Thompson of St. Ignace Among Returning Soldiers
The National Guard 1437th Engineer Company returned to the Upper Peninsula Wednesday, August 25, from their deployment to Iraq with great fanfare as a police escort heralded their arrival at Sault Ste.
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Volunteers Devise Plan To Help Animal to Safety
By Josh Perttunen
John and Sandi Fisher came across an unlikely scene Sunday, August 29, when they ventured behind their Cedarville home with friends Keith and Sharri Kostecki to show them the Taylor Pit, where sediment from the Les Cheneaux channel dredging project More...
County Seeks Another Meeting on East Lake Dam
By Ted Booker
The City of St. Ignace will be allowed to move its sewage treatment drain pipe 300 feet to the north of its present location to get it, and the birds it attracts, away from the Mackinac County Airport runway. More...
A fiber optic network will be expanded west on US-2 from St. More...
Yacht racing season on Mackinac Island comes to a close when sails are hoisted for the 16th annual Horn's Bar Labor Day Regatta Sunday, September 5. More...
Roughly $2,500 and a safe were stolen and a cash register was damaged during a break-in at AMaze N-Mirrors in the Mackinaw Crossings mall in Mackinaw City late Sunday, August 22, assistant manager Sarah Grant told The St. Ignace News. More...
Mackinac Straits Health System of St. Ignace was named Business Neighbor for the month of August through the United Way of the EUP Volunteer Center's Recognition Spotlight program. More...
After working for St. Ignace Area Schools for the past five years as a substitute teacher, Kevin Brady was hired this summer as a fulltime teacher at LaSalle High School in St. More...
By Josh Perttunen
Kathy Gaylor was named the new Rudyard Township supervisor, effective until November 2012, at an August 17 township board meeting. More...
Mike Dempsey, a pianist, vocalist, and published composer from southeastern Michigan, is returning to Soo Theatre with the production of “Rodgers and Hammerstein” Thursday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the theater in Sault Ste. Marie. More...
By Rebecca Jaskot
Mackinac Island Town Crier
Brother Jim Boynton, SJ was away from his missionary work in Haiti for a few days for a home visit and spent the night of Friday, August 20, on Mackinac Island, where he called a square dance at Ste. Anne's Catholic Church. More...
Mackinaw City officials want to open a conversation with the City of Mackinac Island about the possibility that the Island may limit its ferry services to one boat company, establishing a monopoly for ferry service to Mackinac Island. More...
People’s Choice Awards 1953-1962 1st, Louis Raymond, Hale, 1958 Charcoal and Silver Blue Convertible. 2nd, Todd and Tracie Sears, Traverse City, 1959 Red Convertible. 3rd, Joe Tiernan, Gaylord, 1961 Black Convertible. More...
By Allison Knopp
Mackinac Island Town Crier
An agreement was signed Saturday, August 21, at Windermere Point between the Round Island Preservation Society and the Hiawatha National Forest to establish the society as the active preservation society for the Round Island Lighthouse and to outlin More...
Owing to teacher retirements, several classes will be taught by new teachers this year at LaSalle High School in St. Ignace. More...
By Josh Perttunen
It is the fifth inning of a seveninning game. The score has been deadlocked since the second inning and there is a man on second base with two outs. A backpedalling outfielder is in perfect position to snag a fly hit to right field. More...
For a few days from Wednesday, August 18, to Monday, August 24, the light at Round Island Lighthouse went mysteriously dark. More...
American Red Cross blood drives will be held at the following locations in September: Sault Ste. Marie: Friday, September 3, from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Tribal Health Center; Wednesday, September 29, from noon to 5:45 p.m. More...
The early Canada goose hunting season opens statewide Wednesday, September 1. More...
The Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville is hosting a beer-tasting fundraiser Friday, September 3, as part of the school's increasing emphasis on fundraising. The event, from 5 p.m. More...
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