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Plan Would Remedy Mackinac Island's Wastewater Woes Preliminary Suggestions: Fewer Connections, Annual Rate Hikes By Karen Gould Allowing fewer new connections to Mackinac Island's sewer system and annually increasing rates are part of a preliminary plan being considered by the Board of Public Works. The plan, which is expected to be modified in the next couple of weeks, would help fund a $9. More ... Raise of 3% Proposed for City Dept. Managers Deal Would Award Pay Hikes in 2008 and 2009 By Ryan Schlehuber Giving a salary raise of 3% for 11 city department managers and adjusting the number of unused vacation days that can be sold by City Clerk Renee Vonderwerth and Treasurer Eugene Elmer are two recommendations that the city's Negotiations Committee will bring to St. Ignace City Council February 4. More ... Dog Sled Races Will Begin Sat. Mackinaw Mush By Paul Gingras Minutes after the Canadian and American national anthems fade into the frozen, February air, two dog sled teams will launch, side by side, from Shepler's parking lot in Mackinaw City, beginning the 2008 Mackinaw Mush Sled Dog Race, a competition that has become a winter feature at the tip of the L... More ...
Above: Recent low temperatures allowed residents to enjoy games of hockey on the ice of Moran Bay Tuesday, January 22, however, as of Tuesday, January 29, owing to warmer temperatures, the ice had drifted or melted away from the bay. Some of St. Ignace's downtown businesses, including (toward the le... More ... Idea Would Promote All of County's Ports Group Requests $10,000 From County Commission By Karen Gould Promoting Mackinac County as a cohesive community of port cities by developing a new Web site for travelers is an idea brought to county commissioners January 24 by Cheryl Schlehuber, Janet Peterson, and Mark Sposito of St. Ignace, who are seeking $10,000 in financial support from the county for s... More ... Water Rate Hike Planned Mackinaw City By Paul Gingras A new rate structure for water and sewer service in Mackinaw City would raise prices through 2012 and will be the subject of a public hearing Thursday, February 7, at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. More ... Chippewa County Wants To Take Over HBH Seeks 8 Seats To Control Board; Mackinac Objects By Karen Gould Chippewa County is mounting a campaign to get eight seats on the Hiawatha Behavioral Health board, taking two each from Mackinac and Schoolcraft counties so it can better control the agency. One change the county would like to see is to move the headquarters from Manistique to Sault Ste. Marie. More ...
Nolan Benson of Pickford won first place in the youth pike contest at the Soo Area Sportsmen's Club Walleye Jamboree. He caught this 8.8-pound pike Sunday, January 27. More ... DNR Stalls UP Sulfide Mine By Paul Gingras The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has stalled development of a controversial sulfide mine in the western Upper Peninsula. More ...
By Karen Gould St. Ignace wants to rehabilitate a historic building with modern materials, while Mackinac Island is remodeling a relatively young, 50- year-old vinyl-sided building in a historic district. Both cities are concerned about historic preservation, and both find their zoning ordinances don't give them... More ... Island Moratorium Hardship Case Denied A request by Betty BeDour to be allowed to connect to the city's sewer line as a hardship case earned a negative recommendation from the Mackinac Island Moratorium Committee, followed by an official denial by City Council, Wednesday, January 16. More ...
Avid fisherman and sportsman Gary Gorniak of Brighton displays a 30-inch walleye he caught at Brevort Lake. Mr. Gorniak owns a home at the west end of the lake. The fish was returned to the water. Its weight was not recorded. The photograph was taken Saturday, January 5. (Photograph by Keith Doepker... More ... Brevort Ice Fishing Jamboree February 16-17 The Brevort Lake Ice Fishing Jamboree will be Saturday, February 16, and Sunday, February 17, with a 2008 Arctic Cat snowmobile and a lumber package worth $2,500 among the prizes to be awarded. The fishing contest will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. More ... St. Ignace Bus Station Relocates to US-2 Inn Until New Building Done The St. Ignace bus station has moved from the Mulcrone building on High Street to the Quality Inn on US-2, where all bus transactions will be handled at the motel's front desk Quality Inn has a contract with Indian Trails for overnight accommodations for its drivers. More ... |
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