The EUP Regional Spelling Bee took place Tuesday, March 2, at St. Ignace Middle School with 14 schools from the Eastern Upper Peninsula participating.
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Representative Gary McDowell of Rudyard was presented with the Michigan Pharmacists Association Pharmacy Political Action Council Legislator of the Year Award at the association’s Annual Convention, Friday, February 26, through Sunday, Februar More...
By Karen Gould
Rates will be held steady for water, sewer, and landfill users on Mackinac Island this year. The Board of Public Works (BPW) is budgeting $44,950 less than in 2009, with no wage increases planned and expenses kept at a minimum. More...
By Josh Perttunen
Mackinac County Sheriff Scott Strait surveyed the crowd filing into the LaSalle High School gymnasium, looking for people he could “deputize” for two hours, just long enough to win a charity basketball game. More...
By Michael Ayala
The Scott Point Tribe of American Aboriginals, a nonprofit group from Gould City dedicated to preserving Native culture and protecting ancient burial grounds, is proposing a partnership with the Mackinac County Road Commission to provide volunteer s More...
By Mark Tower
The St. Ignace public marina, which was faced with a $58,860.29 deficit at the beginning of 2009, has reduced expenses in 2009 to dig itself out of debt, ending the year with a positive bank balance of $9,201. More...
The Soo Area Sportsmen’s Club will hosts its final fishing tournament of the season, the Last Chance Walleye Derby, Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13, on Munuscong Bay. The event will begin at 1 a.m. Friday and end at 8 p.m. Saturday. More...
By Karen Gould
The Mackinac Island school millage will be decreased slowly over the next nine years with a refinancing of a 1998 gymnasium construction bond. More...
The Erickson Center for the Arts will sponsor the first “North of 45 Retreat for Writers” Thursday, May 13, through Sunday, May 16, at Chamberlin’s Ole Forest Inn in Curtis. The retreat is open to writers of any style. More...
The garage on State Street in Cedarville, owned by the Mackinac County Road Commission, will be sold to the highest bidder, the commission decided Tuesday, March 2, after Clark Township, which had been thinking about purchasing it, said it is no lon More...
The Mackinaw City Middle School and High School bands will present a “March Madness” concert Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. More...
Ron and Molly Paquin, formerly of St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie, have recently moved to Cheboygan, where Mr. Paquin will be offering classes in native art forms this summer. Mrs. More...
Free tax counseling and tax preparation assistance for people of middle and low incomes, with special attention given to those age 60 and older, is being offered in St. Ignace, Mackinaw City, Cedarville, Kinross, Rudyard, Engadine, and Sault Ste. More...
The ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship will host its fourth annual Family Fun Fair Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m. at the Sault Ste. Marie Middle School. More...
2010-2011 Budget Faces Deficit of Up To $800,000
By Mark Tower
Changes to the athletic pass policy and lodging reimbursement were approved by the St. Ignace Area Schools Board of Education at its Monday, March 8, meeting. Trustees also appointed Jim Mattson of St. More...
By Karen Gould
An optical fiber cable to be installed from St. More...
Floyd Lamoreaux will speak at the Rudyard Historical Society meeting Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. at the Rudyard Community Center. A descendant of the large Simmons family who came to the Upper Peninsula from Minnesota, Mr. More...
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