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Classic Cars To Cruise Through Mackinaw City

Classic cars, including 1931 Ford Model A Coupes and 1957 Chevy Bel Aires, will parade through Mackinaw City during Mackinaw Cruise Night Wednesday, June 23, at 7 p.m. The cruise may become a weekly event for classic car owners. More...

For the Record

• The article, “May Limit Junior High Band, Athletics To St. Ignace Students,” which appeared in The St. Ignace News June 17, contained a misspelling for the name of school board member Ann Massey. More...

Citizens Petition Mackinac Island City Council To Halt Any Demolition Downtown

Horn, Doud Recognized by Council

In two weeks, more than 265 year-around and seasonal residents and business owners on Mackinac Island will learn the effectiveness of their signatures on a petition presented to city council. More...

Hutchison Hosts Book Signing

Audrey Hutchison of Hessel will sign copies of her book Friday, June 25, at 1 p.m. at Book World in St. Ignace. Mrs. Hutchison will also answer questions about her book, “Corruption at Jamestown Prison.” Mrs. More...

City Approves Revised One-year Payment Plan for St. Ignace Sewer Project

Meeting Monday, June 21, the St. More...

Local Property Included in Sale

Local property included in the sale of Union Terminal Piers (Source: County and village tax records) MACKINAC ISLAND PROPERTY Arnold Dock Coal Dock East Dock (the old Straits Transit or Welch dock) More...

Cyclist Injured in Deer Collision

Jennifer Hibbler, 30, of Alanson, collided with a deer while traveling westbound on US-2 in Brevort Sunday, June 20, on a motorcycle with a group of motorcyclists. More...

Chuck Miller Is Show Guest of Honor

Legendary car builder Chuck Miller of Detroit is this year's guest of honor at the 35th St. Ignace Car Show Friday, June 25, and Saturday, June 26. More...

Clark Township, St. Ignace To Apply Jointly for Program To Encourage Entrepreneurism

The Clark Township board will endorse an application to be part of a project to coach community leaders about encouraging entrepreneurial ventures, trustees decided Thursday, June 17. More...

Fire Damages Cottage on LaSalle Island

Firefighters required multiple runs by boat to battle a structure fire on LaSalle Island in the Les Cheneaux Islands Friday, June 11, which damaged the central part of the Terrill Cottage. More...

New Church To Be Built at M-123, Wartella Road

Construction of a new Jehovah's Witnesses church on M- 123 at Wartella Road will take place in late summer or early spring. More...

Court Reports

The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace June 15, Judge Clayton Graham presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More...

Engadine HS Announces Year-end Awards

Seniors Phillip Hood and Elisa Hobbs of Engadine have received the Army bronze medals for their outstanding achievements as high school athletes. More...

Columbus Replica Ships Open for Tours in Cheboygan

Replica ships the Pinta and the Nina will open Friday, June 25, in Cheboygan. The ships will be docked at the City Marina at the Water Street parking lot, until their departure early Monday morning, June 28. More...

Grand Marais Garden Club To Showcase Northern Gardens

The Grand Marais Garden Tour will feature 12 flower and vegetable gardens Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Grand Marais. Admission is $10 per person. More...

Soo Locks, International Bridge, Hydro Plant Welcome Guests June 25-26

Sault Ste. Marie will celebrate Engineers’ Weekend Friday, June 25, and Saturday, June 26, at three sites, the Soo Locks, the historic hydroelectric plant, and the International Bridge. Each event is free of charge. More...

Mackinaw City Plan Meeting Is Thurs.

The Village of Mackinaw City is updating its community master plan and will host a town meeting Thursday, June 24, at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at Mackinaw City Public School. More...

Taxpayers Can Expect New Look to Tax Bills July 1

New software enables bills to be cheaper, easier to understand

New software to produce current and delinquent tax bills in Mackinac County will make the bills look different this year. Taxpayers will see the changes as soon as July 1, when the summer taxes are mailed to property owners by local treasurers. More...

Spruce Budworm Damaging Trees in M-134, Western U.P. Regions

People traveling on M-134 and into the western Upper Peninsula will notice some trees have taken on a scorched look. More...

Concerned Mackinaw City Citizens Ask for Explanation of Lewd Business Policy

Some Say Stores Do Not Fit in Village Culture; Businesses Say They Aren’t Seeking Controversy

Concerned citizens packed Mackinaw City Public Schools' multipurpose room Wednesday, June 16, to hear the village's rules and regulations governing lewd businesses, the sale of drug paraphernalia, and medical marijuana dispensaries. More...

