By Mary Petrides
When Johnny Brown attended LaSalle High School in the late 1960s, the star athlete was asked to stay off the basketball team. “They told me, ‘Don’t play basketball.
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Justin McLean, originally of St. Ignace, faces federal charges of armed bank robbery following an incident in the Upper Peninsula town of Harvey Wednesday, October 12. Mr. McLean is jailed and awaiting arraignment in Campbell County, Wyoming. More...
Above: LaSalle High School seniors and members of the National Honor Society, Torie Litzner (left) and Taylor Becker, cover the morning shift during the blood drive the society organizes annually. More...
American Red Cross blood drives will be held on the following days: Tuesday, November 8, from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at DeTour Town Hall in DeTour; Friday, November 11, from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. More...
Wide differences of opinion marked this year’s evaluation of City Manager Eric Dodson, who has since resigned from the city and is resuming his law practice. More...
By Josh Perttunen
Improvements at Hessel Beach are to be performed by Hessel Block Company and Mathews Excavating, Clark Township board members decided at a Thursday, October 20, meeting after opening the two bids that had been submitted. More...
By Josh Perttunen
Hours after Shirley Bentgen of St. More...
With an interest in receiving professional archaeological help and finding ways to collaborate in history gathering projects for several groups in Mackinaw City, there will be a meeting Friday, October 28, at 11:30 a.m. More...
The first of a series of local export strategy webinars and workshops will be Friday, November 4, in the Marine Room in the Lake Superior State University Shouldice Library in Sault Ste. Marie from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshop is free. More...
Results of the county-wide transportation feasibility study conducted by the Corradino Group will be shared at a public meeting Thursday, October 27, at 7 p.m. at the St. Ignace Public Library. More...
Families who use the Emergency Food Assistance Program and Commodity Supplemental Food Program in Mackinac, Chippewa, or Luce counties will have to reapply for the program to continue receiving food, the Chippewa Luce Mackinac Community Action Agency More...
The State Court Administrative Office of the Michigan Supreme Court is seeking volunteers to serve on a 15-county Foster Care Review Board panel. More...
By Matt Mikus
St. Ignace Area Schools has improved its finances by decreasing expenses and increasing total net assets, but saw a decrease in its general fund balance during the last fiscal year, which ended June 30. More...
By Josh Perttunen
With more positions in Michigan school districts being filled by professional staffing services, the Les Cheneaux school board in Cedarville met with representatives of the Professional Education Services Group (PESG) Monday, October 17, to discuss t More...
By Mary Petrides
Students at Engadine Consolidated Schools took the challenge of turning off their screens for a week. That meant no television, no video games, no cellular telephones, and no computers except for homework. More...
By Matt Mikus
Negotiations between Don Beavers and the Village of Mackinaw City continue as both sides work on language in the new village manager’s contract. The village council met Monday, October 24, to review Mr. More...
Safe driving courses will be available through AARP Wednesday, November 16, and Thursday, November 17, at 10 a.m. at Bayliss Public Library in Sault Ste. Marie. Seating is limited and registration must be made by calling (906) 495- 5951. More...
The St. Anne’s Altar Society Fall Bazaar will be Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall of the St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in St. Ignace. A soup and salad luncheon is $6 for adults, and $2.50 for children. More...
Grand Hotel will manage the Village Inn restaurant on Mackinac Island under an agreement announced Monday, October 17, by owners Cynthia and Dennis Cawthorne. Previously, Mary and Ron Dufina ran the restaurant. More...
By Audrey Hutchison
Alanna Wojnaroski, 21, of Pickford, lives with her parents, Dale and Tami Kokko Wojnaroski, on Pol-Fin Farms. Ms. Wojnaroski works with horses and schools them to teach children how to ride. These children have special needs. More...
Honoring Mother Earth, a Gathering of the Opwaaganag (Pipes) Spiritual Ceremony, will be Saturday, November 5, at the Hessel Tribal Center and Hessel Powwow Grounds. The event is open to the public. More...
