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December 22, 2011 / Front Page

73 Families Choose Christmas Toys

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Bridge Tolls Will Go Up January 1

By Josh Perttunen

Toll rates for the standard passenger vehicle crossing the Mackinac Bridge will increase to $4 each way January 1, 2012, which is an increase of 50¢ per crossing. More...

Bones Will Find New Resting Place

Mackinac Island Cemetery Already Has Native American Repatriation Site

By Wesley Maurer, Jr.

Human bones unearthed at a Mackinac Island construction site will likely find a new resting place in or adjacent to the city’s Catholic cemetery, under a plan discussed by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission Wednesday, December 14. More...

News

Clark Township Board Demands Department of Public Waste Assemble Sewer Data

By Josh Perttunen

To make informed decisions regarding the township’s sewer system, the Clark Township board will compile all the information it can from wastewater treatment manager Jim Landreville and Department of Public Works (DPW) employees. More...

State Senate Approves Legislation To Protect Great Lakes

The Michigan State Senate passed legislation Wednesday, December 14, to help protect Michigan from aquatic invasive species by establishing the Great Lakes Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council. More...

St. Ignace Oncologist and Nurse Launch Pre-Med Scholarship

Students preparing to become medical doctors at Lake Superior State University now have a scholarship to help them, established by Edward and Jill Smith of St. Ignace. More...

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Sports

GIRLS BASKETBALL

By David Latva St. Ignace Extends Overall Winning Streak to 30 Victories More...

Ostman Wins 215 Class; Saints 8th at Marquette Invite

By David Latva

Junior Joe Ostman won the 215 pound weight division to lead the St. Ignace Saints wrestling team to an eighth place finish at the prestigious Marquette Challenge Invitational Saturday, December 17. More...

Colegrove, Snowaert Bowl 200+ Games; Saints Open Season

The St. Ignace Saints bowlers opened the season at Sault Ste. Marie Saturday, December 17, with the girls defeating the host Blue Devils and falling to Gaylord while the boys dropped matches to Cheboygan and Rogers City. More...

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Columns

Michigan Politics

McLaughlin Was Michigan Booster On Four Fronts

By George Weeks

Bill McLaughlin, Michigan’s longest-serving Republican State Chairman, who died last week at age 79, was an extraordinary promoter on four fronts of public life, including as an ebullient drumbeater for the state and Detroit. More...

Engadine-Gould City

By Julie Freeman
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Our winter continues to be mild here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We did get a little snow Saturday evening, December 17, which came down fluffy, so light that a broom swept it away easily. More...

Les Cheneaux

By Robert W. Smith

It’s hard to believe, but we’re without snow. I do prefer that we would have a white Christmas; after all, we are in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Certainly we have more than necessary cold and wind. More...

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Event Puts St. Ignace on World Stage - Free Access

Brainstorming Session Tuesday: How To Meet Hospitality Demands of Ice Sailing Championship

By Mary Petrides

With more than 100 athletes expected to compete on the ice of Moran Bay in the World Ice and Snow Sailing Association’s world championship in February — and national and international media reporters and a crowd of spectators coming along More...