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Click here for digital edition  The Mackinac County Planning Commission is sending a draft ordinance of its proposed bylaws to the Mackinac County Board of Commissioners for approval . The bylaws will bring the planning commission into compliance with the State of Michigan Planning Enabling Act, which requires all planning commissions in the state to adopt bylaws by 2011 to outline meeting procedure, policy, and action. More ... Mayor Paul Grondin honored the clerks of St. Ignace during the July 20 city council meeting. He presented a plaque with the names of all the clerks since 1882 to the three most recent clerks in the city's history. The plaque will be displayed in the clerk’s office for everyone to see. The following people are honored on the plaque with the year they first served: More ... Great Lakes United, an international coalition to protect the Great Lakes, disagrees with the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board that water loss in the Great Lakes is owing to natural causes, not man-made, and has asked the board to change its recommendation that nothing be done to correct conditions in the St. Clair River. More ... The current in the electric fish barriers near Chicago is being turned up in a stepped-up effort to keep invasive fish, including the dreaded Asian carp, from entering the Great Lakes, while studies continue to see if the barriers are effective or whether the fish may already be in Lake Michigan. More ... Secretary of State branch offices will be closed Friday, August 21, and Super!Centers will close Saturday, August 22, for a mandatory state employee furlough day. Licenses and plates that expire on a day when state offices are closed, such as a holiday or weekend, can be renewed the following day without penalty. More ... State Representative Gary Mc- Dowell will host town hall meetings in St. Ignace and northern lower Michigan for residents to share their thoughts and concerns about jobs, the economy, and Michigan as a whole. More ... Music from four live bands filled the air Saturday, August 15, for the first summer music festival in downtown St. Ignace. The Bayside Music Festival was a great success and organizers will certainly consider making it an annual event, Chamber of Commerce Director Janet Peterson said Monday. The festival took place from 4 p.m. to dark along North State Street near the city marina. More ... As Mackinaw City residents seek employment and attempt to cut costs in response to the slow economy, the Mackinaw Area Public Library has experienced a surge in interest, library director Sarah Allaire said. Overall circulation has increased by about 30% from last year for the library. More ... Plans are still being researched to put long term care at the new hospital site in St. Ignace, some staff changes have been made but no layoffs are expected, and fundraising efforts are continuing and will likely be expanded outside the local community as the hospital prepares for its move to the new facility next year. More ... An offer by the St. Ignace hospital to pay drivers' tolls across the Mackinac Bridge for a weekend, originally scheduled for the weekend of August 28 to August 30, has been postponed by the Mackinac Straits Health System Foundation. It proposed the offer during the Mackinac Bridge Authority meeting July 10. More ... The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace August 10 through August 12, Judge John Fitzgerald and Judge Beth Gibson presiding, respectively. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. The court does not distinguish between jail time to be served immediately and jail sentences that are suspended. More ... Computers at the Mackinac County Courthouse were infected by the Conficker virus, a program that infects computers and spreads itself to others connected on the same network, County Equalization Director James Fenlon told county commissioners at their meeting Thursday, August 13. The infection was detected August 5 by anti-virus programs installed on the county's computers. More ... Applications are now available for Michigan’s 2009 Community Forestry Grant program. These grants are funded through the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry Programs. Applications must be received by Monday, August 31. More ... The St. Ignace Visitors Bureau will be looking for a new director, since former director Lynne Piippo is no longer holding the position. The office staff will "hold everything together," Bureau Board Vice President Mike North said Friday, August 14, until a new director is named. More ... In 1953, Walt and Freda Barefoot of Ohio brought their small family to Cedarville on vacation. The family stayed at one of the many resorts on the Les Cheneaux Islands and enjoyed the area so much that they returned the following November to buy some land, ultimately purchasing 310 feet of wooded shorefront on Hill Island overlooking Moscoe Channel. More ... The St. Ignace Township Board of Trustees approved three road agreements with the Mackinac County Road Commission Thurs - day, August 13, to re-gravel and reconstruct a 1.5-mile section of Charles Moran Road and cut the grass along local roads in the township. More ... Bill Hunt of Cedarville challenged the staff at the Great Lakes Boat Building School to race its battery-powered launch against Nancy Ayers' battery powered Duffy launch, Assault and Battery, for batterypowered launch supremacy of the Les Cheneaux waterways. More ... Donated goods are needed, including food, household goods, personal care items, warm clothing for adults and children, job interview clothing, and gasoline cards, as the EUP Continuum of Care collaborative body of Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties is accepting donations for the upcoming Community Care Connections. The event to pair needy families with services will be Monday, August 31. More ... The Pickford Farmers Market is hosting a canning workshop Thurs - day, August 20, at Pickford Town - ship Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Janet Rathke from Michigan State University Extension will conduct the day-long workshop in the lower level of the township hall. More ... Larry Flanders of Trout Lake, author of "Alive and Free in the EUP," has recently published another book, a translation from German of the memoirs of his mother-in-law. "Mutti’s Memoirs" was written by Astrid Kessler. Larry credits his wife, Astrid Flanders, for the initial translation. More ... Improvements went smoothly in the Les Cheneaux waterways last year, members learned when the Les Cheneaux Islands Association held its annual business meeting Thursday, August 6, in the Les Cheneaux Community Schools' commons area in Cedarville. During the meeting the group discussed its accomplishments from the previous year and thanked those involved in its projects. More ... The date of appointment to the office and dates of birth and death follow the name of each City Mayor or Village President. More ... The three-year-old super yacht Linda Lou pierced through Lake Huron waves, dominating the harbor landscape, even towering over the freight warehouses as she completed her first trip to Mackinac Island by mooring at the Arnold dock Thursday evening, August 6. More ... |
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