By Ryan Schlehuber
Patricia McCreary, fascinated that St. Ignace was the third last community in the country to switch from a manually-operated telephone system to an automatic one in 1974, wrote a book about those early days.
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A breaking and entering occurred at the Lockview Restaurant on West Portage Street in Sault Ste. Marie August 10, between 11:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., and a safe containing an undisclosed amount of money was stolen. More...
A three-week ditching project that used excavating equipment to clear the south edge of US-2 of encroaching lakeshore sand will end Friday, October 17. More...
The Mackinac County Sheriff's Office is requesting assistance from the community in investigating a larceny that took place in the Village of Curtis between Monday, September 22, and Wednesday, September 24, when personal property was removed from More...
The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace October 7, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...
More Consumers Are Trimming Spending and Debt Because Their Net Worth Has Fallen Fast
By Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The dramatic changes in the U.S. financial system - the debt write-downs and consolidation of corporate balance sheets - are now mirrored at kitchen tables around the United States. More...
By Bill Cook Upper Peninsula Extension Forester
District Energy systems use hot water or steam to heat and cool homes and businesses within a town or community. The water circulates through an underground grid of insulated pipes, with little loss of energy. More...
By David Latva and Paul Gingras
The Harlem Ambassadors, a nationally known basketball comedy group, will play benefit basketball games at the John Duncan Gymnasium in Cedarville Monday, October 20, and at Cheboygan High School Gymnasium Wednesday, October 22. More...
An exhibit by former Life photographer Marion Strahl Boyer opened Wednesday, October 1, in Alberta House Arts Center in Sault Ste. Marie and will be in place through October 30. Ms. More...
Cheboygan County Humane Society is having two fundraising dinners. The first is a fish fry Friday, October 17, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Cheboygan. The second is a pancake dinner Monday, October 27, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...
New Poverty Measure Unveiled That Includes Actual Cost of Living
By Nate Berg Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
For the federal government, the concept of poverty is simple. If a typical family of four earns less than $21,100 a year, they're poor. If a single working woman makes less than $10,787, she's in poverty. More...
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