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Asian Carp Have Breached Electric Barrier, Tests Show

Invasive Species Threatens Great Lakes

Conservation groups called for immediate measures to close all Illinois gateways and locks with access to Lake Michigan in a last-ditch effort to keep the destructive Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes after it was learned Friday, November 20, More...

Appeals Court Upholds Samphere Case Decision

The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and sentencing of Kevin Samphere of St. More...

Curtis Community Begins Holiday Celebrations Friday

Tree Lighting, Santa Claus Parade Planned

Curtis will begin the holiday season with “Curtis Aglow” Friday, November 27, at 6 p.m. with a Santa Claus parade and tree lighting in Curtis. The festivities will continue Saturday, November 28, with a Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. More...

St. Ignace City Council Pay Reported, May - October

For the months of May through October, payment to members of the St. Ignace City Council for attending meeting and events totaled $10,800. Meeting salaries are set, while no rules constitute what events are eligible for payment. The St. More...

Fort de Buade Works To Save Artifacts From Pests

Fort de Buade history museum is getting some upgraded flooring in its main display section and protection for its artifacts and storage cases from wood-boring inset larva. More...

Bayliss Public Library Collects Canned Goods for Fines

Bayliss Public Library in Sault Ste. Marie will be collecting non-perishable food items to reduce library fines Tuesday, December 1, through Saturday, December 12. One food item equals one dollar. More...

County Jail Will Get New Carpet

The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners, meeting Thursday, November 12, accepted a bid from Superior Floor Covering of St. Ignace for 123 square yards of carpeting to be installed in the sheriff's office. More...

Military Notes

Mullins Completes Basic Training More...

Mennonite Church Plans Sing-along for December 6

The Wildwood Mennonite Church will host its annual Christmas Carol Sing-along Sunday, December 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the church in Engadine. Bill VanEffen will be the pianist for the evening. The public is invited to attend. More...

Jeff Daniels To Play in Cheboygan

Jeff Daniels will visit the Opera House in Cheboygan Tuesday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. All tickets for the performance are $35. Following the show will be a reception with Mr. Daniels backstage. Tickets for this are $10. More...

Rudyard Youth Form Cleanup Crew

Turner-Howson students from Alicia Lawlor’s kindergarten and Jamie Curtis’ third grade classrooms have formed a cleaning crew to help their school community with the aid of a grant from Un More...

Winkelman Named St. Ignace Kiwanian of Year

Marvin Winkelman, 91, was named Kiwanian of the Year at an annual dinner of the St. Ignace Kiwanis Club Tuesday, November 10. Mr. More...

United Methodist Church Musicale Is December 6

The United Methodist Church of St. Ignace will host musicians from many area churches and the community at its 48th Annual Christmas Musicale Sunday, December 6, at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. More...

Sault Ste. Marie Christmas Open House Will Be Friday and Saturday

The Sault Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a Christmas Open House Friday, November 27, and Saturday, November 28, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at shops in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. The Parade of Lights will be Friday at 7 p.m. More...

Mackinac Island Library Hosts Craft Night December 9

Anne St. Onge is offering to host a Craft Night at the Mackinac Island Library Wednesday, December 9, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. this winter. If there is enough interest, Craft Night will continue in January, meeting weekly through April. More...

Mackinaw City Council Gets a Look at Preliminary Bike Trail Plans

Trailhead Committee Wants To Start Buying Bicycle Racks Next Year

Deciding to create a bicycle trail through Mackinaw City is a philosophical decision, Planning Commission Chair Rob Most told the Mackinaw City Village Council. More...

Focus Will Be on 1890s for McGulpin Lighthouse Museum

Creating an 1890s atmosphere in McGulpin Point Lighthouse is one of several plans that Jim Tamlyn, chairman of the Emmet County Board of Commissioners, has for the Mackinaw City destination. Mr. More...

St. Ignace Children Practice Handwashing To Fight Flu

Health Dept. Team Visits Local Schools

Students at St. Ignace Elementary School received a fun, participatory tutorial on hand washing and germ control on Wednesday, November 4, from the "flu fighters" of the Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Schoolcraft (LMAS) District Health Department. More...

3 College Courses Will Be Offered in St. Ignace

College Partners With Great Waters Center

North Central Michigan College, based in Petoskey, will offer three college-level courses in St. Ignace starting January 18, 2010. The courses will be offered at LaSalle High School. More...

Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Offer Bridge Tower Raffle

The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association is selling raffle tickets for a tower tour of the Mackinac Bridge for two people. More...

Holiday Calendar 2009

St. Ignace •Thursday, November 26: VFW Turkey Dinner, noon to 3 p.m., VFW Hall. •Friday, December 4: Home for the Holidays Open House, 6 p.m., downtown St. Ignace. More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace November 16 and November 17, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

New Weather Equipment Coming to Island Airport

A new weather reporting system will be installed next summer at the Mackinac Island Airport, one of a number of improvements planned for the facility that include pavement and crack repair, repainting line markings, and additional tree removal from More...

Davenport Descendants Visit Home on Mackinac Island

Eleven direct descendants and their families of Ambrose and Susan Davenport of Mackinac Island visited the Davenport home Monday, October 12, on the Island. The Davenport house was one of the older two-story log cabins built in Michigan. More...

Community Singspiration Is Dec. 6

The Rudyard Bible Church is hosting a Community Singspiration Sunday, December 6, at 6 p.m. at the church. The event is open to the public and a cookie reception will follow. More...

LMAS Split May Not Be Good Idea, Nelson Says Now

Lawyers Consulted; Commissioners Favor Move, but Some in West End Advise Against

Splitting from the four-county district health department may not be such a good idea for Mackinac County, Commission Chair Dawn Nelson is now saying. More...

Cedarville Teachers Share Project Requests With Donors

People can contribute online to a fundraising campaign to purchase digital cameras for Joanna Izzard’s 11th grade class at Cedarville High School. More...

Cedarville Bball Teams Host Dinner

A “deer camp chili dinner” Friday, December 4, will benefit the Cedarville boys’ basketball teams. The dinner will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. More...

Les Cheneaux Party Is Dec. 6

Les Cheneaux residents will celebrate Christmas with a community Christmas party Sunday, December 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Center in Cedarville. The party is open to Hessel and Cedarville area residents. More...

Military Note

Bullock Finishes Basic Training

Army Private Joshua Bullock was graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma. He is the grandson of Paavo and Nancy Nurmi of Hessel. He is a 2006 graduate of Whitmore Lake High School. More...

Head Start Visits Fort DeBuade Museum

Fort de Buade Museum Director Judi Engle shows a tour group from Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Head Start program how an ancient sharpening wheel works during a field trip to the St. More...

Crafts, Cookies To Be Offered at Les Cheneaux Bazaar

Artisans selling handmade soaps, maple syrup products, handmade baskets, and more will set up shop for a bazaar at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville Saturday, November 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

Les Cheneaux Math Students Can Earn College Credit

Advanced mathematics students in the Eastern Upper Peninsula now have the opportunity to earn up to 10 college math credits before high school graduation. More...

Retired School Personnel Meet December 3 in Sault Ste. Marie

The Chippewa-Mackinac Chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel will meet Thursday, December 3, at noon at the Presbyterian Church in Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Nathyn Thompson Will Deploy to Iraq With 1437th Engineer Company

Nathyn Thompson, a 2008 LaSalle High School graduate, will soon be shipping out to Iraq with about 70 other National Guard members. The only member of his company from St. More...

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