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Click here for digital edition  The Pickford community celebrated the joys of small town living, as it has since 1979, with fivedays of community events. The town's celebration of summer fun kicked off Wednesday, July 29, and continued through Sunday, August 2, at various locales. More ... The new Curtis charter school, Three Lakes Academy, which will replace the Curtis Elementary School that was closed down in June 2008, is nearly ready to open, Administrator Matt Hirsch said. Laurel Frasier, Debra Mersnick, and Brent Hammer have been hired to teach at the school, and Mr. Hirsch will teach classes, as well. More ... Ironworkers from all over the country and Canada will attend the International Ironworkers Festival in Mackinaw City Friday, August 7. The festival will celebrate those who pour their lives and skills into creating iron structures such as the Mackinac Bridge. More ... A third woman has died following a hit and run accident July 25, in Newton Township. Jonel Hoogterp, 26, died Friday, July 31, at Marquette General Hospital from injuries sustained when she and others were struck by an SUV on South Gould City Road. More ... Residents of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians housing development in St. Ignace township will soon be provided potable water from the City of St. Ignace water system under a contract approved by the St. Ignace City Council at its Monday, August 3, meeting. More ... Two brothers from Naubinway pleaded guilty last week to violating the Clean Water Act by dumping fish offal, the undesirable parts of processed fish, including the guts, into Lake Michigan. More ... The new hospital on North State Street in St. Ignace begins to take shape, with about 80 workers laying brick, installing pipe, hooking up wiring, and placing studs and drywall each day. About 90% of the exterior brick work is now finished, said project superintendent Charlie Livernois from Skanska, and the building is ahead of schedule, with a planned move-in date in mid-March for Mackinac Straits Hospital and the Tribal Health Center. More ... The Icebreaker Mackinaw WAGB-83 served the Great Lakes shipping industry for 62 years, crushing ice under its own weight and clearing shipping lanes for smaller boats transporting iron ore, limestone, and other minerals. While the ship itself was impressive, it took a stout crew to properly sail and manage her. More ... Thieves broke into a box truck at George's Auto Parts yard in St. Ignace early Friday morning, July 31, and took with them 40 to 50 catalytic converters, worth about $2,500, St. Ignace Police report. St. Ignace Police Chief Tim Matelski said they have not yet identified any suspects and the case remains under investigation. More ... New fingerprinting equipment, a computer server, and upgrades to the camera system will soon be supplied to the Mackinac County Sheriff's Office from a technology grant of $43,000, Sheriff Scott Strait told Mackinac County commissioners Thursday, July 23. More ... |
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