Doud’s Market Opens as Specialty Grocery, Bakery
By Ted Booker
Doud's Market, the new grocery store in downtown St. Ignace, recalls earlier days when the town offered several small specialty food shops, such as bakery, deli, and grocery stores, and pulls their services together under one roof.
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By Josh Perttunen
The Independence Day celebration this weekend at the Les Cheneaux Islands will offer a full slate of activities. More...
A boat parade will be held on Brevort Lake Saturday, July 3 with the line up at 7 p.m. at the Dukes Road boat launch. The entry fee is $10 per boat. The parade will begin at 7:30 p.m. More...
People in Mackinaw City will celebrate Independence Day with a host of games, food, and attractions Sunday, July 4. More...
Mackinac Island's Fourth of July activities are planned downtown and at Fort Mackinac, concluding with fireworks at dusk. Downtown More...
Fourth of July celebrations will begin in Trout Lake with breakfast served by members of the Trout Lake Volunteer Fire Department. The meal takes place Saturday, July 3, from 7 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the Township Hall. More...
A book club for fifth through eighth grade students will meet Wednesday, July 7, at noon at the St. Ignace Public Library. This month’s book is “The Dangerous Days of Daniel X” by James Patterson. More...
American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in July: Cedarville: Tuesday, July 6, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at Les Cheneaux Community Center. Rudyard: Friday, July 9, from noon to 5:45 p.m. More...
Construction began in early June for a concession stand that will be located next to Bay Pharmacy on South State Street in St. Ignace (Spring Street is visible at right of photograph). More...
Children 10 to 14 years of age who are interested in the performing arts may sign up for the Les Cheneaux Performing Arts Camps, which has announced a children’s theater production of Disney’s “101 Dalmatians - Kids” Saturday More...
The Chippewa County Historical Society is planning a boat cruise Thursday, July 8, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “An Excursion on the St. More...
Eighty-six bikers from the youth groups of Ravenna Baptist Church and Waterford Community Church took a week-long, 200-mile bike trip Monday, June 21, finishing at Mackinac Island. More...
By Josh Perttunen
It's a Friday night and the Kinross Speedpark is a blur of colors. Blacks, purples, reds, and whites spin by in carousel as race cars maneuver to move to the front of the pack. More...
Almost two weeks old, baby lamb “Annie” eats out of the hand of Mike Sutton, mainland park manager. Annie was born Saturday, June 12, at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City. More...
The jury trial date of Fred Paquin and his daughter, Mary Cullen, both of St. Ignace, has been rescheduled to August 16, a mutual agreement reached by the prosecution and the defense shortly before the previously set trial date of June 21. More...
Brad Pringle of Sault Ste. Marie earned a Top 40 and Judge's Choice award for his rare 1974 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 during the St. Ignace Car Show Saturday, June 26. Mr. More...
Vacation Bible School will be Monday, July 5, through Friday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Union Church in Cedarville. For more information, contact Rob Preston at 484-4077 or the church at 484-3638. More...
By Karen Gould
A boat reminiscent of the childhood storybook “Little Toot” cruised into the St. Ignace Marina Thursday, June 24, and a day later, 20 similar vessels followed. More...
New Dance Class To Form In St. Ignace
Registration for summer dance school will be Wednesday, July 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Little Bear East Conference Center. Instruction by Rachel Byma will be on tap and jazz for children ages four to 18. More...
Munoscong Mixed Doubles Golf League The team of Bill and Marilyn McKerchie and Roger and Paulette Belair finished in first place with a nine-hole score of 32 and 12 putts during the Munoscong Mixed Doubles Golf League Thursday, June 24. More...
Tuesday, July 6 is the last day to register to vote for the August 3 primary election. To register, applicants must be at least 18 years old by Election Day and be U.S. citizens. More...
By Josh Perttunen
With her finger poised above her camera's shutter release, photographer Elizabeth Fels of Hessel looks beyond the image before her. “Things just come to me,” she said. “I start to recognize recurring patterns in nature. More...
Jan Huttenstine will be the speaker for the Rudyard Historical Society Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at the Rudyard Community Center. Ms. Huttenstine is the author of “Remotely Yours,” a book about the history of the Whitefish Point area. More...
Fish Finding Affirms eDNA Testing and Points to Need for Aggressive Action To Stave Off Invaders
The scenario of Asian carp entering the Great Lakes through Chicago waterways is closer to reality as the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announced Wednesday, June 23, that an invasive bighead carp was captured in Lake Calumet, six miles More...
A salmon and trout tournament will be Saturday, July 10, from 6 a.m. to noon in St. Ignace. The registration fee is $25 per boat with proceeds aiding the March of Dimes. More...
Linda Vaughn rides in the Indianapolis pace car during the St. Ignace Car Show parade Friday, June 25. (Photograph by Erin McGarry) More...
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