By Mike Springsteen, Superintendent
The technology explosion is revolutionizing our world in the way we communicate, learn, and work. At St.
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By Amy Polk
While many farmers work hard to conserve land quality, often without any recognition of their good work, two Rudyard families, the Kowalskis and the Loves, both of Rudyard, have become the first farmers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to receive Ear More...
Annegret Goehring of Hessel will demonstrate the art of scissor cutting in the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival this Saturday, March 15, in Marquette. More...
Mackinac County Child Protection Roundtable will host a Family Fun Night of bowling Wednesday, March 19, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gateway Lanes in St. Ignace. More...
Cedarville High School Art I and Eighth Grade Enrichment art students created their own interpretation of the 2008 Snowsfest theme, Caribbean of the North, with this "snow lady" suited up for a warmer climate than Clark Township offered last month. More...
Guidelines have been reported for using for the Earned Income Credit, a tax benefit for workers. For those who owe federal income tax, it can reduce or eliminate the tax owed, and some workers can get money back. More...
Northern Michigan peace groups will mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war with a vigil Thursday, March 20, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in front of the Cheboygan County Courthouse in Cheboygan. More...
Environmental contractors (clockwise, from left) Doug Knauer, Tina Mitchell, and George Pelkola, all of the Marquette area, and Bob Dunn of Cedarville, extract sediment samples from Cedarville Bay March 4 for analysis by the Department of Environment More...
Friends of the St. Ignace Public Library will meet Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the library. Plans will be discussed for the silent auction and open house April 24. More...
By Karen Gould
Arial Leeper, a junior at Mackinac Island Public School, enjoys being in the spotlight and the Island judges enjoyed her performance of "The Owl and the Pussycat," by Edward Lear, awarding her the top position in the Poetry Out Loud contest on Mack More...
The Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) book program that serves 130 children in Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace is threatened by proposed federal funding cuts, reports the Sault Ste. More...
American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations: Sault Ste. Marie: Friday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Sault Ste. Marie High School; Wednesday, March 19, from noon to 5:45 p.m. More...
The International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie is in "good condition" following a week-long inspection, reported the International Bridge Administration. More...
More than 100 people are expected to attend the largest fundraiser of the year for Ste. Anne's Church on Mackinac Island Saturday, March 15, at Community Hall on Market Street from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The St. More...