2020-10-29 E-Edition

Election Day Is Tuesday, November 3

Expect Safety, And Delay in Results

Tens of millions of ballots have already been cast in the 2020 general election by voters who have mailed in their selections or dropped off absentee ballots at local drop boxes. Many more have yet to vote absentee or plan to visit the polls on election day Tuesday, November 3. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]

LMAS: Remain Vigilant To Slow Spread

FREE Covid Cases Keep Climbing Locally

The number of cases of Covid-19 in Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Chippewa counties is increasing rapidly, and the LMAS District Health Department urged everyone Friday, October 23, to follow public health recommendations. Wearing cloth masks at all times in public, washing hands, staying home if you are sick, and avoiding large gatherings are important to slowing the spread of the […]

City Adopts CDC Halloween Safety Recommendations

FREE Families Who Choose To Trick-or-treat Are Asked To Observe Health Measures

The City of St. Ignace will allow children to go trick-or-treating on Halloween this year but is asking everyone to take extra precautions because of the pandemic. The St. Ignace City Council reviewed a list of suggested safety guidelines at its Monday, October 5, meeting. The city has determined trick-or-treating is allowable under current guidelines for outdoor activities. The guidelines […]

Fall Fun at School

Second graders Isaac Bawol (from left), Patton Gilmore, Parker Grant, Cutler Grogan, Cassidy Howard, and Noah Huhn show off their pumpkins at the Fall Festival at Gros Cap School Friday, October 16. See more photographs inside this issue. (Photograph provided by Gros Cap School)

Wearing a Mask Spreads Hope, Not Covid-19, Says Mackinac Island Mayor Doud

FREE Island Struggles With Spike in Pandemic Cases as Season Comes to Close

Mackinac Island has been struggling with an increase in coronavirus cases as the tourist season has come to a close. At a council meeting Wednesday, October 21, Mayor Margaret Doud again urged the Island’s citizens to remain vigilant in combatting Covid-19, announcing that she has tested positive for the virus. “It has been a very challenging two weeks for the […]

Fall Hayride Fun at Gros Cap School

At the Gros Cap School Fall Festival, second graders Sebastian Salvador (clockwise, from bottom left), Devon Vanier, teacher Jaime Clark, McKenzie Hough, Cassidy Howard, Isaac Bawol, Maddex Perkins, Parker Grant, paraprofessional Laura Saunders, Patton Gilmore, John McDonald, Noah Huhn, and Cutler Grogan enjoy a hayride driven by Kyle Brow Friday, October 16. Mr. Brow donates his time to offer the […]

Covid-19 Cases Rise in County

FREE State and Eastern U.P. Also See Spread of Pandemic

Mackinac County has reported 123 confirmed cases of Covid-19, Chippewa County has had 78, Luce County has had 36, Alger County has had 81 cases and one death, Schoolcraft County has had 65 cases, Emmet County has had 222 cases and four deaths, and Cheboygan County has had 127 cases and two deaths, as of Monday, October 26. Mackinac, Chippewa, […]

Local School Superintendents Ask for Help in Curbing Covid-19

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The following message has been issued by superintendents at Eastern Upper Peninsula schools, urging families and all local residents to follow public health measures to help curb the spread of Covid-19: Dear Eastern Upper Peninsula School Community, We are seeing coronavirus cases rise in our region at some alarming rates. As the superintendents that represent our region we want to […]

Soo Hospital Offers Covid-19 Testing in Self-Collection Kits

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War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie is now offering self-collection Covid-19 testing Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Test kits can be picked up behind the Nolte Street Entrance of the hospital and dropped off in the Medical Office Building, located under the skywalk inside the building. Tests must be returned the same day they are […]