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Click here for digital edition  Close monitoring and assistance to the rare piping plover this year near the Brevort sand dunes is credited with a high survival rate of chicks. Eight nests, with two adults each, successfully produced 14 chicks, and they all left earlier this month for the Gulf of Mexico, where they will spend the winter. More ... More than $4,000 was raised for local Special Olympics programs Tuesday, August 19, during the annual Bike Around Mackinac Island fundraiser. About 45 athletes and volunteers traveled to the Island from St. Ignace, courtesy of Arnold Transit Company. On the Island, Mackinac Island Carriage Tours treated the group to a carriage ride. Organizers Vi Paquin of St. Ignace and Laura Aikens of Sault Ste. Marie said the funds benefit Eastern Upper Peninsula Special Olympics. Those participating in the Island trip, pictured here, represent people from both Mackinac and Chippewa counties. More ... Construction of a pavilion at Mackinaw Historic Village will help draw visitors, especially school groups, to the park, and will be a joint project of the Mackinaw Area Historical Society and the Village of Mackinaw City. More ... Four new members have taken their seats on the Les Cheneaux Historical Association board, following Monday, August 11, appointments. The new members are Roxanne Nordquist Large, Curtis "C.C." Vaught, Linda Sudol, and Brad Smith. The new members replace those whose term limits were reached, including Mike Miller, Kerrie Smith, Chris Zane, and Wendy Lopes. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace August 14, Judge Clayton Graham presiding, and August 19, 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 ... A $500,000 grant will fund a suicide prevention program for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the tribe announced August 22. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funding will benefit the Sault Tribe Alive Youth (STAY) Project. More ... The public and members of all United States military branches are invited to attend a dedication ceremony for an Eastern Upper Peninsula veterans memorial park at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 31, at Cedarville Recreational Vehicle Park in Cedarville. More ... About 500 bicyclists will cross the Mackinac Bridge Sunday, August 31, as part of the 38th Annual Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw Bicycle Tour (DALMAC). The group is expected to cross the bridge between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday. More ... For most college students, dinner means zapping pre-cooked, frozen meal for less than five minutes in a microwave oven. Cleaning up is just as easy. Toss the plastic packaging in the garbage, and all the work is done. But for Claire Herhold and LeeAnn Ewer, making dinner is a more time-consuming effort than microwaving a plastic plate of budget gourmet. More ... What might the drive for wood-based bioenergy mean to forests? Managing forests and removing forest products has been ongoing for decades. More ... More than 250 people from Northern Michigan and the Eastern Upper Peninsula gathered at the Cheboygan Ice Rink Pavilion Thursday, August 7, for Metamorphosis, a VitalCare Hospice House fundraiser. The theme was butterflies, and the event raised $102,000 in donations for expansion and renovation of the Hospice House residence for hospice patients. More ... The fog was so thick on the Mackinac Bridge, visibility was less than an arm's length during the first bridge walk June 25, 1958. "Miserable weather," recalls Larry Rubin, first executive secretary to the Mackinac Bridge Authority. He made the five-mile crossing with Michigan's governor at the time, G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams. More ... Law enforcement patrols will be increased through Labor Day weekend as part of a statewide effort to curb drunk driving. Extra patrols for the statewide "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" campaign are federally funded. Nearly 50,000 Michigan motorists were arrested for drunk driving last year. More ... The Secretary of State office in St. Ignace will be closed for renovations from Tuesday, September 2, through Friday, September 5. The office will reopen Monday, September 8, at 9 a.m. Office hours will remain unchanged. During the remodeling week, customers who need service may visit other offices, including those in Sault Ste. Marie and Cheboygan. More ... Clark Township Board of Trustees and its Sewer Advisory Board will meet Thursday, August 28, at 7 p.m., at Clark Township Community Center in Cedarville. Financial advisor Tom Traciak will present his report and recommendations on the status of the sewer funds, special assessment district, and sustainability of the sewer system into the future. The public may attend. More ... Mackinac County Democrats will meet Thursday, August 28, at 8 p.m. at 743 South State Street in St. Ignace. Participants will watch Barack Obama's acceptance speech, and refreshments will follow. The public is invited. More ... Sixteen youngsters learned about being scientists, pizza makers, and paleontologists while also learning how to be kindergarten students for three weeks in August. The children and their families were given a glimpse into kindergarten and the learning process by taking part in St. Ignace Area Schools Kindergarten Camp. More ... |
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