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Students Share Strategies for Spelling Bee

4 From St. Ignace, 1 From DeTour Advance to U.P. Finals

Spelling bees can be a pressure cooker for some students, but, going into the Upper Peninsula Spelling Bee Finals at Iron Mountain and Kingsford high schools Wednesday, March 18, five area youths have developed certain strategies to help them cope More...

Free Tax Filing Help Available Saturday

Free tax preparation assistance will be available Saturday, March 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. The session is part of the nationwide "Super Saturday" program, which provides free tax preparation assistance. More...

For the Record

• In an obituary for Lawrence Waldecker published March 12, the last name of his grandchildren, Kimberly and Daniel, should be listed as Claydon, not Clayton. The name of his great-grandson is Hunter Sheldon. • The article "St. More...

Bylaw Review Continues at Mackinaw City

The Mackinaw City Planning Commission is reviewing an abbreviated six-page version of its bylaws, adapted from a 23- page version produced through Michigan State University Extension by the Michigan Society of Planning. More...

Morning, Evening Book Clubs Will Meet at Library

The evening book club will meet Wednesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. The club is reading "Is Paris Burning" by Larry Collins. The morning book club will meet Thursday, March 19, at 9 a.m. at the St. More...

Progress Is Happening in Using Wood for Energy Here in the Upper Peninsula

Wood has long been used as an energy source, especially for heating, as evidenced by the proliferation of outdoor wood furnaces and indoor wood stoves. Forest-based industries have been largely fossilfuel free for many years. More...

Northern Michigan News Roundup

The news in brief from communities around the U.P. and northern Michigan

U.P.'s Cordwood Ministry Going Strong The St. Vincent de Paul conference in Stephenson keeps a supply of firewood on hand to distribute to needy people in the area who can't afford firewood to heat their homes. More...

Roach Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

Roy Roach, 21, of St. Ignace, pled guilty Friday, March 6, to the charge of second degree manslaughter for the October 29 shooting death of Seth Tamlyn, also of St. Ignace. Mr. Roach is scheduled to be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. More...

City Considers Roller Skating at Ice Arena

Offering summer roller hockey leagues and family roller skating would bring new revenue to Little Bear East Arena, says Recreation Director Scott Marshall, and the summer program also will help promote ice hockey at the arena. More...

Mackinac Island Will Review Franchise Rules

Fast Food Style Service To Be Discouraged, But Current Ones Exempt

A Mackinac Island city committee and its attorney dealt with a list of new proposals and suggested amendments to several ordinances, involving business chains and franchises, nudity, and minors in possession, in preparation of the 2009 summer touri More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace March 10 and March 11, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Annual BroomBowl Raises Funds for Recreation

Matches Begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 20

More than 60 broom ball players are expected to compete Saturday, March 21, in the third annual BroomBowl Tournament. The event takes place on a snow-packed area near the parking lot at the Driftwood Sports Bar in St. Ignace. More...

Edison Sault Customers To See Electric Rates Go Down

Customers of Edison Sault Electric Company will see their rates go down slightly in March. Homeowners using a typical 1,000 kilowatt hours will see about a 4% reduction in their monthly electric bill, the company announced Friday, March 6. More...

Mackinac Island Bike Shop May Include Shoreline Boardwalk in Future

By this summer, the lot between Island Bike Shop and Orr Kids Bicycles on Mackinac Island will contain six covered bicycle storage bays. More...

Arrests Are Made in Chippewa, Mackinac Counties

The Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement Team reported it made the following drug arrests in Chippewa and Mackinac counties: • Benjamin McBroom, 27, of Kincheloe, was arrested January 21 on one count delivery of oxycodone. Mr. More...

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