November 2019 Election Results Announced

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Incumbents Retain Seats on St. Ignace City Council All incumbents won the City of St. Ignace elections Tuesday, November 5. Mayor Connie Litzner retained her seat with 379 votes. Robert St. Louis, Luke Paquin, and Paul Fullerton were reelected to their seats on city council. Challengers Tim Matelski for mayor and Mary Cullen, Joe Durm, and Les Therrian for city […]

2019-11-07 E-Edition

St. Ignace Fire Dept. Honors Members

St. Ignace Fire Chief Gary Sorenson was honored with the Russell St. Louis Outstanding Firefighter Award at the annual St. Ignace Fire Department Banquet at the Village Inn in St. Ignace Saturday, November 2. Captain Dean Stadlberger was given the Chief’s Choice Award, and firefighter Tony Stefanski earned the Leonard “Baldy” St. Louis Distinguished Service Award. The banquet is an […]

Buckets of Mushrooms May Fund Trip

Les Cheneaux Students Growing Mushrooms for Culinary School as Field Trip Fundraiser

The fifth-grade students at Les Cheneaux Community Schools in Cedarville are learning about entrepreneurship from their teacher, Mike Brown, as they undertake several efforts to raise money for a field trip. One project is to grow mushrooms in the closet of their classroom for sale to Hessel’s Les Cheneaux Culinary School later this year. The students, along with those in […]

City Hires Mills As Rec Director

City Fills Recreation Post; Approves Boiler Bid

The St. Ignace City Council unanimously approved hiring Morgan Mills as the new director of the Recreation Department at its meeting Monday, November 4. She was one of 19 applicants for the position and was one of the four candidates interviewed. Ms. Mills was most recently a box office and ticket sales coordinator or the Traverse City Pit Spitters, a […]

Court Rules in Favor of Enbridge For Straits Tunnel

Court Sides With Enbridge; State Will Appeal

The Michigan Court of Claims has ruled in favor of Enbridge Energy in the company’s lawsuit against the State of Michigan to uphold the series of agreements put in place in 2018 that paved the way for a utility tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac. Justice Michael Kelly issued his 22-page opinion on the matter Thursday, October 31. Michigan Attorney […]

Pickford Readers Are Top in State

Pickford Community Library Is Top in State for Youth Reading Challenge

The Pickford Community Library participated in the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge for the third year in 2019 and again the community’s enthusiasm for the printed word won it high honors. This year’s program saw the library’s young readers hit the books for a combined total of 381,079 minutes from May 6 to September 6; making it the most read Michigan […]

Despite Drop in Funding, Libraries Bringing Cultural, Educational Programs to Communities

Local Libraries Experience Drop in Funding

Books are a large part of what a library provides, but they also do much more. Libraries provide a variety of resources, including Internet access, government forms, help with resumes, job applications, printing and copying services, DVD rentals, cultural and educational programs for adults and children, and assistance finding community services. “Libraries aren’t just gatekeepers of books,” said Alycia McKowen, […]

McLennan, Fitzpatrick, O’Brien Featured in Video

This Veterans Day, it will take just one person to unfurl a 30-foot by 60-foot American flag from the north tower of the Mackinac Bridge. A new video details how a new device designed and built by Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) staff, plus some outside expertise, made that possible. The video, posted on the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) YouTube […]

Star Line Begins Winter Island Ferry Schedule

Star Line has begun its winter ferry schedule to Mackinac Island, offering four trips from St. Ignace Monday through Saturday and three trips Sunday. The winter passenger ferry, the Huron, began making trips Monday, November 4, leaving from Star Line’s Dock 2 in downtown St. Ignace. The ferry comes ashore at Star Line’s Dock 1 on the Island, the old […]