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Click here for digital edition  Most fall hunting seasons are right around the corner and Department of Natural Resources biologists say hunters will find plenty of opportunity this year with populations of most small game species stable in Michigan's woods and wetlands. More ... The following is a list of award winners from the 13th Annual Richard Crane Memorial Big Rig Truck Show in St. More ... Charles Purin has completed his latest scale model, the St. Ignace railroad dock, which compliments the model of the railway ferry Sainte Marie he finished last October. Mr. Purin is a 69-year-old U.S. Coast Guard retiree from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, who has been a model maker for more than 55 years. More ... St. Ignace Bayside Fall Fest will offer old-fashioned family fun highlighted by the favorite pumpkin roll down Goudreau Street hill. The annual celebration of autumn begins Saturday morning, October 4, in downtown St. Ignace. The festival will take place from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. in the downtown district from the municipal marina to Little Bear East Arena. More ... The Mackinaw City Planning Commission voted 7-1 to place two un-zoned, village-owned waterfront parcels in the marina commercial district, and took no action on a suggestion to add allowed uses to the district at its Thursday, September 11 meeting. The district prohibits hotels, motels, and retail operations. More ... The Les Cheneaux Community Foundation is accepting grant applications for the Fall 2008 Grant Round. The deadline is Thursday, October 9, at 4 p.m. Applications are available at the Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville, at the Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce office, and online at www.uplccf.com. More ... A hearing that may settle a dispute between Village Inn Restaurant owner Ron Dufina and the City of Mackinac Island over the use of a tricycle delivery cart to promote his restaurant will be held in 92nd District Court in St. Ignace at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 30. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace September 9, 12, 16, and 19, Judge Beth Gibson presiding; and September 15 and 19, Judge Clayton Graham presiding. Court was held on Mackinac Island September 19, with Judge Gibson presiding and in St. Ignace with Judge Graham presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ... General Educational Development (GED) programs are now offered in Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Strongs/Eckerman, Newberry, Kinross, Brimley, DeTour, and Engadine through Consolidated Community School Services (CCSS). In Pickford, high school completion classes are being offered in the evenings. More ... A generator, a green Thomas folding bicycle, and 100 feet of braided copper grounding wire were stolen in a breaking and entering incident at a residence on East M-48, two miles south of Goetzville, in July, Michigan State Police reported. More ... Student leaders from Chippewa, Mackinac, and Luce counties in grades nine through 11 will gather in Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday, September 24, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to discuss the strengths of their communities and how to be strong community assets. They will meet at the Cisler Student and Conference Center at Lake Superior State University (LSSU). More ... Residents taking advantage of the new cardiovascular exercise room at Little Bear East Arena when it opens this fall will be able to enjoy cable television while using treadmills and other equipment. Digging the trench for a cable connection Wednesday, September 24, are Recreation Director Scott Marshall with the shovel and Department of Public Works employee Clifford Belonga operating the backhoe. As part of an agreement between the cable provider and the city, the service is free to all city buildings, although Little Bear East had not been previously connected to the service. Work on construction of the room (not pictured) continues, as the walls are up and the roof trusses were set in place last week. More ... In the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August, Mackinac Island's fly population increases dramatically, and on an island where horses are a primary source of transportation, flies can quickly become a problem. The City of Mackinac Island is hoping a new fly predator program this year will improve the Island's overall fly control program. More ... Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Ignace received the gift of a new steeple. The congregation dedicated the steeple Sunday, August 31, following worship. More ... The Cut River Bridge on US-2 will be reopened this fall, before the opening day of deer hunting season November 15, and US-2 will remain open to traffic until renovation work resumes on the bridge next spring, said Pete Paramski, a construction engineer with the state highway department. Mr. More ... The Upper Peninsula Recycling Coalition is looking for nominations for the annual Recycler of the Year Award. Nominations for individual and organization categories are being accepted. The deadline is October 1. The award recognizes outstanding achievements in resource recovery in the Upper Peninsula. More ... Free nicotine replacement products are available for people who want to quit smoking or chewing tobacco from the Michigan Tobacco Quitline, reports the Michigan Department of Com - munity Health. People who want to take advantage of the program can call (800) 784-8669, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. More ... The U.S. Forest Service is hosting a volunteer forest clean-up day Saturday, October 4, at 9 a.m. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Castle Rock parking lot near St. Ignace. The Forest Service has held 29 clean-up days in the past 11 years, using volunteer help to eliminate more than 51 illegal dump sites, and 1,000 tons of trash from the St. More ... Michigan's 11th District of the American Legion recognized The St. Ignace News with a plaque noting the newspaper's ongoing coverage of American Legion activities in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. David Spencer, representing American Legion Post 323 in Pickford as well as his district of the Michigan American Legion Executive Committee, visited the newspaper office in St. Ignace Thursday, September 11, where he presented a plaque, accepted on behalf of the staff by editor Ellen Paquin. A card accompanied the plaque, signed by Pickford Post members. Mr. Spencer explained that the Legion appreciates the newspaper's coverage of veterans programs. More ... In August, payment to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meetings and events totaled $3,130. Meeting salaries are set, while no rules constitute what events are eligible for payment. Council members are paid $70 for regular meetings, which are held on the first and third Monday of each month. More ... The Gros Cap Student Council poses next to the school's new sign Thursday, September 18. The council paid for the sign through fundraisers conducted over the past two years. Pictured (from left) are Brandon Marshall, Joseph Krause, Haillee Brown, Galloway Thurston, Kristin Lenoir, Savannah Seccia, and Rachel Hetherington. Former Gros Cap student Austin St. Louis came up with the idea in the 2006/2007 school year. Last year, several students who have been graduated, helped with the effort, including Jeff Misner, Louis Radecki, Lawrence O'Boyle, and Michaela Cope. More ... The Chippewa County American Red Cross is sponsoring a two-day training opportunity for new volunteers willing to respond to disasters. Training will be Friday, September 26, and Saturday, September 27, in Sault Ste. Marie. The first session, "Fulfilling Our Mission," is Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. More ... |
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