By Paul Gingras
Reflecting on this year's Michigan Regional World Power- Sports Association snowmobiling season, James Hicks said, "I wanted to really win. I don't like to lose." Mr. Hicks achieved his goal.
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Mackinaw City
By Paul Gingras
Differences over promotion of this year's 50th Labor Day Bridge Walk Saturday, August 30, have been settled by the Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau and the village council, which approved the bureau's marketing campaign Thursday, April 17. More...
By Karen Gould
Residents will be heading to the polls to choose from two candidates to fill one seat on the St. Ignace Area Schools Board of Education May 6. More...
Clarification is needed regarding the first Labor Day walk across the Mackinac Bridge, which was mentioned in a story about the Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau in The St. Ignace News Thursday, April 10. More...
Mike and Leslie Freel of Cedarville, parents of future kindergarten student Jay Freel (snacking on fruit), talk with Michigan State University Extension workers Mary Pemble (left) and Joyce Belonga about the benefits of a healthy diet during kinderga More...
The St. Ignace Public Library will host an open house with refreshments to show people auction items Thursday, April 24, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the library. Final bids can be made on items at this time, and bidding will end at 7 p.m. More...
St. Ignace Township residents will vote on two millage renewals May 6, one for roads and one for recreation. A two-mill renewal of the township's road maintenance and construction program will be for five years and generate about $54,000 a year. More...
By Karin Erskine
Voters in the DeTour Area Schools district will vote Tuesday, May 6, for two school board members and the renewal of an 18-mill levy for school operations. More...
Bands from Cedarville, DeTour, Engadine, and Newberry schools will compete in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) State Band Festival Friday, April 25, at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville. More...
By Karen Gould
Skipping to the door, 30 future kindergarten students, the class of 2021, descended on St. Ignace Elementary School Tuesday evening, April 8, for a preview of school next fall. More...
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
American students have fallen below top-performing nations in mathematics because their courses skim the surface of too many topics, critics say. More...
Sheriff Scott Strait (left) is presented with a $1,500 donation from John Griffin, vice president of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Snowmobile Council. The money contributes to the cost of trail patrols by Mackinac County Sheriff's Department officers. More...
A new group, Islands Antiques, meeting in Cedarville since January, toured the Cedarville lodge of member Dave Dunning March 20. More...
Seaman Apprentice E-2 Nathan M. Smith of Cedarville, a member of the Seabees 20th Readiness Group at Gulfport, Mississippi, was promoted to Petty Officer Third Class E-4 in March. He entered the U.S. More...
Cedarville High School Drama Club will present "Oklahoma" by Rodgers and Hammerstein Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. at Les Community Schools in Cedarville. More...
Two opportunities for restaurant managers to attend a 16-hour ServSafe Manager Certificate Course will be offered Tuesdays, May 20 and May 27, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Little Bear East Conference Center in St. Ignace. More...
One of the stops among the 60 schools visited by Jim Evans and Dennis Havlena this year was on Bois Blanc Island February 25, where the two men brought their Mackinac State Historic Parks outreach program to two students and 25 community members. More...
Did you know that some of Michigan's greatest forest resources are literally just outside your front door? In fact, more than 15% of the state's total tree cover is found in metropolitan areas. More...
American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in May: Kinross: Friday, May 9, from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Kinross Recreation Center. Sault Ste. Marie: Wednesday, May 21, from noon to 5:45 p.m. More...
The Stepping Stones Garden Club of Onaway is hosting its second Great Gardener Getaway Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Anthony's Hall in Mackinaw City. More...
Mackinac County commissioners will give $8,000 to the Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum on US-2 in Naubinway as part of their economic development strategy. The decision was made during the commission's Thursday, April 10, meeting. More...
The E.U.P. United Auto Workers (UAW) retirees will resume their monthly meetings Thursday, April 24, at 1 p.m. at the American Legion in Hulbert. Lunch and coffee will be available after the meeting for $1 per person. More...
Pickford Community Wellspring is collecting unused cellular phones to earn money for projects throughout Pickford. Anyone who would like to donate an old cell phone may take it to the following locations: Dr. More...
