The news in brief from communities around the U.P. and northern Michigan
Compiled using information published in various community newspapers.
New Medical Office Building Planned at Downtown Sault Ste. Marie A four-story, 40,000-square-foot medical office building will be constructed in downtown Sault Ste. More...
The Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement Team reported it made the following drug arrests in Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties: • Jennie Paquin, 28, of St. More...
By Karen Gould
More road sand is needed in Mackinac County, as supplies are running low in a winter that arrived early, bringing with it a mix of snow, wind, bitter cold, and freezing rain. More...
The Clark Township Sewer Advisory Board wants to know if the township or the homeowner is responsible for problems with grinder pumps and has asked the township board to get a legal opinion. More...
•In the article "Ramp Approved, New Plans Discussed for Senior Facility," on page 3 of The St. Ignace News January 15, Mackinaw City Planning Commissioner Rosada Mann was mistakenly quoted. More...
The annual meeting of the Chippewa/ East Mackinac Conservation District will be Thursday, January 29, at Bruce Township Hall on 12 Mile Road. The evening will begin with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. More...
Police arrested 365 impaired drivers during a 17-day enforcement period, averaging 22 arrests per day, during the holiday drunk driving crackdown conducted December 19 through January 4. More...
The Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District has received a grant for $4,995 from State Farm Insurance to be used for the Everyone Can Serve Academy. The academy, named after the quote of Dr. More...
By Jonathan Eppley
Women from all over the state will gather at Kewadin Hotel and Casino Resort in Sault Ste. More...
Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge decreased 10.2% for the month of December 2008, compared to December 2007, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority. More...
James Ryerse, 37, of St. Ignace, was sentenced to nine months in the Mackinac County Jail Friday, January 23, by Judge William Carmody in 11th Circuit Court in St. Ignace. More...
About 85 students and alumni of Les Cheneaux Community Schools raised more than $7,000 at a 12-hour overnight band-athon earlier this month. The band played about 60 different musical selections between 7 p.m. Friday, January 2, and 7 a.m. More...
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