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Click here for digital edition  Seven teachers and six support staff at Les Cheneaux Community Schools were notified Wednesday, November 19, that they may be laid off because of a $120,000 revenue deficit that could grow worse. More ... Not long after George Ford volunteerer to walk dogs at the Mackinac County Animal Shelter in St. Ignace, he saw a need and acted on it. With the help of his wife, Jo Ann, and other volunteers, he set out to make the building more hospitable to visitors and animals and increase the number of pet adoptions. More ... Local business owners are among about 40,000 employers in the state who learned last week that they must pay a solvency tax, triggered this year because the state had to borrow federal funds to make its payments to a rising tide of unemployed workers. More ... Deer hunters didn't flock to the Upper Peninsula in response to this year's ban on baiting downstate, something wildlife managers thought might happen, and, in fact, hunter numbers and harvest numbers appear to be down so far this season, compared to last year, More ... Gasoline prices are plummeting, in many cases dipping below $2 a gallon and likely to head lower as the holiday driving season looms. Local drivers say they welcome the relief on their business and household budgets. More ... Four spotlights directed at the Wawatam Lighthouse were turned back on Friday evening after the St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority (DDA) agreed earlier in the day to take over the estimated $1,400 annual electric bill from the city marina. An estimated $10,000 additional tax revenue for 2009 will help the DDA cover the added utility expense. More ... The St. Ignace News office will be closed Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28, in observation of Thanksgiving. DEADLINE CHANGES DECEMBER 4 ISSUE Display advertising deadline - Wed., November 26, 5 p.m. More ... By the time a local child turns five, he or she could receive 60 hardcover books, one per month beginning at birth. The free book program offered by Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District (ISD) received a $2,000 grant from the St. Ignace Youth Fund and the Kiwanis Club of St. Ignace Fund. The funding was announced Wednesday, November 19, at the St. More ... Seasonal music will fill LaSalle High School gymnasium Monday evening, December 1, during a Holiday Concert presented by the school bands and choirs. The concert begins at 6 p.m. and people are asked to arrive early. More ... Snowplowing by the Michigan Department of Transportation will be reduced in Mackinac County on M-123, M-129, M-134, I-75 Business Loop, and M-185 on Mackinac Island, as well as on other routes in the state. The plan was announced Monday, November 24. More ... Legislation approved last week by the U.S. Senate finally clears the way for the transfer of land by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to the new hospital being built in St. Ignace. The tribe offered up to 15 acres of land at the former Kewadin Motel on North State Street in St. Ignace in 2002. More ... |
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