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Click here for digital edition  Surrounded by death, smoke, and on foreign soil, Charles "Gee" Cadreau found himself standing dazed and injured, but alive, having held off a German flanking attack. It was June 13, 1944, only a week after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, a month before his 28th birthday. An element of the 2nd Infantry Division, Sgt. More ... Danger to children from traffic for a football playoff game in St. Ignace on Halloween Friday, October 31, caused city officials to reschedule trick-or-treat activity to Thursday. The change was announced by the city Monday, October 27. More ... The annual parade of costumes at St. Ignace Elementary School is held for students from developmental kindergarten through seventh grade. These seventh grade girls, (from left) Taylor Severance, Madeline Smith, Kristi Gustafson, and Virginia Smith, said their mothers helped create their costumes. More ... The US-2 Cut River Bridge work is finished for this construction season, and the bridge is open. The detour for the project, on Cut River Road, was lifted Friday, October 17, after the bridge was prepared and made safe for traffic. More ... Newton Township board meetings will now be on the second Monday of the month instead of the second Wednesday. The next meeting will be Monday, November 10, at 7 p.m. at the township hall. More ... The number and size of business signs in Clark Township will be limited if the idea meets public, township, and county approval. The measure is one proposal being made as the Clark Township Planning Commission inches closer to approving revisions to the township's master plan and zoning ordinances. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace October 27 through October 29, Judge Beth Gibson and Judge Clayton Graham 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 ... In an obituary published October 30 for Thomas O'Dowd of Rochester Hills, formerly of Cedarville, it should have been noted that Judge O'Dowd is survived by his wife of 18 years, Angeline (nee Spieles) O'Dowd. More ... Area residents who may be eligible for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) must sign up for a new program card to receive food for distribution. All cards issued before September are now expired. More ... A pictorial history book of St. Ignace that spans 100 years was introduced at an open house at the St. Ignace Public Library Wednesday, October 29. Local residents volunteered their time to collect, research, and write descriptions of the photographs from earlier days in the city. The softcover book is on sale at local businesses for $19.99 with a percentage of the sale supporting the library. Pictured are book volunteers (seated, from left) Hart Plumstead, Cindy Patten, Judy Gross; (standing) Ollie Boynton, Margaret Peacock, Linda Monville, John Monville, and Ryan Schlehuber. More ... Applications are now available for Michigan's Arbor Day Mini Grant program. The purpose of the Arbor Day Mini Grant program is to highlight Arbor Day and the role that trees and forests play in our everyday lives. More ... Mackinac County has a taxable value of $887,734,589 for 2008, according to the apportionment report presented by Equalization Director Jim Fenlon and approved by county commissioners at their Thursday, October 23 meeting. The taxable value is up $3,806,282 from 2007, which was $849,671,765. More ... The Mackinaw Area Visitors Bureau has paid its major financial obligations, a $149,000 line of credit and a six-month note for $50,000. Also, the mortgage on its building on US-23 for $39,000 was retired Friday, October 31, reported Bill Bertchinger, the organization's chairman. All the debt was with National City Bank of Mackinaw City. More ... The Mackinaw City Parks, Recreation, and Greenways plan, 18 months in the making, will be before the Village Council Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m. for a final public hearing, and is expected to be adopted. The plan will become an element in the village's land use master plan, which is still under devleopment. More ... The giving season is just getting started and area thrift stores and pantries are doing everything they can to keep up with the needs of the community. Connie Litzner, volunteer at the Hope Chest Resale Shop and St. Ignace Food Pantry, said this time of year is critical because of the many layoffs from summer jobs. More ... The Mackinac County Sheriff's Office is mailing letters seeking sponsors to donate toward the cost of printed educational materials to be distributed at various community events over the coming year, Sheriff Scott Strait announced Tuesday, October 21. More ... George and Judith Reilly own a big antique house on the main street of Brandon, Vermont, a picturesque town on scenic Route 7. The house's front parlor doubles as a gallery to display the fabric art Judith creates in her upstairs studio. More ... In October, payment to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meetings and events totaled $1,950. 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 ... Hospice of Chippewa County is offering Silent Hearts, a support group for families who are suffering the loss of an infant or child. Two meetings have been established, one for families suffering the loss of an infant and one for the loss of a child. More ... On State Street, from Goudreau to Spring streets, white lights were strung on downtown St. Ignace trees Wednesday, October 29. The lights use 80% less electricity than standard miniature tree lights, said Tom Kladzyk (pictured), owner of Holiday Lighting Service of Manchester. The lights will remain in place year around and are funded by the Downtown Development Authority, which approved the $2,815 light expenditure and installation at its August meeting. More ... The St. Ignace News has welcomed two new writers to its staff, John S. DeMott, originally of Mount Clemens, and Jonathan Eppley, formerly of Port Huron. Mr. More ... Daily ferry departures to and from St. Ignace and Mackinac Island have changed for the fall season. Departures to the Island for the fall and winter will be from Arnold Transit Company's St. Ignace dock. More ... One week before the Presidential election, Rudyard High School hosted "Great Debate 2008" in the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon, October 28. Sponsored by Mike DeYoung's advanced placement government class, the entire student body was invited to attend the event in the hope to raise political awareness of issues that students would be interested in hearing about. Candidates were given opportunities to express Republican- and Democratic-themed opening statements, and then began answering questions from the moderator about health care reform, the economy and the recent economic stimulus package, the war in Iraq, and No Child Left Behind. Debate participants are (from left) Ray Schuh as Senator Joe Biden, Billy Mourufas as Senator Barack Obama, Superintendent Nathan Bootz as the moderator, Gail Berkompas as Senator John McCain, and Melanie Case as Governor Sarah Palin. (Photograph courtesy of Rhea Moses) More ... The Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the Library of Michigan will hold two public hearings in St. Ignace and Lansing in November on pending rule changes on how public libraries apply for state aid. More ... Salaries will increase 3% next year for all elected county officials, except Prosecuting Attorney Fred Feleppa and Sheriff Scott Strait, who each will receive a 2% pay raise. County commissioners made the decision Thursday, October 23, with one commissioner absent and another voting against the motion. More ... A Lake Superior State University student is asking duck hunters to contribute duck wings for study data this fall. Jesse Kamps, a senior in fisheries and wildlife management from Wyoming, needs wings from ducks that hunters shoot this fall in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. The wings will be used for a study on duck harvest. More ... |
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