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On the Ballot: ISD and Engadine Millages, City Council Upping Special Education Tax Would Relieve General Fund Budgets By Amy Polk Eastern Upper Peninsula taxpayers will pay an additional 75¢ for every $1,000 of their property's state equalized value if a special education millage on the November 6 ballot passes. The new tax would cost a homeowner with $100,000 in property ($50,000 SEV) $37.50 more per year. More ...
By Karen Gould Scaffolding frames the walls, power-tool cords snake their way along the floor where pews once stood, and sawdust is everywhere as a major renovation, preservation, and improvement project takes place at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in St. Ignace. More ... City Council Candidates To Answer Questions Thursday A public question-and-answer session with the six candidates running for seats on the St. Ignace City Council in the November 6 election will be held Thursday, October 25, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. Three of the candidates will win four-year seats on the council. More ... Engadine School To Seek 2 Mills for Building Repairs By Paul Gingras To repair the Engadine Consolidated Schools building, the school district will ask voters Tuesday, November 6, for two mills for two years, which will raise $294,340 a year. School board secretary Kevin Dennis explained the ballot issue to the Garfield Township Board at its Monday, October 15, me... More ... Tribal Vote OKs Decree New Agreement Outlines Rights A decree to govern hunting and gathering rights among Native Americans in northern Michigan was soundly approved by members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 3,476 to 678, the tribe announced Thursday, October 18. More ...
McLennan Preparing for Nov. 1 Ceremony By Karen Gould Glory McLennan meticulously traces an image of the Mackinac Bridge on a thin piece of glass slightly smaller than a sheet of notebook paper. Standing over a marble countertop, she draws the image using white Royal icing. She does not consider herself an artist. More ... Mackinac Island Ends Year in the Black; DPW Underfunded By Karen Gould The City of Mackinac Island had a surplus of $75,771 at the end of its last fiscal year, and increased water and sewer rates, combined with a tax hike to support the troubled Department of Public Works (DPW), helped reduce the department's losses by $596,030. More ...
St. Ignace Middle School students enjoy new additions to their playground Monday, October 22. This equipment was purchased by the Parent Teacher Organization and installed in August. Pictured are (from right) Kristi Gustafson, Virginia Smith, Holly Beaudoin, Tayler Ferguson, Michaela Miller, Morgan ... More ... |
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