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Click here for digital edition  More than 800 vintage tractors from 1965 and earlier will come into Mackinaw City and St. Ignace beginning Thursday, September 17. After crossing the Mackinac Bridge Friday, September 18, the tractors will pass through downtown St. Ignace and stop at Kewadin Shores Casino, where a showing of the vehicles will be from Friday afternoon through Sunday. The show is free to the public. More ... Rolling into St. Ignace in a 2003 379 Peterbilt with 792 horsepower, a custom black and white paint job, and a trailer sporting more than 200 lights will be the guest of honor of the 2009 Richard Crane Memorial Big Rig Truck Show, Alex Debogorski. More ... The entire 3,500 feet of Mackinac Island's runway was needed for the 1944 Douglas C-47 Skytrain that landed on the Island Saturday, September 5. More ... Mackinac Straits Hospital is once again considering a new longterm care facility in St. Ignace to replace the current, outdated facility on Burdette Street and is submitting a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan application this week. More ... The proposed demolition of McNally Cottage and the construction of a three-story hotel and retail complex in its place meets zoning requirements, although it may not meet all architectural review standards, say Mackinac Island planning commissioners, who tabled the issue last week until they have more time to review the request for the zoning application. More ... Dredging spoils from Clark Township's channel maintenance project will be dumped in the southeast corner of Taylor's Pit on M-129 in Cedarville, federal, state, and local officials have decided. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Clark Township have approved the site, which is owned by Frank Taylor. Mr. More ... In 2006, when researchers in New York state found piles of dead bats in four caves near Albany, they didn't know exactly what they were dealing with, and, for the most part, scientists still don't. More ... Bus carrier Indian Trails will open the doors of its new St. Ignace terminal Tuesday, September 22. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be 2 p.m. Monday, September 28, with a reception and public open house to follow until 7 p.m. More ... Joe Eger of the Clark Township Planning Commission will attend his last meeting Tuesday, October 13, then move to Corpus Christi, Texas, with his wife, Carol, for the winter. Heart surgery last year has made it harder to endure the winters here. "Time is short," he said. "I got a rude awakening when I had that surgery. It really changes your outlook on life." More ... This year's Chippewa County Stalwart Agricultural Fair was bigger and better than recent years, said organizer Lawrence Johnson. In its 104th year, the fair, dubbed Michigan's "Biggest Little Fair," attracted more spectators and participants from further away this year, bringing about 2,100 people, up about 200 over last year, over two days to the fairgrounds southeast of Pickford. More ... |
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