admission price for the fort in Mackinaw City. Archaeology Day will feature a walking tour at 10:30 a.m. More ... Hike Around Island Point October 13 Little Traverse Conservancy staff will host a hike at the rugged 1,024-acre Round Island Point Nature Preserve near Sault Ste. Marie Saturday, October 13, at about 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The preserve is about 20 minutes west of Sault Ste. Marie. More ... Congressman Warns of Tax Scam An e-mail scam that claims to offer a tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but is actually designed to steal individuals' identities, is being widely circulated, Congressman Bart Stupak cautioned Thursday, September 20. More ...
Marcia Bishop's Kindergarten Class Under the direction of Marcia Bishop, these kindergarten students begin their public school education this year. Posing Monday, September 24, are (back, from left) Kennedy Kammers, Emma Feleppa, Donovan McNeely, Garett Rickley, Reid Marshall, Madison Barkley; (midd... More ...
Cedarville cottager and Les Cheneaux Yacht Club racer Tom LaBelle led the sailing team of Foxy Lady to its second consecutive victory in the Boot Island to Voight Bay Challenge Cup ensign class sailing race. The boat won by a split second in rolling seas of five-foot waves, organizers reported... More ... French Frog Feast Oct. 19 Is Fundraiser for Museum French colonial food, with frog legs being the featured dish, will highlight the inaugural French Frog Feast at the Galley Restaurant in St. Ignace Friday, October 19, a fundraising dinner for Michilimackinac Historical Society's newly reopened Fort de Buade Museum. More ... |
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