Funding Anticipated, Digging To Begin for New Hospital

Long Term Care Now To Remain at Present Site, With Fewer Beds

Excavation for a new hospital in St. Ignace will begin in late October, while federal financing for the $23 million facility lingers in Washington and paperwork is still being submitted to Lansing. The fall digging, while somewhat of a gamble, will permit construction to begin early next spring, making the new hospital ready for occupancy as early as October 2008. […]

Mackinac Loses Historic Building

Building Experts Say Collapse of Silver Mine Was Imminent

A 120-year-old downtown Mackinac Island building was demolished last week after building experts said it was about to collapse. The surprise tear-down process began about 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 20. Tenants living in adjoining buildings were evacuated and businesses on each side closed while it was leveled the following day. Structural faults were discovered when, in preparation for remodeling the […]

St. Ignace Chamber Makes New Membership Appeal

Enrollment Drop of 40 Sparks Board Campaign

An enrollment drop of 40 members has St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce board members strategizing about how to compensate for a loss of $9,000 in their budget this year. Pointing out that “it’s still not too late to join the Chamber,” Director Janet Peterson said the organization is appealing to businesses to learn more about the services it offers and […]

Mackinaw City Gets Public Ideas for New Master Plan

Residents Name Ambiance as Top Asset, Year-Around Business as Top Challenge

Sixty-six people concerned about the future of Mackinaw City attended a public input session in the village Wednesday, September 20. The purpose was to help guide a full rewrite of the village master plan, a document that describes the layout, services, problems, and assets of the community as it stands now, and which will also serve as a document to […]

18 Seek City Recreation Dept. Post

Dodson, Paquin To Choose

St. Ignace City Manager Eric Dodson hopes to hire a new coordinator of the St. Ignace Recreation Department before the second week of October, when hockey season begins. He will form a small committee to begin paring the 18 applicants to about eight, then interview the finalists, possibly as early as next week. The application deadline was Friday, September 15. […]

Coyote Shot at Mackinac Island Site



Acoyote was shot on Mackinac Island by a Mackinac Island State Park employee after the animal approached a tourist Thursday morning, September 21, at the Post Cemetery. The visitor was not hurt. The coyote circled the person and brushed up against the visitor’s leg, said Pat Majher, public relations officer for the park. A park employee was sent to the […]

Les Cheneaux Watershed Project Awarded $618,400 Grant for Protection



The Les Cheneaux Watershed Project to protect water resources in the Les Cheneaux Islands area got a $618,400 jump-start this month. The Department of Environmental Quality awarded the grant to the Chippewa/East Mackinac Conservation District, which will administer the grant for water quality protection activities, testing, creating a research database, and staffing. The grant will also reinstate Pat Carr of […]

Senior Housing Complex Construction Making Progress



This September 26 photograph of the new senior citizen housing complex on State Street and Lake Avenue in St. Ignace shows the construction work accomplished since ground was broken Friday, June 23. The 24-unit housing project will occupy approximately 28,000 square feet on the site of the former Mackinac County Road Commission garage. Although work is not expected to be […]

Moran’s Bradford Building To Be Demolished; New Fire Hall Discussed



The old Bradford building in Moran is scheduled for demolition by Saturday, October 28. Maverick Construction was awarded the contract at the regular Brevort Township meeting Tuesday, September 5. The company will remove the building and replace it with a parking lot for $44,820, said supervisor Ed Serwach. The project should take about two days to complete, and the township […]

Cheboygan Hosts Veterans Memorial Wall



Veterans of the Vietnam War will be remembered in Cheboygan with the arrival of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, which will be available for public viewing 24 hours per day at the Cheboygan County Fairgrounds from Thursday, September 28, through Sunday, October 1. There will be a public ceremony Friday, September 29, at 7 p.m. The Wall is a […]