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Students Learn Benefits of Showing Kindness to Others

Circulate Coupons in St. Ignace Area

Kindness coupons are circulating around the community as part of a project underway by students at St. Ignace Elementary School. More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 5 and 12, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Mackinac County To Make 9-1-1 Operation Switch

At midnight Friday, November 28, Mackinac County will make the official switch of its 9-1-1 emergency dispatch operation from the Michigan State Police Negaunee Regional Dispatch to Chippewa County. More...

Cedarville HS Student Council Members Selling Cookie Dough

Cedarville High School Student Council members are selling cookie dough through Tuesday, November 25. Each box of dough costs $15 and proceeds will help the Student Council sponsor student activities. More...

Local Teens Attend U.P. Youth Conference at NMU

Youth from Chippewa and Mackinac counties attended the U.P. Youth Conference at Northern Michigan University in Marquette October 28, with Melanie MacDowell and Heidi Gibbons, both of LMAS District Health Department. More...

Engadine Library Hosts Gaming Day

Engadine Library will host a National Gaming Day celebration Saturday, November 22, at 10 a.m., at the library. Participants may bring their favorite board game or play the library's games. A limited number of video games will also be available. More...

Sault DDA Hosts Parade of Lights, Open House

The Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Business Association will host the annual Parade of Lights Friday, November 28, at 7 p.m. More...

Cedarville Bank Collects for Food Pantry's Needs

First National Bank in Cedarville is collecting canned goods through Monday, December 1, to benefit the Cedar Post food pantry. Donations may be dropped off at the bank. For more information, call 484- 2262. More...

Woman Charged in Engadine Drug Case

Sheila Scholfield, 43, of Engadine, was arrested for one count delivery of marijuana, one count delivery of Xanax, and one count maintaining a drug house by Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement team, and was arraigned Tuesday, October 21, in 92nd Dis More...

Task Force Report Says Michigan Must Double Its Investment in Transportation

Michigan is in a transportation funding crisis, and drivers and other users are going to have to pay more to push it out, a new report says. More...

Cloverland Will Distribute Capital Credit Retirement

Customers of Cloverland Electric Cooperative who purchased electricity in 1988,1989, and 2007 will share in the distribution of a $650,000 capital credit retirement to co-op members. More...

December Blood Drives Announced

American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in December: Sault Ste. Marie: Thursday, December 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. More...

EAB Moves Into Schoolcraft County

An infestation of the ash-treekilling beetle Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was found in Schoolcraft County in the Upper Peninsula October 30, the first time the insect had been found there. More...

Northern Michigan News Roundup

The news in brief from communities around the U.P. and northern Michigan

Luce County Loses Animal Control Department After voters in Luce County turned down a request for animal control millage November 4, Luce County will no longer operate an animal control department. More...

Island's Mission Barn To Operate Another Year

Bob Benser, owner of Mission Street Condominiums, received a one-year extension to his zoning permit from the Mackinac Island Planning Commission Thursday, October 16, to complete the third of three homes in his site condominium project. More...

St. Anne's Altar Society To Host Gathering of Gifts Sale

St. Anne's Altar Society will host a "Gathering of Gifts" sale Friday, November 21, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, November 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the basement of the St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in St. Ignace. More...

Hearing Scheduled for Proposed Toll Increase

Prices are going up to cross the International Bridge that connects Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, with Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. More...

Students Take Part in 'Trick or Treat for Charity'

Above: Students at Les Cheneaux Community Schools participated in Trick or Treat for Charity Tuesday, October 28. Elementary students who brought in food items were allowed to wear a hat to school Wednesday, October 29. More...

HOME Auction Friday To Benefit County Affordable Housing Projects

Lori Pieri, executive director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Mackinac County, puts the finishing touches on one of five tabletop Christmas trees Monday, November 17. More...

Island Christmas Bazaar To Be Featured on HGTV

Mackinac Island's annual Christmas Bazaar and Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be part of a television special on the cable television HGTV show called "Top 10 Christmas Towns" this December. More...

Foundation Grants Will Be Awarded Wed. in St. Ignace

Scholarships and grants totaling $10,710 will be awarded by the St. Ignace Area Community Foundation Wednesday, November 19, at 5 p.m. in the Community Room of the St. Ignace Public Library. The public is welcome to attend. More...

Big Rigs Crossing the Mackinac Bridge

Traffic Down as Some Campers Stop Short of Paying Toll

Commercial trucks and motor homes - put together in the same classification this year by the Mackinac Bridge Authority - have similar impacts on the structure because of their 7,200-pound to 30,000-pound weight, Mr. Sweeney said. More...

Jo Ford's Winning Raffle Nets $5,000 for Animal Shelter

Up to $5,000 worth of animal supplies will be at the disposal of the Mackinac County Animal Shelter, owing to a raffle won by St. Ignace's Jo Ford at an animal shelter conference in Grand Rapids October 22 through October 24. More...

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