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Mackinac Island State Park Bans Stickers With Hopes City Will, Too

Operations in Mackinaw City get most of the credit for an overall increase in tourist attendance at Mackinac State Historic Parks this year, with the number of visitors there increasing between 3% and 6%, even as attendance fell 3.53% at Fort Mackin More...

November Students of the Month

Turner-Howson Elementary School Students of the Month for November include (front, from left) Clayton Noble, Bradley Hall, Logan Kantola, Brieanna McClellan, Jocelynn Hawkes, Ean Brady, Caleb LaPonsie More...

Naubinway Snowmobilers Ready for Season

Whenever a winter storm rolls in, many people dust off their shovels and snowblowers and begin removing the snow that can easily send cars skidding along roads and driveways. More...

St. Ignace Church Hosts AA Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings take place Mondays at 7 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church on Reagon Street in St. Ignace. More...

Bayliss Library Presents Refugee Program Jan. 7

Bayliss Public Library will present “Emigrating from Burma to the Sault: a Presentation about Our Karen Neighbors,” Thursday, January 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the library in Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Great Start Coalition Will Offer Parent Leadership Training Jan. 5

Great Start Coalition is offering parent leadership training Tuesday, January 5, from 5:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Ignace Middle School cafeteria. More...

Engadine Library Hosts Story Time, Play Group

Engadine Library will host an infant and toddler play group for children up to two years of age Saturday, January 9, and Tuesday, January 12, at 11 a.m. Preschool story times will be Saturday, January 16, and Saturday, January 30, at 11 a.m. More...

St. Ignace PTO To Meet January 13

The St. Ignace Elementary Parent Teacher Organization will meet Wednesday, January 13, at 3 p.m. at the school. The group is still collecting Campbell, Spartan, and Tyson labels for fundraising, along with BoxTops for Education. More...

Local Middle and High School Honor Roll Announced

Brimley Middle and High School First Quarter More...

Trail Hike Will Be January 9

The Hiawatha Shore-to-Shore Chapter of the North Country Trail Association is hosting a winter trail day Saturday, January 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Soldier Lake Day Use Area, located off M-28 near Raco. More...

January Blood Drive Locations and Times Announced

American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in January: Rudyard: Friday, January 15, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at Rudyard Community Center. Sault Ste. Marie: Wednesday, January 20, from noon to 5:45 p.m. More...

More H1N1 Vaccines Are Recalled

About 4.3 million doses of nasal H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines have been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer because their potency was degrading over time. More...

Parent Coalition Offers First Cedarville Meeting

The Great Start Parent Coalition will host a parent meeting Thursday, January 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville. More...

Mackinac Bridge Authority Finds No Greater Risk With Self-Insurance

Pools Risk With State Highway Department To Cover Incidents, Damage, Liability on Straits Superstructure

The Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) expects to save $200,000 a year after canceling its insurance for liability, excess liability, boiler and machinery, employee crime, marine, and business property, and administrators said all claims would be cover More...

Volunteers Recognized for Work With Hope Hotline

St. Ignace

Billie Clark (center, front row) presents a certificate of appreciation from St. Ignace Area Hope to Troy Garlock of St. Ignace Ace Hardware Friday, December 11. More...

‘Meaning of Christmas’ Essay Winners

Turner-Howson Elementary

At left: Turner- Howson Elementary students (from left) Hayley Malaska, Logan Pennington, and Shayna Green are the winners of the Salvation Army’s “What Christmas Means to Me” essay More...

Mackinaw City Youth Perform at Christmas Program

At left: Samuel Duncan (from left), Chase Weatherwax, and Natalie McCumby sing "The Light of the World Is Jesus" and "This Little Light of Mine" during the Mackinaw City Bible Church's Christmas progr More...

Christiansen Completes Training

Military

Air Force Airman Dane Christiansen of St. Ignace has been graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Mary and Stevan Christiansen of St. Ignace, and a 2009 graduate of LaSalle High School. More...

MSU Extension Offers Better Kids Training in January

Michigan State University (MSU) Extension is providing a two-hour educational training entitled “Sparking Kids’ Curiosity” in January. More...

Residents Can Snowshoe State Park

Asnowshoe walk through Straits State Park in St. Ignace will begin the Wellness Council of the Upper Peninsula Physical Activity Incentive Program at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 2. More...

Tribal Grant To Bring Back After-school Programs for Students in St. Ignace

Focus Will Be on Fitness, Nutrition

St. Ignace elementary students will soon be offered an afterschool program with a focus on physical activity and nutrition, funded by a $10,000 grant through the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' Strategic Alliance for Health. More...

Five Gros Cap Students Are Graduated From Drug Abuse Resistance Education

"If someone asks you to try cigarettes or marijuana, just say 'no' and walk away," student Steve Seccia said as he read his Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) report to a crowd of parents and school officials. More...

27 Complete DARE Education at Cedarville

Fifth-grade students from Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville before their graduation from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program Thursday, December 10, are (in no particular orde More...

On Chief Wawatam, 100-year-old Hand-hammered Rivets Held Tight Until the End

News reports indicate that the barge Chief Wawatam, the hull of the former railroad ferry that served the Straits of Mackinac for more than 70 years, is being scrapped at its owner’s shipyard, Purvis Marine Limited in Sault Ste. More...

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