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Garfield Township

St. Ignace Welcomes 1,342 Tractors


The 11th annual Owosso Tractor Parts Mackinac Bridge Antique Tractor Crossing and Show chugged into St. Ignace last weekend, bringing workhorse machines from 1978 and earlier out of the barn, the shed, or the field and into the spotlight. Its tractor parade across the Mackinac Bridge Friday, September 7, drew 1,342 tractors and drivers; some left afterward to go back […]

Truck Show Pays Tribute to Brown

Senator P.M. Brown Worked To Establish Mackinac Bridge, Site of Parade of Lights

The mighty Mackinac Bridge has been a centerpiece of the Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show from its beginning, with the Parade of Lights capping the event each year. The 2018 truck show is paying tribute to the bridge and the local visionaries who pushed for its construction, and has named Prentiss “Moie” Brown, Jr. as its grand marshal. Mr. Brown’s […]

Big Rigs Rolling In This Weekend

Truck Show Begins Friday at St. Ignace

The kings and queens of North America’s highways are about the become the biggest show in town as St. Ignace will host its 23rd annual Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show this weekend. St. Ignace will be filled with trucks of all shapes, sizes, and purposes from Friday, September 14, to Sunday, September 16. Admission is free for spectators. The St. […]

State Pushes To Grow Great Lakes Cruise Industry


Michigan’s promotional and advertising organization, Travel Michigan, is embarking on a new initiative to increase cruising on all of the Great Lakes, Governor Rick Snyder announced at a Mackinac Island press conference Thursday, August 30. The state will partner with other states and Canadian provinces to promote the cruise ships, which resumed visits in 2015 to Mackinac Island and St. […]

St. Ignace Committee Begins Evaluating, Updating Policy Handbook


The St. Ignace Policy Committee has begun to evaluate and update every policy in its policy handbook, and will present a few policies to the city council at each of its meetings until every one has been updated, said St. Ignace Mayor Connie Litzner at the regular meeting of the St. Ignace City Council Tuesday, September 4. Mayor Litzner reestablished […]

St. Ignace Native Caleb Dean Joins City Police Department


Caleb Dean, a 2015 LaSalle High School graduate who graduated this spring from Lake Superior State University, is the newest member of the St. Ignace Police Department. Mr. Dean earned a degree in criminal justice and law enforcement with a minor in homeland security at the university. He was graduated from the police academy in June and had been hired […]

Federal Agencies Take Over Investigation of Plane Crash

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are continuing the investigation into the Friday night, August 31, airplane crash in Horseshoe Bay near St. Ignace that claimed the life of East Troy, Wisconsin, resident Ronald Dague. Mr. Dague, 64, was alone in the single-engine Piper Lance when it crashed in Lake Huron just after taking off from […]

Otstot Honored for Service to Fire Department at Clark Twp.


The Clark Township fire department’s chief administrative officer, Jack Otstot, reported that June was the department’s busiest month in years, before telling the township board on July 18 that he would resign because would be moving away from the Les Cheneaux area. The board approved a resolution of appreciation for Mr. Ostot, whose resignation takes effect Friday, August 31. He […]