
Les Cheneaux Community Remembers The Fallen On Memorial Day
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
Memorial Day is a time of remembrance in the United States, and the Les Cheneaux community held a service at...

Straits State Park Open for Camping, New Restrooms Coming in July
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
Straits State Park is ready for the 2023 summer season. The park is open year around for trail users and...

Aldo Leopold Festival Is This Weekend in Hessel
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
The Les Cheneaux Islands, Cedarville, and Hessel will showcase its flora, fauna, geology, and beauty during the eight Aldo Leopold...

BELOVED TOLL COLLECTOR RETIRES
BY STEPHANIE FORTINO
stephanie.fortino@stignacenews.com | May 23, 2023
In his final few days working at the Mackinac Bridge, Pat Rickley was in high demand. Fielding calls and interview...
LaSalle High School Holds 132nd Commencement
BY STEPHANIE FORTINO
stephanie.fortino@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
The St. Ignace community celebrated the 132nd graduating class of LaSalle High School during a ceremony Friday night, May 26. Family, friends, and fellow students...
Cedarville Graduates 17 in Class of 2023
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
Bidding farewell to their time at Les Cheneaux Community Schools, the 17 graduates in the class of 2023 students said goodbye to high school and...
Straits Area Conference May Dissolve; St. Ignace Weighing Options
BY BEN MURPHY
St. Ignace News Sports Writer | May 30, 2023
The longstanding Straits Area Conference’s days may be numbered. If two of the participating schools join a different league, the conference may fold, and the...
Installation Raises Awareness About Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
BY ALEXIS RANKIN
alexis.rankin@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
The St. Ignace Public Library hosted an outdoor installation in May to raise awareness about the missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) crisis. Red dresses...

Jan Marie Pawielski-LaTour
Jan Marie Pawielski-LaTour, age 80, of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. She was born in Munising, Michigan on December 26, 1942, to the late Stanley...

James Andress
James “Jimmy” Edward Andress Sr., age 59, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died at his home on May 23, 2023. He was born in St. Ignace on September 20, 1963, to...

Karen Olmstead
Karen Ann (Goetz) Olmstead passed away in the early morning of May 19, 2023 surrounded by her loving family, thus closing the final chapter in the story of those five...
St. Ignace Baseball Falls to Sault Ste. Marie, Cheboygan
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
The St. Ignace baseball team finished up its 2023 season last week with doubleheaders on the road against Sault Ste....
Saints Baseball Team Faces Brimley on Road
BY ERICH T. DOERR
erich.doerr@stignacenews.com | May 30, 2023
The St. Ignace baseball team went on the road Thursday, May 18, to face Brimley in one of its final...
Mackinaw City Golf Places Fourth at League Meet
BY BEN MURPHY
St. Ignace News Sports Reporter | May 30, 2023
The Mackinaw City golf team competed in their final conference meet of the season Thursday, May 18. The Comets took...
Rudyard, Cedarville-DeTour, Mackinac Island Compete at Munising Track Regional
BY BEN MURPHY
St. Ignace News Sports Reporter | May 30, 2023
There was a heavy dose of local teams at the Division 3 track and field reginal meet at Munising Friday,...
LOOKING BACK
Wes MAURER
PUBLISHER EMERITUS WES@STIGNACENEWS.COM | May 30, 2023
130 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Saturday, June 3, 1893 The str. Atlantic was in port Thursday for the...
Mackinac Island News
Margaret DOUD
COLUMNIST NEWS@STIGNACENEWS.COM | May 30, 2023
We have had some very nice spring days this past week. However, the wind keeps it cool at night, so...
Les Cheneaux News
Robert SMITH
COLUMNIST NEWS@STIGNACENEWS.COM | May 30, 2023
Hello and greetings to all from Les Cheneaux on a beautiful, warm, and sunny day. Cedarville Bay has been busy...