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Click here for digital edition  Residents of Mackinaw City will finally have a medical clinic in the village, once renovations are complete at the Citizens National Bank building at 580 South Nicolet Street. The new clinic, owned and operated by Mackinac Straits Hospital in St. Ignace, hopes to open its doors by November 15 and will provide basic health care service to patients by appointment and walkin. More ... The St. Ignace Planning Commission, at its Wednesday, September 30, meeting, approved a site plan for a long-term care facility to be built behind the new hospital under construction on North State Street More ... Youngsters stuffing scarecrows during a Fall Festival at the St. Ignace Elementary and Middle School Friday, October 2, included (from left) Konnor Rickley, Alexia Pemble, Dalton Meyer, R.C. More ... For the second year, Friends of the Pickford Community Library is hosting a community-wide fall festival with proceeds benefitting the development of a public library in Pickford. People are expected to travel miles to participate in festival events that are synonymous with the season, including decorating pumpkins and sipping hot apple cider. More ... The last day of September is a day when Michigan public school administrators want every student present to help determine the amount of state funding their district will receive, based on the number of students in classrooms. The higher the enrollment, the more state funding for their district. More ... As state legislators struggle to pass a workable budget for the State of Michigan's next fiscal year, the City of St. Ignace is just beginning its budget process. Council members received a draft of a 2010 budget and fouryear model at its Monday, October 5, meeting. More ... Funding for Michigan's schools, libraries, prison system, and health programs hangs in the balance as lawmakers have given themselves 30 more days to pass a balanced state budget. Failing to meet their deadline of October 1, the state's elected officials pushed their time limit back to Saturday, October 31. More ... Jonathan Carlson and Anne Collins of Michigan Technological University removed the purple Emerald Ash Borer traps hanging in trees throughout downtown St. Ignace and in residential areas Tuesday, September 22, and Wednesday, September 23, for further study. The 26 traps were placed as part of a university experiment testing a new insect bait, Mr. Carlson said. More ... Helen Phillips, winner of "The Biggest Loser" season 7 television show, will participate in the first Fall Colors Bridge Race across the Mackinac Bridge Saturday, October 10. Registration will cost $40 at the Mackinaw City Visitors Bureau or online at its Web site until Thursday, October 8, at midnight. More ... A year-long study monitoring wind patterns on the Raber and DeTour township border to possibly build a wind turbine farm is nearing completion. The study conducted by the City of Holland Board of Public Works (BPW) east of Goetzville will culminate at the end of October. More ... Two dozen travel writers and editors representing national and regional media outlets visited the Eastern Upper Peninsula Wednesday, September 30, through Monday, October 5. More ... A trustee vacancy left by Jeff Hingston's election as village president was quickly filled with Paul Michalak during the Thursday, October 1, Mackinaw City Village Council meeting. The council also appointed a president pro tempore, turned down a resident's right-ofway abandonment request, and examined the results of a village audit during the packed meeting. More ... |
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