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January 20, 2011 / Front Page

Winterfest Events Draw Thousands

Race Team Brings Family Members to Mackinaw City

By Matt Mikus

When Mary Westcott from Bloomfield Hills and her family, who had been attending Winterfest every year for the past three years, sat down in the Dixie Saloon after the outhouse races last year, they were talking about how much fun they had at the even More...

Saving Lake Views, Access Are Goals in Village Master Plan

By Matt Mikus

The Mackinaw City Planning Commission discussed the final chapters of the Mackinaw City Master Plan at a special meeting Thursday, January 13, before approving the changes in the plan. More...

News

Rural Health Preservation Nonprofit Will Not Buy Cheboygan Hospital After All

A nonprofit health care preservation group will not purchase Cheboygan Memorial Hospital after all, the hospital announced Tuesday, January 11, but it will offer specialty surgical services there, as planned, and the hospital will keep its doors open More...

Tower Lights On US-2 Are Down to Eight Bulbs

The 10 tower lights installed in the vicinity of the US-2 and I-75 interchange in St. Ignace are gradually failing and will not be replaced. Eighty high-powered bulbs were used to light the roadway in that area. More...

Governer Splits DNRE Back To DNR And DEQ

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality will be split into two separate departments, a decision that will take effect Sunday, March 13, following the first executive order signed by Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday, January More...

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Sports

BOYS BASKETBALL

By David Latva

Cedarville Post Comeback Win Over Harbor Springs The Cedarville Trojans struggled with their shooting and trailed by 10 points late in the first half before posting a come-from-behind 80-64 non-conference win over the Harbor Springs Rams in Cedarvill More...

Saints Bowlers, Wrestlers Compete in League Matches

Saints Bowlers Drop League Matches at Cheboygan The St. Ignace Saints boys and girls teams dropped Northern Michigan Bowling Association Conference matches at Cheboygan Saturday, January 15. More...

St. Ignace Saints Will Join Ski Valley Football League

By David Latva

The St. Ignace Saints will join their sixth football conference in the history of LaSalle High School with the expansion and realignment of the present Ski Valley Conference for the 2012 season. More...

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Opinion

Switchboard Operators Reunion Story Brings Back Memories

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City Employees Happy To Give Tours of Operations

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Allow East Lake To Age Naturally; Scrap the Mapping Project

To the Editor: East Lake should be allowed to age and progress naturally and become a shallow lake and eventually a marshy swamp. It will attract birds and other wildlife for decades to come. More...

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Tax Values Scrutinized in 4 Townships

Moran Twp. Correcting Assessments as Brevort, Newton, and Portage Now Under Review

By Matt Mikus

How much assistance the Mackinac County equalization office will provide to townships in assessing property values has been called into question, as mistakes made by an assessor in at least one township are under review. More...

Finishing Race Is Half the Challenge of ‘One Lunger’

Cedarville Snowmobile Action

-By Josh Perttunen

The Cedarville Blizzard vintage snowmobile race, now entering its third year, is as much about keeping a sled together as it is about crossing the finish line. More...

Plan Shows Island in ‘Maintenance Mode,’ Brink Says

Growth, Density Top Concerns on Mackinac

By Matt Mikus

Mackinac Island’s master plan, updated for the first time in 12 years and now available for public review and comment, reflects a community in “maintenance mode,” says consultant Fran Brink, one where residents would like to maintai More...

Obituaries

Dale Dieterich

Dale Roger Dieterich, 66, of Drummond Island, formerly of Valley City, Ohio, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie. More...

Juanita Kinary

Juanita Lois Kinary, 84, of Cheboygan, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. She was born September 2, 1926, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Richard and Clara (nee Cody) Sollars. More...

John Vachon

John Joseph Vachon, 64, of Amarillo, Texas, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011. He was born February 27, 1946, in Tucumcari, New Mexico, the third of eight children born to Stanley and Jenny (nee Wiitala) Vachon. He spent his early years in St. More...

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Columns

Michigan Politics

Threats of Violence Against Michigan Politicians

By George Weeks

From the outset of statehood, Michigan politicians and their families have known the fear of feeling unsafe in the public spotlight. More...

Mackinac Island

By Jeannette Doud
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We did receive a little more snow this past week, but we still don’t have much on the ground. The days have been bright and sunny, with blue skies and calm winds, but the nights have been cold, with the temperature dropping to zero. More...

Looking Back

120 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Saturday, January 17, 1891 Lots of snow. Good sleighing. ••• Wm. P. Preston, of the Island, makes an excellent Sergeant at Arms. So says speaker Wachtel. More...

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