By Ted Booker
“Congratulations Class of 2010, may we all soar like eagles,” said salutatorian Eric Lenoir to cap off his speech at the LaSalle High School commencement ceremony Friday, May 28, challenging his graduating class to confidently pursue the
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The Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts Summer Convention will be Friday, June 11, through Sunday, June 13, at American Legion Post 27 in Bessemer. For more information, contact Tom DeCarlo at (906) 932-4591. More...
The 2009- 2010 School Employees of the Year were honored at the EUP School Boards’Association dinner Wednesday, May 19, at Brimley Area Schools. More...
The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace May 25, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...
By Michael Ayala
Moments before her graduation from Engadine Consolidated Schools, Erica Bryers met with family and friends, embracing them and waiting for the moment she could receive her diploma at a commencement ceremony at the high school Friday, May 28. More...
2010 Graduates Share Plans for Future
The following awards were announced at commencement Saturday, May 29, at 2 p.m. in the gymnasium at Pickford High School: Scholarships Krista Esslin: Ferris State University Scholarship, Michigan Merit. More...
Children and their parents will have an opportunity to spend a day together fishing at the Castle Rock Ponds Saturday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 14th Annual Kids Fishing Day, sponsored by the Straits Area Sportsmen's Club. More...
By Mike Ayala
With the Carp River Bridge rehabilitation project to accept bids through the state highway department in early July, the Mackinac County Road Commission added 500 feet of additional paving near the bridge at its meeting Tuesday, May 25. More...
Upper Peninsula Chapter 16 of the State Employee Retirees Association will meet Monday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. in the conference room at the State Office building in Escanaba. All members and their guests may attend. More...
Amanda Dixon and Dana Schieding have been named Students of the Month at LaSalle High School for May. Amanda Dixon More...
Joe Mellon of St. Ignace was graduated from Michigan Technological University in the commencement exercise Saturday, May 1. Mr. More...
The following academic awards were awarded to LaSalle High School students at a school assembly Wednesday, May 12: Fred Stearns Memorial Scholarship: Stephanie Damron, Gerrit Mortensen, Kristen Olsen. St. More...
Construction for the fiber optic cable that will run from Kinross to St. Ignace is slated to begin in July, reported Tom Sumbler from the Peninsula Fiber Network of Munising. More...
A fireworks show has been added to the St. Ignace Car Show Saturday, June 26, and the St. Ignace Fireworks Committee will be hosting a raffle drawing for a new V8 Chevrolet engine donated by General Motors. More...
Vacation Bible School will be Monday, June 7, through Friday, June 11, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Straits Evangelical Free Church in St. Ignace. More...
Murphy Will Tackle Straits Swim To Raise Suicide Awareness
By Josh Perttunen
The serene and still surface of the Straits of Mackinac can be deceptive to swimmers. More...
The annual Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference will be held on Mackinac Island Wednesday, June 2, through Sunday, June 6, at Grand Hotel. More...
Before the winds catch the sails of nearly 50 sailboats in a national sailboat race taking place in the Les Cheneaux waterways in August , the banner design of a local high school student will be displayed around the community. More...
The Michigan Association of Planning \is offering the workshop “Planning and Zoning Essentials” Thursday, June 17, from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Cisler Center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie. More...
By Josh Perttunen
Local musicians will take to the big stage Wednesday, June 16, as the Cedarville High School band has accepted an invitation to perform at the New York Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. More...
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