Cedarville Library Book Sale Is July 6 and 7

Friends of Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville are preparing for their annual book sale. Proceeds from the annual book sale go toward facility operations. The book sale will take place Tuesday, July 6, and Wednesday, July 7, from 11 a.m. More...

Red Letter Days

Major Community Events in the Coming Year

June 2010 •St. Ignace Car Show, June 24 - 26, St. More...

Finding a Buyer for Wind Energy Is Next Step for Proposed Rudyard Wind Farms

Nearest Utility Cloverland Electric Doesn’t Need It

With a policy to allow wind turbines now part of local law in Rudyard, and an overhaul of the outdated electric lines in the area to take place in 2012, wind farm developers Half-Moon Power and Element Power must next find potential buyers of the en More...

St. Ignace Community Foundation Awards Scholarships

The St. More...

Music in Mackinaw Is This Saturday

The group Banjo Pickers and Friends will perform for the “Music in Mackinaw” concert series Saturday, June 26, at 8 p.m. at Conkling Heritage Park in Mackinaw City. More...

New Zip Line Attraction Will Offer Mystery Spot Visitors a Fresh View, McCarthy Says

Visitors to the Mystery Spot at St. Ignace this summer will have an opportunity to ride a new zip line offering a view of the Mackinac Bridge, said owner Dan McCarthy, who plans to put two aerial cable rides in place this month. More...

Car Show Events Line-up Features Thursday Cruise Night, Friday Night Parade

The 35th Annual St. Ignace Car Show hits town Thursday, June 24, with “Cruisin' St. Ignace 2010” kicking off the weekend's line-up from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The show's festivities will run through Saturday, June 26. More...

Fiero Club To Feature 15 Classics at Show

1980s Sports Car Is ‘Poor Man’s Corvette’

Coined the “poor man's Corvette,” the Pontiac Fiero was the hippest affordable sports car to hit the streets in the 1980s. More...

Celebrity Car: Seger’s 1965 Fastback Mustang

A 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback formerly owned by Michigan musician Bob Seger will be among cars on display at the 35th Annual St. Ignace Car Show Thursday, June 24, to Saturday, June 26. It was Mr. More...

Best Estimate Puts Cedarville School Budget Deficit at $105K, Superintendent Says

In passing the Les Cheneaux Community Schools 2010-2011 general fund budget Monday, June 21, administrators accounted for the elimination of federal stimulus funds, an anticipated reduction of state funding, and the parameters outlined in their budg More...

Artists Fill Street in DeTour June 26

The fifth annual DeTour Village Fine Arts Festival will be Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Ontario Street between Cunningham Street and Midway Plaisance in DeTour. More...

Outdoor Movies To Debut July 3

Weekly Fireworks Begin Saturday

A special fireworks display Saturday, June 26, will wrap up the St. Ignace Car Show weekend. The fireworks will begin at dusk over Moran Bay. More...

Visnaw, Matson Win 34th St. Ignace Scramble

The duo of Jo Jo Visnaw and Chris Matson captured the championship of the 34th Annual St. Ignace Spring Two-man Golf Scramble Sunday, June 6. The St. Ignace team carded a 36-hole score of 129 (63-66) to win the first flight. More...

Free Community Meal Is June 30

The Engadine United Methodist Church is hosting a free family community meal Wednesday, June 30, from 4 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the church. The meal is open to the public. More...

Kinross Celebrates Log Cabin Day

National Log Cabin Day will be celebrated Sunday, June 27, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Caldwell Cabin at Kinross Heritage Park across from the Chippewa County Fairgrounds. Everyone is welcome to attend. More...

Mackinaw City Fire Department Responds to Alarm

The Mackinaw City Fire Department rushed to Citizen's National Bank on South Nicolet Street after receiving a report that people smelled smoke in the building Friday, June 18, at 1:37 p.m. There was no fire and Fire Chief Fred Thompson, Jr. More...

Planning Commissioners Mull Decisions on Rebuilding Structures

A township board's suggestion to allow landowners to tear down a nonconforming building only to replace it with another non-conforming building did not find favor with Clark Township planning commissioners, as they continued their article-by-article More...

90 Vendors Expected at Mackinaw City Arts and Crafts Show

“My husband says if he stood still, he'd be painted,” said Bonnie Besteman of Rudyard. Mrs. Besteman paints on nearly anything she can get her hands on, from glass and metal to welcome signs and suitcases. More...

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