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By Ryan Schlehuber Many Americans on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, will reflect on friends and loved ones who served, and some who died while serving, their country. An American holiday, Veterans Day coincides with Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, celebrated in the same spirit in other parts of the world. More ... St. Ignace Group To Form Watershed Council By Paul Gingras Residents interested in learning about and protecting the health of local water systems are invited to attend a 7 p.m. informational meeting Tuesday, November 13, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Ignace. The meeting will be hosted by a group of residents who want to form a St. More ... Court Reports The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace Friday, October 26, 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 ... Rescue Team Dispatched to Bridge Responding to a report that a person may have jumped from the midspan of the Mackinac Bridge Friday, November 2, the U.S. Coast Guard dispatched its rescue helicopter to search under the bridge about 8:30 p.m., but no body was found. The search was suspended at 11:55 that night. More ... Curtis Man Arrested on Drug Charges ACurtis man was arrested on drug charges October 24 by Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement. Samual Loubert, 30, was arraigned in 92nd District Court October 25 on four counts of delivery of marijuana, one count of maintaining a drug house, and one count second or subsequent offense. He was lodged a... More ... County Courthouse Break-in Investigated Abreak-in occurred at the Mackinac County Courthouse in St. Ignace sometime Monday night, October 29, or early Tuesday morning, October 30, reported Sheriff Scott Strait. The investigation is ongoing, but it appears that nothing was stolen, he said. More ... Mackinac County Road Commission Reviews Road Progress Through Fall By Amy Polk Former Mackinac County Road Commission Engineer/Manager Craig Kelso verbally accepted an offer to leave his position early at the Tuesday, October 30, road commission meeting. Mr. Kelso will be paid $34,000 as part of the mutual severance agreement he and the road commission settled on. More ... Local Volunteers Collect Gift-filled Shoe Boxes Local volunteers are collecting simple shoe box gifts, such as school supplies, toiletries, and candy, to distribute to needy children around the world at Christmas time, through Operation Christmas Child. Donations can be made at local collection sites, which are The Emporium in St. More ... Rifle Drawing Sat. American Legion Post 323 of Pickford will announce the winners of its hunting rifle raffle. The drawing will take place at the Pickford Historical Society between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, November 10. More ... Botulism Blamed in Bird Die-off on Lake Michigan Fish, Birds Wash Ashore on Local Beaches By Paul Gingras Adie-off of birds killed by botulism has been reported along Lake Michigan in Mackinac and Schoolcraft counties, and researchers are now conducting laboratory tests to analyze the birds. More ... Students To Lead LCCS Conferences Student-led conferences for all grades at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville will take place this week, Thursday, November 8, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday, November 9, from 8:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parents may call the school to schedule a time to meet with teachers. More ...
"The Music Man" will be presented at Rudyard High School in the Multi-Use Facility November 8, November 9, and November 10, at 7:30 p.m., and November 11, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the high school. Students rehearsing for the play include (from left) Elijah May,... More ... Old Schoolhouses To Be Topic Nov. 8 Tammy Gady To Speak at Rudyard Meeting One-room schoolhouses will be the topic of the Thursday, November 8, Rudyard Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. at the Rudyard Community Center. The meeting is free and open to the public. Tammy Gady, a member of the Michigan One-Room School House Association of Michigan, will be the featured ... More ...
Cedarville cottager and lifelong boater Ken Horsburgh was honored with the Ensign National's 2007 SEA-III Award at the organization's August banquet in Toms River, New Jersey. Mr. Horsburgh is a member of the Les Cheneaux Yacht Club's Ensign Fleet 31, and is attributed with introducing Ensign sail... More ... Fountain To Read Children's Book at DeTour Library Author Sean Fountain will read from his newly published children's book, "Willie Sits Waiting," at DeTour Library at DeTour Area Schools Saturday November 10, at 11 a.m. Children and their parents and grandparents are especially invited to the reading. Janelle Dudeck illustrated and produced the l... More ... Mackinaw City's PTO To Host Fall Family Fun Fest Mackinaw City Parent Teacher Organization will host its annual Fall Family Fun Fest Friday, November 9, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Mackinaw City Public School. The cost is $1 for adults and children ages three and older; children two and younger are admitted free. The pr... More ... Homeade Pies To Be Sold To Fund Abuse Program The Mackinac County Child Protection Roundtable is selling homemade Dutch apple pies to raise funds for programs to prevent child abuse and neglect in the county. Orders are due Tuesday, November 13. The pies will be made Saturday, November 17, and delivered that day for baking. They can also be f... More ...
Bundled up against the cold, Lawton and Roseanna Smith of Mackinaw City got to Bridge View Park early November 1 to get front row seats to view the ceremonies marking the opening of the Mackinac Bridge 50 years ago. The couple attended the opening celebration of the bridge November 1, 1957. More ...
Alyson Sayles (left) and Dakota Shutty, second-grade students at St. Ignace Elementary School, pose just after their school's Halloween parade Wednesday, October 31. More ... Bake Sale Will Benefit Take 5 A bake sale Saturday, November 10, will benefit the Take 5 field trip fund. The bake sale will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Glen's Market in St. Ignace. Take 5, administered by Community Action Agency in St. Ignace, offers respite for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease or memory loss... More ... LSSU Hosts St. Mary's Habitat Meeting Lake Superior State University will host a meeting Tuesday, November 13, about the status of fish and wildlife populations and habitat in the St. Marys River. The meeting, open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. in the university's Cisler Center in Sault Ste. Marie. More ...
Top: The spook from the movie "Scream" was portrayed by James Lindberg (left), while "Mr. Peanut" was portrayed by Colton Bucht for this year's Halloween festivities in Cedarville. Both are fourth grade students at Les Cheneaux Community Schools. More ... Cloverland To Upgrade System Improved service to electricity customers is the goal as Cloverland Electric Cooperative in the Upper Peninsula is preparing to upgrade its system using a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program. More ... Recalled Ground Beef Sold at Glen's Some ground meat is being recalled that was sold at Glen's Markets locations in Michigan, D&WFresh Markets, Family Fare, and Felpausch stores. Spartan Stores is joining the precautionary product recall by Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation. More ... LIFT Meeting Will Be November 8 The Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens (LIFT) will meet Thursday, November 8, at 7 p.m. at the Tribal Center in Hessel. The public is welcome to attend. More ... Shore-to-Shore Chapter Hosts Castle Rock Hike The Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore (HSS) Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will sponsor a hike Saturday, November 10, at 10 a.m. at St. Ignace. Participants will meet at the Castle Rock parking lot. The chapter will provide leaders for hikes of varying lengths and vehicle spotting, if needed... More ... |
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