Governor Jennifer Gran-holm returned a $1.5 million general fund appropriation to Mackinac State Historic Parks Thursday, September 29, with her signature on Senate Bill 274. The budget bill was signed just days before the state More...
There was no red carpet in place to greet arriving guests. No paparazzi stood on the sidelines snapping photos. Not one screaming fan could be heard begging for autographs. There was no line of long black limousines to deliver stars. More...
Meeting for the second time in September to discuss illegal burning on the Island and ways to prevent it, the Ordinance Committee is considering writing a nuisance ordinance which would be enforceable. More...
Nova Therrien, 88, of Sault Ste. Marie, formerly of Mackinac Island, was the matriarch of the Wolford and Smith families and was an excellent cook and baker, and also a midwife, who worked on Mackinac Island for most of her life. Mrs. More...
Jim A. Juday, 54, of Mackinac Island, formerly of Florida, died unexpectedly Monday, September 19, 2005, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, following a September 7 bicycle accident on Mackinac Island. More...
Dan Musser III, president of Grand Hotel, appealed to the Mackinac Island City Council Wednesday, September 28, for a mandatory bike helmet law. Mayor Margaret Doud promised to work out a strategy for the proposed edict and how it could be enforced. More...
Don Howe of St. Ignace was a member of the 1959 graduating class of Ypsilanti Roosevelt High School and hosted held a reunion on Mackinac Island August 29 through 31. More...
Peggy Ann Slade of Ann Arbor and Thomas Wheaton Largo of DeWitt were married Saturday, September 3, at Little Stone Church with the Reverend Vincent Carroll officiating. More...
The Mackinac Island Lakers soccer team is 6-2 overall on the season and 3-1 in the Northern Lights League (NLL) with two league weekend games remaining on their schedule. More...
Gorgeous and magnificent were the words best to describe the weekend of October 1 and 2. Not a single day in midsummer could have been more beautiful. The fall attire of colors was beginning a canopy on the trees. More...