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Planning Commission OKs Shepler's Storage Building

Mackinaw City

A site plan for an 11,891- square-foot storage building on Trails End Road was approved by the Mackinaw City Village Planning Commission Thursday, May 14. More...

Local Car Dealers Will Not Be Closed

Local dealerships will not be closed as Detroit-based automaker Chrysler LLC announced Thursday, May 14, it will cut 25% of its U.S. market by shutting down 789 dealerships, including 39 in Michigan, by Tuesday, June 9. More...

School To Offer Three New College-ready Classes in Fall

Les Cheneaux Community Schools

Three college-ready classes will be added to the curriculum at Cedarville High School next fall, advanced placement U.S. history, college algebra, and college trigonometry. More...

LaSalle High School Vandalized

District Investigating Without Police Help, for Now

Several unidentified people entered LaSalle High School Sunday night, May 17, and emptied lockers in the hallways. More...

For the Record

Autumn Huskey, not Autumn Orm, was the recipient of the Junior High Band Spirit Award at St. Ignace Middle School May 4. Music department awards were listed in an article in The St. Ignace News May 14. More...

Sea Lamprey Control Is Planned

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will apply lampricides to sections of the Pine River in Chippewa and Mackinac counties to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom on or about Thursday, May 28, through Thursday, June 4. More...

Sims Steps Down as Clark Township Zoning Inspector

Clark Township is looking for a new building inspector and plan reviewer. More...

Trailer Overturns on Bridge

A small construction trailer pulled by a pickup, carrying lightweight equipment, overturned as it was traveling northbound over the Mackinac Bridge near the north tower Saturday evening, May 9, at 7:15 p.m. More...

Merchants Represent the Entire Town, Marketing Consultant Advises

Business Owners From St. Ignace and Nearby Areas Gather for Advice

Individual merchants represent their entire town to visitors who are traveling through it, marketing advisor Denise Hanson of Munising reminded St. More...

St. Ignace, U.P. Listed in Top 10

St. Ignace, Drummond Island, Munising, and Houghton offer some of the best deals in the Upper Peninsula, says Money Magazine in its current issue. More...

Commission Seeks Direction in EDC Research

Economic Development To Get More Study

The Mackinac County Planning Commission will spend the next several months researching and discussing the idea of a countywide economic development corporation (EDC) and whether it will work in Mackinac County. More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace May 12, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

St. Ignace's Kirk Lipnitz Is New Owner of Mackinac Island Hardware Store

Mackinac Island's only hardware store opened with a new name and owner April 1, when Kirk Lipnitz of St. Ignace began leasing the building space and fuel facilities. More...

New Pre-Kindergarten Program Offered at St. Ignace Schools

St. Ignace Area Schools will be offering a new pre-kindergarden education program beginning next fall. More...

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