2020-01-02 E-Edition

Downtown Fire Quickly Contained

Cause Not Yet Determined in Friday Fire
No One Injured but Building Is Lost to Afternoon Fire in Downtown St. Ignace

The building housing the 7th Heaven Salon and Spa in downtown St. Ignace was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon, December 27. No one was injured. Firefighters from the St. Ignace, Mackinaw City, Brevort Township, and Clark Township fire departments responded to the blaze and 25 firefighters worked for around three hours to get it under control. Traffic was rerouted away […]

Saints Receive Gym Gifts

LaSalle High Gymnasium Receives Gifts of Sideline Chairs, Scoreboards

Fans of St. Ignace athletics will notice new additions to the LaSalle High School gymnasium this season. One is a set of sideline chairs emblazoned with names in honor or memory of community members and past St. Ignace athletes. The other additions are a set of two scoreboards on the north and south ends of the gymnasium, and two smaller […]

County Supports Programs After Public Appeal

Commission Heeds Appeal for Extension, 4-H Funding

The programs provided by Michigan State University Extension will receive county funding in 2020, after Mackinac County commissioners heard an appeal from youth 4-H participants, local residents, school officials, 4-H leaders, parents, the director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and community groups, who objected to proposed budget cuts to the programs. Nearly 30 people packed into […]

Fire Hall Proposal Moving Forward

Clark Township
Township Board Considers Fire Hall Plans

The possible construction of a new fire hall in Cedarville was discussed by the Clark Township Board of Trustees Wednesday morning, December 18. The board met with Clark Township Volunteer Fire Department Training Officer Neil Sage to talk about the project and how it could be funded. Right now the department is looking to build a new hall on Blind […]

Tribe To Build Housing at Sault

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has received $5 million in federal funds for a four-year project to construct 40 units on its housing development, Odenaang, at Sault Ste. Marie. Ojibwe for “a place of many hearts,” Odenaang is a 300-acre development just south of the city limits that was purchased in 1996. According to Sault Tribe Housing […]

Joe Rogers, Formerly of Mackinac Island, Is New St. Ignace Police Officer


Officer Joe Rogers is the newest addition to the St. Ignace Police Department. Mr. Rogers previously lived on Mackinac Island and returns to the Straits area after a stint in North Dakota. He began working for the department Tuesday, December 10. “I love it” here, Mr. Rogers said. “It feels great to be back.” Mr. Rogers grew up on Mackinac […]

Aubree Vallier Calls Attention to Chromosome 18 Disorder ‘To Get People the Support They Need’


Aubree Vallier of St. Ignace is like any 18-year-old recent high school graduate. She has the same hopes and dreams as many do, with plans to attend college in the near future. Like them, she can look back over her early years and recall many memories, and then turn toward her bright future. She has a full life with a […]

Can You Live in the EUP And Still Do Business Around the World?


Like many rural and remote communities, the Eastern Upper Peninsula (EUP) has lost both high school and college graduates to more urban locations with greater economic and professional opportunities. This trend has been an issue for the EUP (meaning Chippewa, Mackinac, and Luce counties) for at least a few decades. Many have considered such trends to be irreversible and say […]

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LEFT US IN 2019

This list, featured annually in The St. Ignace News, memorializes those whose obituaries have appeared in the newspaper during the past 12 months. This list includes 320 persons, whose ages range from 17 to 106. 58 persons, about 18%, were in their 90s, 96 persons, about 30%, were in their 80s, and 83 persons, about 26%, were in their 70s. […]