2020-02-13 E-Edition

Cool Rides: Hessel Show Is Growing

Hessel Snowmobile Show Attracts More Than 70 Classic Sleds
Snowmobile Enthusiasts Gather at Hessel Harbor To Admire Vintage Sleds

The third annual Les Cheneaux Vintage and Antique Snowmobile Show in Hessel Saturday, February 8, was a success, as participation was up. The event attracted 70 sleds for its judged competition, with several more present for the display as it showed off five decades worth of sled development. “We’ve had a great turnout,” show organizer Geoff Hamilton said. “We had […]

Bay Is Ready for U.P. Pond Hockey

Music, Cornhole, Beer Tent All Part Of St. Ignace’s Big Event This Week
Ice on Moran Bay Will Soon Be Filled With Hockey Action, With Entertainment on Shore

Is it possible for an event to grow with the same speed as a breakaway charge down the ice? In 2007 St. Ignace hosted the first annual Labatt Blue U.P. Pond Hockey Championship and during the years since the event has fast become not only one of the city’s best known events, but a popular image of winter life in […]

Outhouse Races, Sculptures Coming For Snowsfest

At Les Cheneaux This Weekend
Favorite Snowsfest Activities Return, Along With New Ones

The 59th annual Snowsfest celebration will take place in the Les Cheneaux Islands area this weekend. Traditional favorites like the snowman burning and chili cookoff will be joined this year by fresh ideas like outhouse races and the return of a snow sculpture competition. There will be events from Thursday, February 13, to Sunday, February 16, with most scheduled for […]

Snowmobile Show Is This Saturday

Naubinway Hosts Ride and Display

The colorful history of the snowmobile will be a big draw in Naubinway this weekend as the community hosts its Top of the Lake Snowmobile Show and Ride. It will begin with a group ride into the woods Friday, February 14, leading up to the big display of classic sleds that will take place throughout downtown Saturday, February 15. The […]

February 8 Full Moon Dazzles in Evening Sky

At about 5:20 p.m. Saturday, February 8, a pink full moon rises over Mackinac Island, as seen from St. Ignace. (Photograph by Mary Wojcik)

Pure Michigan Campaign May Return in 2021, If Industry Helps Pay for It


Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to bring back the Pure Michigan advertising campaign she vetoed last fall, but she wants the tourism industry to help pay for it. The first-term Democrat has proposed $15 million in state funding for the award-winning advertising campaign as part of her $61.9 billion executive budget recommendations for fiscal year 2021. That’s less than half of […]

Intermediate School District Plans for EUP Technology Leap


Unlike most intermediate school districts, the EUP Intermediate School District (EUPISD) plays a critical role in providing technology connectivity and services to the public schools and libraries in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. That unusual task results from the limited number of Internet providers in many parts of the EUP, resulting in slow Internet service at relatively high prices. These conditions […]

Bestemans Will Be Speakers Feb. 19

Dee Besteman and her son, Mark Besteman, will be the featured speakers at the Rudyard Historical Society meeting Wednesday, February 19, at 7 p.m. at the Rudyard Township Hall on Mackinac Trail. They will talk about maple syrup production, the family’s sawmill, and wooden furniture that Mr. Besteman creates. The meeting is free and open to the public. Refreshments will […]

Mackinac Island: City Keeps Eye on Boardwalk as Impacts of High Water Are Far Reaching

Water Impacts Island Shoreline

As Mackinac Island shoreline property owners cope with high lake levels, city engineer Dennis Dombroski is working with them, keeping tabs on the areas of highest concern and offering advice when needed. Beyond the obvious shoreline erosion that resulted in washouts on M-185, there are bigger and more complicated concerns at hand, he said. The lack of ice cover allows […]