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November 3: A Day for Democracy
| November 5, 2020
Voters from throughout the Les Cheneaux Islands area come to the Clark Township Community Center in Cedarville to cast their...
Breaking News
Rudyard Area Schools Closed; Exposure Sites Identified in Sault Ste. MarieFree Access
Kaley Fech | November 5, 2020
The Rudyard Area Schools district was closed Thursday, November 5, and is expected to remain closed until at least November...
General Election Early ResultsFree Access
Wes Maurer | November 4, 2020
By Lucas Day Results are in for many of the races in the Tuesday, November 3, general election. In Mackinac...
Flu Shots, Covid-19 Tests Set for Friday
ops@our-hometown.com | November 3, 2020
Free Covid-19 testing and free flu shots will be offered in Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Schoolcraft counties. Free testing and...
News
Roxanne Osga Joins Mackinac Economic Alliance Through VISTA Program
By Kaley Fech | November 3, 2020
Roxanne Osga joins the Mackinac Economic Alliance through the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. She will address workforce development in Mackinac County.The...
Smaller Gatherings With Family, Friends Also Pose Risk of Spreading Covid-19
By Kaley Fech | November 3, 2020
Since the beginning of the Covid- 19 pandemic, health officials have advised that large gatherings with crowds of people are unwise, as these events can...
Indoor Gatherings Restricted Further To Help Contain Virus
| November 3, 2020
Indoor gatherings have been restricted after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services extended and expanded its emergency order Thursday, October 29, as the...
Covid-19 Cases Rising Sharply, Locally and Statewide
| November 3, 2020
Mackinac County has reported 142 confirmed cases of Covid-19, Chippewa County has had 118, Luce County has had 62, Alger County has had 99 and...
Obituaries

David Sedlock
David SedlockReverend David W. Sedlock, 64, of Gwinn, passed away peacefully Friday, October 23, 2020, at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba. He was born November 6, 1955, to Raymond and...

Gladys Carmean
Gladys CarmeanGladys Ann Carmean of St. Ignace passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020. She was 103. She was born July 26, 1917, in Pickford to Michael Joseph and Mildred Mary...

Lois Clear
Lois ClearLois Jean Clear, 73, of St. Ignace, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020, at her home. She was born April 1, 1947, in Cheboygan to Clarence Ludwig and Florence...
Sports
Rudyard Has Successful Week on Court
By David Latva | November 3, 2020
Rudyard swept Pickford 25-15, 25-16, and 25-20 Monday, October 26, and Engadine 25-7, 25-6, and 25-9 Tuesday, October 27, during...
St. Ignace Saints Football Season Ends in Playoff Loss to Bark River-Harris
By Lucas Day | November 3, 2020
The St. Ignace Saints dropped their playoff opener 54-20 on the road against the Bark River-Harris Broncos Friday, October 30....
Bulldogs Football Drops District Opener
By John Raffel | November 3, 2020
Rudyard’s football season ended with a 30-26 loss at Rapid River Thursday, October 29, in the firstround district game. E.J....
Pickford Football Team Wins by Forfeit
By Erich T. Doerr | November 3, 2020
The defending state champion Pickford football team advanced to the second round of the playoffs without playing a single down...
Columns
West Mackinac
By Linda Livermore
595-7283 | November 3, 2020
By the time this edition is shared by its readers, we will have cast our votes and shared our opinions...
Engadine Consolidated Schools
HOME OF THE EAGLES • KNOWLEDGE LETS YOU SOARby Joshua Reed Superintendent | November 3, 2020
No School Tuesday and Friday There was no school Tuesday, November 3, because of Election Day. There were two candidates...
Looking Back
| November 3, 2020
130 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Saturday, November 8, 1890 Michigan is no longer doubtful, for on Tuesday last...
Mackinac Island
By Margaret Doud
847-6298 | November 3, 2020
The weather has been very cool, rainy, and windy, and we have even seen some snow. But the weather was...
Outdoors This Week in the Eastern U.P.
By Stephen King | November 3, 2020
We are now into November, and we all know what that means: Opening day of firearm deer season is soon...


