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Granholm's Imprudent Sketch of State Psyche at Odds With Wise Tourism Push By George Weeks Michigan faces tough times, tougher than any other state, based on jobless and other rankings. In poll after poll asking residents whether the state is on "the right track or wrong track," about two-thirds pick wrong. More ...
PART 60: From A Priest to A Queen By Les Bagley For the past year, The St. Ignace News has been serializing Les Bagley's history of Michigan State Ferries, "Autos Across Mackinac. More ...
By Miriam Blair 643-7994 St. Ignace students in grades kindergarten through seven are producing a calendar in which the theme will be Road Trips, as "March Into Reading" goes into effect. Students will be split up in three teams, red, white, and blue. Readers will "race" from St. Ignace to California by moving cars and ea... More ...
By Linda Livermore 595-7283 Just as the warm, sunny weather draws visitors to the southern states, our state caters to folks looking to enjoy the clear, crisp, and often sunny days of winter. Guests at the home of Al and Nadine Garavaglia were their niece, Andrea Pierson, and a friend, Brad Cohoon of Lake Orion. More ...
By Barbara Buschbacher 297-8075 bbann@sault.com Saturday, March 1, was a perfect day for the ELF Festival activities in DeTour Village. The turnout of the children and adults far outnumbered attendance in the past. This event replaces the former Winterfest in the Village. Debbie Fountain and her group of helpers put together activities that we... More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber This is part of a series of articles to introduce readers to correspondents covering their communities in the St. Ignace News readership area. Audrey Hutchison, the new correspondent for the Pickford community, isn't one to sit back during retirement. Since moving back to the Eastern Upp... More ...
By Audrey Hutchison 484-7825 Gary Klop, a corrections officer, of Pickford, retired Friday, February 29, from the Hiawatha Facility in Kinross. He was presented a certificate of service award form the Director of the Department of Corrections, Patricia L. Caruso. More ... Office Hours for State Representative McDowell Announced for March 10 State Representative Gary McDowell will hold office hours Monday, March 10, in St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie, and Petoskey. Rep. McDowell will be in the Chippewa County Courthouse Annex meeting room, third floor, 300 Court Street, in Sault Ste. Marie from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; at the Mackinac County ... More ... Rudyard By Kerry Fountain 495-5533 kerrymariet@yahoo.com Payton Mastaw was crowned queen and Nataly Obermiller was princess in the Kinross winter carnival queen and princess contest was held last week. Payton is 14 years old and was sponsored by H&H Construction. Her parents are Dawn and David Mastaw. Her talent is singing. She's involved in basketball,... More ... Mackinac Island By Jeannette Doud 847-3301 Early in the morning of Monday, March 3, many Islanders were awakened by flashes of lightning, along with the rumbling of loud thunder. It seemed unusual at this time of the year. More ... Engadine By Julie Freeman 477-6959 engadinenews@sbcglobal.net Condolences to the family of Elder Perry R. Rosebush of Gulliver, who passed away Friday, February 22, at the age of 83. Perry was a graduate of the Engadine High School, and during World War II, he served in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division in Europe and was awarded the Purple Heart. He e... More ...
Command Performance By The (Trumpets, Please) Royal Match Mark Pilarski Dear Mark: Once again, I lead off by writing that I closely follow your column in the Gazette Journal in Reno since moving here nearly 4 years ago. More ...
Compiled by Ryan Schlehuber 115 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Saturday, March 4, 1893 A. McKay, who employed a large gang of men all winter getting our cedar, is now a man of leisure, having completed his contract. Miss Gretta Hoban arrived in the city on Wednesday evening last from Ozark, where she teaches school. S... More ...
HOME OF THE EAGLES • KNOWLEDGE LETS YOU SOAR by Stu Hobbs Superintendent Engadine Consolidated Schools will be out of session from March 3 to March 7 for spring break. This break is not in sequence with other E.U.P. school districts that are off school from March 31 though April 4. It was necessary to change our spring break window to meet an elementary testing need. T... More ... |
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