April 23, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

St.Ignace

Traveling home from my winter Florida vacation, as I neared the Mackinac Bridge in the evening, I saw the most beautiful scarlet sky to the west. More...

Brevort

It's a rainy, gray Monday, but the grass is already looking greener. Joe and Sharon Chalmers, along with Joe's brother, Murray, journeyed to Appleton, Wisconsin, for a mini vacation last Thursday. More...

Mackinac Island

With warm temperatures this past week, we're beginning to see beautiful spring on Mackinac. The snowbanks are finally melting away and the heavenly blue waters of the Straits of Mackinac are a most welcome sight. Surprise! Surprise! More...

DEAL ME IN

21 Madness

Dear Mark: What do you know about 21 Madness? Is it a decent bet for the player? Kenny B. Here's another one of those side bets in blackjack, Kenny, that sort of looks good, but just can't pass the smell test. More...

Community Honors Trojans Basketball Teams

More than 150 students, parents, and basketball fans cheered for the Cedarville High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams Sunday evening, April 19, in the school commons. More...

Michigan Politics

Candidates Atwitter Over New Media

Some things haven't changed along Michigan's gubernatorial campaign trail since statehood was achieved in 1837. Most notably: Our cycle of economic boom, bust, and rebound continues in the wake of forces beyond state control. More...

Engadine & Gould City

Hello, everyone. There will be an open house for Norma Maudrie, in celebration of her 80th birthday, Sunday, April 26, at the Naubinway Christian Fellowship Church Hall. More...

Rexton-Garnet

Neither rain nor snow, and in this case, a few feet of snow, stopped my brother, Ron, and sister, Teri, and their spouses as they headed northeast for a visit home, but they were forced to spend two nights in southeastern Wyoming, waiting for the r More...

DeTour

Although the weather has turned cold and cloudy, we definitely had a few days that felt like spring. Kindergarten Round-Up will be Wednesday, April 22, on Drummond Island and Monday, April 27, in DeTour. More...

Looking Back

90 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Thursday, April 24, 1919 In another column of this issue appears the official announcement of the Michigan Transit Co. of the opening of the season. More...

Les Cheneaux

Teddy Bowlby seems to be this year's first fisherman out on Cedarville Bay with his boat as soon as the ice was on its way out. Teddy was out there fishing last week, as soon as he could get his boat in the water. More...

State Band Festival Will Be April 28 at Cedarville

Les Cheneaux Community Schools will host the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Festival Tuesday, April 28, in the school's gymnasium. More...

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