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 free training seminar is being offered to small business owners and operators who would like to find out more about how the State of Michigan buys its products and services. The seminar is Wednesday, October 22, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 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...
Concerned About Decline's Impact on Arena Revenues
By Karen Gould
A joint effort between the St. More...
The Trout Lake Women's Club will next meet Tuesday, October 28, at 1:30 p.m. in the Trout Lake Township Hall and not October 22, as listed in the October 2 edition of the newspaper. 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...
As many as 100 firefighters attended the inaugural firefighters conference at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island Sunday, October 5. John Norman, retired assistant chief of New York City Fire Department, was the guest speaker. More...
The regular meeting of Mackinac Island Planning Commission that was scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, has been moved to 3 p.m. Thursday, October 16. Meetings are on the second floor of Mackinac Island Community Hall on Market Street. More...
Thomas Piippo, the owner of Tri-County Motors in Rudyard, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship to be applied toward professional training during the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November. 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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