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Click here for digital edition  Volunteers are needed to serve on the Foster Care Review Board, the State Court Administrative Office of the Michigan Supreme Court reports. Citizens interested in becoming a board member may call (989) 732-0494 for an application. The deadline for receiving applications is Monday, October 20. More ... The revitalized Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park in Mackinaw City received the Quest for Excellence Institutional Achievement Award by the Michigan Museum Association. The award was accepted by Steve Brisson, curator of Mackinac State Historic Parks, at a special awards ceremony during the association's annual conference in Traverse City September 25. More ... 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. in the Ontario Room of the Cisler Center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. 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 ... 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. "The Company and The Community: A History of the Telephone Company of St. More ... The community cable television channel two will be back on the air in St. Ignace listing nonprofit events and meetings. The school anticipates the channel will be operational by Monday, October 20. After about six months of seeing nothing but a black television screen on the channel, viewers again will be able to view local information, including St. Ignace Area Schools' lunch menu. The system's 20-year-old software has been replaced with an enhanced program that offers graphics and is much easier to use, said Kathy Marshall (pictured) of the school district. The system, offered by the local cable provider and supported by the city and the schools, is operated by Mrs. Marshall. To have nonprofit events and meetings posted on the channel, call Mrs. Marshall at 643- 8500 or Kathy Cryderman at City Hall at 643-8545. 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 several pontoon boats docked on the shore of South Manistique Lake. More ... A joint effort between the St. Ignace Recreation Department and the Hockey Association is hoped to introduce more young players to hockey, stop the decline in participation, and raise funds to lower youth costs to play the sport at Little Bear East Arena. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace October 7, 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 ... 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 ... 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. Households are cutting spending, paying down debt, and rebuilding their personal balance sheets. More ... A 34-year-old woman died in a single vehicle crash in Brevort Township at approximately 12:25 a.m. Sunday, October 12. Jacqueline Rae Leapley of Cedarville and Bay Mills, was traveling southbound on M-123 alone when her Ford Explorer ran off the road and rolled. She was pronounced dead at the scene as the result of injuries sustained from the crash. More ... 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. A generating plant produces the hot and cold water and pumps it into the grid. More ... In September, payment to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meeting and events totaled $2,950. 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 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. Both games are at 7 p.m. 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. Firefighters who attended came from many local areas, including St. 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. Strahl was born near Escanaba and was graduated with an art degree from the University of Wisconsin. 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 ... 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. at The Pancake Chef restaurant in Mackinaw City. 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 ... 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 ... The shooting suspect knew investigators were closing in. The suspect tried to dispose of all the evidence, but when law enforcement officers showed up with a search warrant, they found trace amounts of blood on the suspect's clothing. Authorities sent a sample to the laboratory for DNA analysis. More ... |
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