Attracting the largest turnout yet of 156 teams, the fifth annual U.P. Hockey Championship on Moran Bay lured about 1,000 players and their families to St. Ignace Friday, February 18, through Sunday, February 20, filling restaurants and hotels in one of the busiest winter weekends the city has ever hosted. While Friday’s games were cancelled owing to warm weather, the […]
Gov. Snyder Unveils Proposed Budget; Job Training, Tourism Focus of Spending
Workforce training and development programs and the Pure Michigan advertising campaign would be among programs where Michigan would spend its dollars, while tax credits for filmmakers and state inspections of dairy farms would be among items eliminated under the governor’s proposed budget. Governor Rick Snyder presented to the legislature Thursday, February 17, his 2012 executive budget and a 2013 projected […]
Michigan Politics
Environmental Protection Takes Budget HitsEnvironmental protection took hits last week in budgets presented by President Barack Obama and Governor Rick Snyder. But they were modest in amount and percentage compared to cuts in many other programs. States across the land are facing huge budget shortfalls—several of them billions bigger than Michigan’s $1.4 billion deficit that Snyder deals with in his $45.9 billion “shared sacrifice” […]
St. Ignace Recreation Department To Seek Treadmill for Little Bear Fitness Center
Prompted by residents who say people are spending too much time on exercise equipment at Little Bear East Arena’s fitness center and that there are not enough machines, the recreation department now plans to purchase a treadmill to better meet demand, Recreation Director Scott Marshall informed the St. Ignace Recreation Advisory Committee Wednesday, February 9. A three-year-old used treadmill would […]
City Council, Mayor Should Consider Donating Their Time
To the Editor: In reading the February 17 issue of The St. Ignace News, about eliminating the St. Ignace City Police Department, and then turning the pages and reading what our city council gets paid, don’t you think it’s time that the city council steps up to the plate and makes some sort of concession to help the city? According […]
Just What Is the City of Mackinac Island Up To?
To the Editor: Like many others, I am troubled — and more than a little angry — at the meddling of the City of Mackinac Island into the private business affairs of the three ferry companies that serve the Island. By raising the franchise fee imposed on the ferry operators to an astonishing 7% (from the present 2%), and demanding […]