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September 18, 2008 / News

Lindley Inducted Into Military Intelligence Hall of Fame

By Ellen Paquin

Alan Lindley was inducted into the United States Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame this summer, following a 51-year career of designing and building surveillance and weapons systems. Mr. More...

Man Caught Breaking in Bowling Alley

A 26-year-old St. Ignace man was caught by city police while breaking in and causing destruction at Gateway Lanes bowling alley at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday, September 16. More...

Watershed Council Raises Awareness on Storm Drains

The Straits Watershed Council will meet Sunday, September 21, at 6 p.m. at American Legion Park in St. More...

Brevort Twp. Fire Hall Project Will Go Out for Bids

Formal planning for a new fire hall in Brevort Township is underway. Brian Olsen of R.S. Scott and Associates, who designed the facility, reported his progress at the Tuesday, September 2, meeting of the Brevort Township Board of Trustees. More...

MSU Extension Offers Food Preservation Workshop

Michigan State University Extension is offering a workshop on safely preserving foods in season Thursday, September 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in St. Ignace. More...

Tamlyn's Comic Caters to B-Monster Flick Fans

Local artist Chris Tamlyn has helped create a new comic anthology, "Attack of the Monstrology," on which he served as a contributor and chief editor. More...

Two Kincheloe Residents Arrested

Two Kincheloe residents were arrested Tuesday, August 26, on drug charges. Anna Marie Roberts, 49, was arrested for one count delivery of a barbiturate and one count maintaining a drug house. More...

Shooters Club Seeks To Add Classroom To Site

The shooting club that revamped the rifle range near Castle Rock Road in Brevort Township wants to put a classroom there, and the township board has asked the group to consult an attorney to see what the legal requirements would be for the project. More...

Woman Dies in Jump From Bridge

The U.S. Coast Guard of St. Ignace retrieved the body of a 34- year-old woman, Toni Keniding of Lansing, after Michigan State Police reported she jumped off the Mackinac Bridge Sunday, September 7. Michigan State Police in St. More...

Special Olympics Torch Runners Cross Mackinac Bridge

By Paul Gingras

As a fundraiser for Special Olympics Michigan, four runners carrying a torch passed through St. Ignace Wednesday, September 10, and continued over the Mackinac Bridge for the 27th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run. More...

Island City Council Bases Preservation Ordinance on Michigan's Model

By Ryan Schlehuber

Mackinac Island may soon have a new ordinance that will assist the city in protecting its historic structures and landmarks that are threatened by redevelopment. More...

Foot Health Screening Offered

Diabetes Foot Screening Day will be offered Wednesday, September 24, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Naubinway Family Health Clinic, an affiliate of Mackinac Straits Hospital. More...

Dead and Sick Seagulls Found Along Lake Michigan in St. Ignace

For the third consecutive year, dead and sick seagulls have been reported along Lake Michigan, this time near Boulevard Drive in St. Ignace. More...

Mackinac County DHS Hosts Voter Registration Fair

A Voter Registration Fair will take place Wednesday, September 17, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Ignace Project Hope. At the fair, local residents can receive information on all aspects of voting, practice casting a ballot, and register to vote. More...

Mackinac County Approves 911 Move to Chippewa County

By Karen Gould

The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners approved changing the county's 9-1-1 telephone dispatch operations from Negaunee to Chippewa County following a public hearing Thursday, September 11. The conversion should be complete by mid-October. More...

Education Foundation Buys Computers for School

The Les Cheneaux Education Foundation purchased 14 new computers and installed them in the Les Cheneaux Community Schools library at Cedarville, it announced in August. More...

Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement Seizes 1,085 Marijuana Plants

Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement (SANE) has seized 1,085 marijuana plants since August 21, with a street value of $1,085,000, from 13 plots in Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Luce, Mackinac, and Otsego counties. More...