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Great Lakes Guardians Keep Dogging Prez Hopefuls By George Weeks It's an uphill struggle, but Great Lakes governors and lawmakers are accelerating efforts to get the dwindling band of presidential candidates to commit to funding restoration of the lakes and outlawing diversion of water. More ...
PART 56: The Last Crossing By Les Bagley For the past year, to commemorate the opening of the Mackinac Bridge, the St. Ignace News has been serializing Les Bagley's previously unpublished manuscript, Autos Across Mackinac, A History of the Michigan State Ferries. More ...
By MiriamBlair 643-7994 Jack Soderquist is a patient at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, where he has undergone leg surgery after suffering a fall. Richard and Kay Stascak of Green Bay, Wisconsin, along with Terry and Sharon Smith of St. Ignace, traveled to Owosso Saturday, January 26. More ... Brevort By Lois Movalson 292-5581 Super Bowl Sunday is over. Hope your team won. Now we get ready for Super Tuesday. It will be exciting. Dot Glashaw has returned to her home on Epoufette Bay after an extended stay with her daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Derick Jewel of Gladwin. More ... DeTour Area By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com Now that the Super Bowl football game is over, we can concentrate on enjoying our favorite winter sports. Many of us look forward to attending the winter festivals held in all the towns in the area. DeTour's Winterfest will now be referred to as the ELF ("Everyone Loves Fun") Festival. New events... More ...
IRS Agent Looking For Advancement Dear Mark: In your past columns you mention, "The IRS has uncompromising and, some think unscrupulous, means of determining whether a gambler without any losses has just created the appearance of loss with phony, handcrafted documents. More ...
By Helen Shoberg 484-2626 mink1@cedarville.net After a nice trip to Florida to visit my brother and sister-in-law, I find Cedarville seems cold. I arrived at Chippewa International at 11 p.m. on the night of that terrible blizzard. The pilot circled the airport a couple of times before landing, and for awhile, the passengers were a little wor... More ...
HOME OF THE EAGLES•KNOWLEDGE LETS YOU SOAR by Stu Hobbs Superintendent Engadine Schools has just begun its second semester for all students. Report cards were given to students a week ago. If you have questions regarding your student's report card grades, their attendance, punctuality, or other concerns, please contact us at 477- 6449. More ...
By Audrey Hutchison 595-7283 "The snowmobiles are here and the trails are great," said Julie Clegg. She went on to say that with the I-500 Snowmobile Race in Sault Ste. Marie and the local snowmobiling, the town of Pickford is humming. Darryl and Julie Clegg own and operate Big D's Diner on M-129 in Pickford. More ... Rudyard By Kerry Fountain 495-5533 kerrymariet@yahoo.com Ken Mills will speak about trapping and the fur market at the Rudyard Historical Society meeting Thursday, February 14, at 7 p.m. at the Rudyard Community Center. Ken is a 1961 Rudyard High School graduate and an avid outdoorsman. The meeting will be open to all. More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber This is one in a series of articles to introduce readers to correspondents covering their communities within The St. Ignace News readership area. As the country breeze sweeps across the open fields surrounding Marilyn McNeil's home in Gould City, she is reminded of days gone by in her ho... More ... Gould City By Marilyn McNeil 477-6925 donmar@lighthouse.net The Curtis Area Chamber of Commerce has announced it is now open for business at its new location on H33, just south of the Sandtown Road. Final work, such as porch construction, a new sign, and landscaping, will be done in the spring. The Chamber's hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thur... More ... Engadine By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net Condolences to the family of Eric Autterson of Newberry, who passed away Thursday, January 31, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Eric was a 2007 graduate of Newberry High School. Please keep the family in your prayers during this difficult time. More ... |
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