April 2, 2009 RSS feed / Social

Les Cheneaux Schools To Host Kindergarten Registration

Les Cheneaux Community Schools Kindergarten Round-up will be Thursday, April 23, beginning at 4 p.m. at the school in Cedarville. Appointments will last approximately a half hour. More...

American Legion Posts' Annual Dinner Is April 18

The Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts will host its 30th annual Legislative Dinner at American Legion Post 349 in Little Lake Saturday, April 18, beginning at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 each. More...

State Retirees To Meet Monday

Upper Peninsula Chapter 16 of the State Employee Retirees Association will meet Monday, April 6, at 1:30 p.m. in the conference room of the State Office Building in Escanaba. All members and their guests may attend. More...

SANE and Federal Drug Enforcement To Offer Program

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement Team will present information about the dangers of drugs, drug trafficking, and patterns and trends Thursday, April 30, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. More...

Unemployment Video Is Now Available at Michigan Works!

To make information about the state's unemployment insurance program available to as many people as possible, the Unemployment Insurance Agency has created a video about the state's Unemployment Insurance program for use at Michigan Works! More...

Caregiver Groups Meet In Mackinac, Chippewa Counties

Two caregiver support groups will meet in April. The Les Cheneaux Caregivers Support Group will meet at the Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville Thursday, April 9, at 4:30 p.m. In Sault Ste. More...

Film Series Dates Announced at Cedarville

The Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville has announced its 2009 Summer Film Series, which will feature eight films to be shown on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the library between June 17 and August 5. More...

St. Ignace Bowling League Results

Sunday Night Mixed League Timmy Lee's Pub 53, B.C. Pizza 52, Pinnacle Insurance 48, Gateway Lanes 48, Mackinaw Trolley 41, St. Ignace Greenhouse 33, St. Ignace Barber Shop 32. HTG: B.C. More...

Youth To Burn Off 'Cabin Fever' To Help Pool Project

A "Kids Burn Off Cabin Fever Day" will be Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rudyard High School gymnasium and swimming pool. More...

Cozort Catches 9 lb. Walleye

Drew Cozort, 14, of Rudyard, caught a walleye weighing 9 pounds and measuring 29.25 inches in length while fishing on Brevort Lake Sunday, March 8. (Cozort family photograph) More...

Breastfeeding Support Group To Begin April 9 in St. Ignace

A new program is offered in Mackinac County for mothers interested in breastfeeding their infants. The Michigan State University Extension Breastfeeding Initiative Mother to Mother Program is coordinated by Casey Zimmerman. More...

Enterprise Group Hears Boat Building School Program

Board member Paul Wilson of the Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville was invited by a student enterprise group to discuss the initial success of the school Tuesday, March 24, in Lake Superior State University's Cisler Center Crow's Nest More...

What the Government Stimulus Bill Means to You

The 2009 economic stimulus bill President Barack Obama signed into law February 17 is a whopper, not only in cost ($787 billion) and length (1,070 pages), but also in terms of the vast number of spending and tax-relief programs it touches - everyt More...

St. Ignace DDA Meeting Rescheduled

The regularly scheduled meeting of the City of St. Ignace Downtown Development Authority to be held Friday, April 10, at 8 a.m. has been changed to Friday, April 17, at 8 a.m. at City Hall. City Hall will be closed for Good Friday April 10. More...

Learning Fiber Arts at Hessel

Roxanne Eberts (right) shows Patti Meadows how to make a felted purse using a needle-punching technique at Woolderness, a fiber-arts studio in Hessel Wednesday, March 25. Mrs. Eberts gets most of the wool for her studio from Michigan-based farmers. More...

Women's Retreat Dates Announced at Mackinac Island

Registration is underway for the 2009 Win-Some Women Spring Retreat at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. There are three sessions available. The first takes place Tuesday, May 12, and Wednesday, May 13. More...

Mackinaw Chamber Hosts Annual Breakfast

The Mackinaw City Chamber of Commerce will host its annual breakfast buffet with a motivational speaker Thursday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., in the banquet room at Audie's Restaurant. More...

St. Ignace Middle School Honor Roll

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