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Attendance Surges at Truck Show

Business Is Showing Signs of Recovery, Truckers, Industry Suppliers Say

By Ted Booker

Experts say Michigan's trucking industry is beginning to thrive again, and as if to illustrate that point, 105 registered truckers took time out in St. More...

Council Wants Budget Reports

Marina, Recreation Among Concerns

By Karen Gould

In its continuing struggle to get a handle on its budget, the St. More...

Programs To Spotlight World of Dog Sledding

In Curtis This Weekend

By Ted Booker

Professional sled dog racers from across the country will be gathering in Curtis at the Erickson Center for the Arts for the Midwest Iditarod Teachers' Conference Friday, September 24, and Sled Dog Symposium Saturday, September 25, where they will b More...

News

Hours Are Changed at Naubinway Health Clinic; Community Petitions

Low patient volume at the Naubinway Family Health Clinic has led to reduction of hours there, and the clinic’s full-time nurse practitioner, Carol Norman, has resigned, although the two events may not be related. More...

Mackinac Bridge Traffic Is Up 2%

Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge increased 2% for the month of August, compared to August 2009, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority. This August, 568,137 vehicles crossed the bridge, while 557,125 crossed during August 2009. More...

Ross Pleads Guilty to Carjacking

Andrew Ross, 25, pleaded guilty to carjacking for his part in the failed escape attempt from Kinross Correctional Facility July 15. More...

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Sports

Football

By David Latva

Big Plays On Offense, Defense Lift Saints Over Hurons Big plays on offense and defense lifted the St. Ignace Saints to a 67-30 Straits Football League win over the Rogers City Hurons at Saints Field Friday, September 17. More...

Flag Football Title Game Is October 2

The St. Ignace Recreation Department is hosting the travel flag football championship Saturday, October 2, at McCann Field. Cedarville will play Pickford at 10 a.m. Brimley takes on St. Ignace at 11 a.m. More...

Cross Country

Cedarville Girls First, Boys Second at Ellsworth Invite The Cedarville girls finished first and the boys second during the House on the Hill cross country invitational at Ellsworth Saturday, September 18. More...

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Opinion

Purchasing Ferry Docks Is a Good Thing for Island

To the Editor: More...

Questions Remain Unanswered After Mackinac Island Meeting

To the Editor: I was in the crowd for the Mackinac Island City Council meeting Wednesday, September 8. More...

City Residents Have Lost a Friend

To the Editor: Last week I lost a friend and the City lost a very important person; Mary Nichols died and she was truly our eyes, ears, and voice with her attendance at city meetings and then her report to us in her letters to the editor. More...

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Schools To Get 3,500 Computers

By Josh Perttunen

As part of the largest single competitive grant the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District ever received, school districts in three counties will receive laptop computers for all students in seventh through 12th grades. More...

Judge Ned Fenlon Dies at Age 106

Local Legislator Aided Straits Area, Pushed for Mackinac Bridge Construction

By Karen Gould

A significant force in Michigan and the Straits area, St. Ignace native Edward “Ned” H. Fenlon died in Long Beach, California, Sunday, September 19, 2010. He was 106 years old. More...

789 Tractors Cross Bridge

By Michael Ayala

A parade of 789 antique farm tractors chugged across the Mackinac Bridge and drew large crowds of onlookers in both Mackinaw City and St. More...

Obituaries

Patricia Markle

Patricia Ann VanVorst Markle, 63, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at her home in Pickford. She was born February 23, 1947, in Kalamazoo, to LaVern C. and Melva Jane (nee Bond) VanVorst. More...

Franklin ‘Russell’ Moffitt

Franklin “Russell” Moffitt, 84, of Drummond Island, died Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. More...

Jack Riness

Jack Edwin Riness served in the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and went on to a career as a stone mason and bricklayer, following a family tradition. More...

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Columns

Michigan Politics

Great Moments in Political Debates

By George Weeks

In some respects, this year's gubernatorial election campaign is one of the most unusual in decades. More...

Les Cheneaux

By Helen Shoberg
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Fall is in the air, and it seems to happen all of a sudden. The air suddenly seems to change, the trees break out in color, and the nights are colder. Many summer cottages have closed for the year. More...

DEAL ME IN

Over 21 In Dog Years Doesn't Count

Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: More...

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