Slam Dunk! Game Raises $16K for Oncology

St. Ignace and Cheboygan Communities Come Together To Support Hospitals, Honor Loved Ones

The biggest winner of the third annual “Hooping For A Cure” benefit game wasn’t St. Ignace or Cheboygan basketball teams, but the oncology departments at Mackinac Straits Health System and Cheboygan Memorial Hospital. A portion of the proceeds will be distributed to two Cheboygan families who are facing cancer, the Kuznickis and the Louisignaus. The host Saints defeated the Chiefs […]

Hospital Funding Assured



Mackinac Straits Health System will receive a $4.5 million federal loan to complete the long-term care facility, administrators learned Friday, February 25. The loan was originally approved in 2010, but the construction project was stalled October 1 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture could not allocate the funding owing to a lack of money available. Construction resumed October 15 after […]

Wolves Killed

Public Frustration May Put Predators in the Crosshairs in EUP Shootings

A spate of illegal wolf killings in the Eastern Upper Peninsula is probably a good gauge of the level of public frustration with the predatory animals, wildlife biologists say, reporting that hunters and farmers are two groups who would like to see wolves taken out of federal protection because they are concerned about predation on deer and livestock. In Germfask, […]

Mackinac Island Asks State To Drop Investigation

Mackinaw City Joins MPSC Proceedings, St. Ignace Stays Out

Claiming that its power to regulate ferry service lies in its city charter, the City of Mackinac Island will ask the state agency that oversees public transportation, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), to drop its investigation of the rates for Mackinac Island ferry service Monday, March 7. The MPSC got involved February 4, when Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry asked […]

U.P. Youth Pond Hockey Doubles in Participation



Savoring windless, 20-degree weather on Moran Bay in St. Ignace, a record turnout of 38 teams competed in the U.P. Youth Pond Hockey Tournament Saturday, February 26, and Sunday, February 27, almost doubling last year’s attendance of 20 teams. While adult players squared off on the ice last weekend, youth ages 6 to 18 now had the rinks all to […]

Blue Ice Piling Up on Lake Michigan



Area Schools Name Honor Roll Students



Cedarville High School 6th Grade: Gina Augugliaro, Emma Bohn*, Derek Burger, Silas Dunn, Avry Freel, Elissa Griffin, Kylie Hill, Alicia Kasper*, Kamen Labinski, Chase Massey, Heather McIntire, Jonah Miller*, Mindy Nordquist, Evan Rye*, Mason Sayles, Lelia Schlosser*, Mikayla Scott, Jayden Smith. 7th Grade: Cody Barowski, Colton Bucht, Anne Eberts*, Jacob Goodell*, Michael Haske, Patrick McMaken, Allyson Mrozek, Daeshawna Nye, Travis […]

St. Ignace Should Be Proud of Pond Hockey Tournaments



To the Editor: All those who organized and worked on the Pond Hockey Tournaments made it truly an extraordinary success and a real bonus for the business community of St. Ignace. It is an event that the area should be proud of. Congratulations for a job well done. Joe Durm St. Ignace

Mackinac County’s Children Need More Education Support



To the Editor: An isolated K-12 education system won’t work for Michigan if we want to compete globally. The health, safety, and economic security of our families must be strong to help children succeed in school. Sadly, the new Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2010 finds our children are suffering in ways that will hamper their educational success. In […]

Michigan Politics

Term-limited, But Long-Term Influence

Michigan governors are term-limited, but, because of their still-in-office appointees and other factors, their impacts linger well after their terms end. Consider the lingering ripples from 1991-2002 Republican Governor John Engler, whose most influential impact on state government today is that a majority of the sevenmember Michigan Supreme Court were initially appointees of his either to that court or to […]