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Luna Stamy, a first grade student at Mackinac Island Public School, reaches up to shake the hand of military veteran Doug Horn. More ... St. Ignace Area Schools should pursue a property tax to fund its technology, busing, and energy needs in the wake of state funding cuts, a citizens advisory committee decided at a meeting at the St. Ignace Middle School library Wednesday, November 11. It was the first meeting of the community group, convened to help guide the school board. More ... Human skeletal remains were uncovered just west of the Indian Dormitory on Mackinac Island Wednesday, November 4, during trenching work to add a new water line to the building. The remains, thought to be Indian, were secured until work was finished and then reburied at the site. More ... Alleged hit and run driver Dustan Bowen, 28, of Sanford, was bound over to 11th Circuit Court in Mackinac County Friday, November 13, where Judge William Carmody will take up the 16-count felony case at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 19. More ... With both seasonal and swine flu vaccine supplies lower than the Centers for Disease Control anticipated, hospitals and health departments across the EUP are scheduling flu clinics for high risk groups only, as soon as new shipments arrive. More ... In today's tough economic turmoil, few new businesses are opening their doors and many areas around Michigan are not seeing much in the way of new development. But that's not stopping the DeTour Economic Development Corporation (EDC) from trying to attract retail, service, and manufacturing businesses to set up shop at one of the eastern-most points of the Upper Peninsula. More ... Larry Griewahn of Hudson gets ready to cross the Mackinac Bridge southbound with an eight-point buck, the first deer brought south from the Upper Peninsula, Sunday, November 15. Mr. More ... The Cedarville Middle School Drama Club will perform its rendition of the comedythriller "Nightmare High School" in the Les Cheneaux Community Schools old gymnasium Friday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m. More ... With state funding for Michigan schools unlikely to meet their needs, the time has come for schools to be creative in finding solutions to their budget problems themselves. More ... A permit has been issued to relocate or demolish McNally Cottage on Mackinac Island. Notification was presented to the Mackinac Island City Council during its Wednesday, November 4, meeting. Council reviewed the document without comment. Onge More ... |
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