October 29, 2009 RSS feed / News

ISD Superintendent Proposes Elimination of School Districts

Idea To Be Considered Further in Face of Funding Cuts

Local schools should consider pooling their resources and eliminating the concept of school districts, suggested Pete Everson during the EUP School Board Association meeting at LaSalle High School in St. Ignace Tuesday, October 20. Mr. More...

Plan Moves Forward for Building Cedarville Store

Commissioners Eye Business, Community Character

A Family Dollar store might be established in Cedarville, now that a first step has been taken in the process of rezoning and developing land for it. Township and county approval must still be secured for the project. More...

Students Celebrate Soldiers’ Homecoming

Sixth and seventh grade students listen to Sergeant Karen Moses and Lieutenant Commander Brian Cahill, both LaSalle High School graduates, during their visit to the middle school Wednesday, October 14 More...

Gamble Starts Dog Grooming Business Out of Love for Animals

Katti Gamble, a St. Ignace resident and a 2004 LaSalle High School graduate, has always had a love for dogs and other animals growing up, and she said she always dreamed of having a golden retriever. More...

Dump Truck Suffers Fuel Delivery Damage in Destruction of Property

A malicious destruction of property incident occurred in DeTour Township August 2 at Fountain Excavating on South Caribou Lake Road. More...

Limited H1N1 Vaccines Distributed by Priority

Health departments in the Eastern Upper Peninsula are following priority guidelines handed down by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) when distributing the limited number of H1N1 flu vaccines available to area residents. More...

Local Elementary Schools Welcome 2009-2010 Kindergarten Students

Nicki Lee's kindergarten class poses for a picture in their classroom at St. Ignace Elementary School. More...

Tickets Are Available for Daniels Performance

The Erickson Center for the Arts in Curtis will host "An Evening with Jeff Daniels" Thursday, December 10, at 8 p.m. More...

Steiner Receives Sigma Alpha Lambda Membership at WMU

Brendon Steiner of St. Ignace has become a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Lead - ership and Honors Organization at Western Michigan University. He is the son of Laurie and Dean Steiner. More...

Methodist Women To Host Dinner

The United Methodist Women of St. Ignace are offering their annual turkey dinner Thursday, November 5, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the LaSalle High School cafeteria. The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for children five to 12 years of age. More...

Rollover Crash Claims Driver’s Life

Curtis Kleynenberg, 37, from downstate Michigan was killed in a rollover accident on US-2 east of Borgstrom Road in Hudson Township, Friday, October 23, at 3:40 p.m. More...

Police Seek Couple in Check Scam

A male and female couple cashed fraudulent checks at local stores Saturday, October 17, in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, police reported. The white male, 25 to 35 years of age, has light brown or blonde shoulder-length hair. More...

Organization Funds Free Open Skating at Little Bear East

Fab Fridays Will Be Offered Once a Month for No Charge

Families who come to Fab Friday, the open skating and pizza party offered by the St. More...

Cost of Doing Nothing About Quality Health Care Is Too Great

In Michigan we know that skyrocketing health insurance costs are costing us jobs. For the majority of families in Michigan who have coverage, they are seeing costs go up and up. More...

Zoning Ordinance Review Continues

The review process to update the Clark Township Zoning Ordinance is waiting on the Clark Township Board of Trustees. More...

St. Ignace Police Chief Tim Matelski Retires

St. Ignace Police Chief Tim Matelski announced his retirement from the police department in a letter to City Council Monday, October 19. In the letter, he stated that his last day would be December 31, 2009. Mr. More...

Hotel, Retail Complex OK’d at Mackinac Island

Construction is planned to begin next fall on a 22-suite hotel and sixstore retail complex on Main Street on Mackinac Island, following approval of a zoning application, the first step required by the city for the development. More...

Mackinac Island To Clarify Cemetery Names; Jewish Burial Section Available

A proposal to change the names of the Catholic and Protestant cemeteries on Mackinac Island to North and South for deeds and on other internal documents failed to get the support of the city council Wednesday, October 21. More...

Music in the Center Begins Sunday

Music in the Center begins Sunday, November 1, at 7 p.m. at the Erickson Center in Curtis. The featured performer is Bob Marshall. Tickets are $5. More...

Sault Tribe Will Offer Wellness Clinic on Island

A wellness clinic with Dr. Jerome Siudara is available for Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians members and their families Tuesday, November 3, at the Mackinac Island Medical Center. More...

Flu Prompts Visiting Restrictions at St. Ignace Hospital

In response to multiple cases of influenza-like illness reported in the area, Mackinac Straits Hospital in St. Ignace is restricting visitors and employees in an attempt to stop the spread of viruses. More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace October 19 through October 21, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

St. Ignace Chamber Reschedules Meetings

The St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce has rescheduled its next two meetings. The November meeting will be Wednesday, November 4, instead of Wed - nesday, November 11. More...

Benefit Dinner For Kelly Will Be November 7

A spaghetti dinner is planned Saturday, November 7, to benefit Debbie Kelly of Pickford at the Pickford school cafeteria. The meal will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ms. Kelly is a surgery patient and proceeds will aid her with medical bills. More...

Riders Raise $2,500 for Hospice

Mountain bikers gear up Saturday morning, September 26, for the 24-mile "Ride for a Reason" Hospice Bike-a-thon from St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in St. More...

Rickley Descendants, Friends Gather for Ghost Feast Tradition

The spirits of departed loved ones and long-ago ancestors are nourished when a family comes together and shares food and tobacco with them through a ceremonial fire, according to tribal belief – and at the same time, family ties are renewed fo More...

Cut River Bridge Opens October 26

After two seasons of construction, the deck of the US-2 Cut River Bridge has been replaced, and the historic bridge was opened to traffic Monday, October 26. The truss cantilevered bridge, about 25 miles west of St. More...

Tina Champion Celebrates Medical Miracle

Tina Champion was born in a military hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, and spent the first few weeks of her life separated from her parents while at hospitals in California and Texas for surgery after surgery. More...

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