Over the past several months, the Mackinac Island Master Plan Steering Committee has developed drafts of new existing and future land-use maps that more clearly differentiate the primary types of properties, illustrate the Island’s relatively-s More...

A crane and two barges are moored at the Shepler dock December 2, ready for more work on a dock expansion and a new hotel. More...

Candidates will vie for two seats on the Mackinac Island City Council during the upcoming election Tuesday, May 8, 2018, as Dennis Bradley and Jason St. Onge terms are up for re election. City council terms are three years.  More...

Peggy Kathryn Futterer, 83, died peacefully Sunday, November 19, 2017, at her home at Green Acres, in Manistee, with her family by her side.  She was born September 23, 1934, to Manual Joseph and Emily Pearl (nee Mashue) Smith in Midland.  More...

Delbert Lawrence “Del” LaPine, 68, of Beaver Grove, passed away Tuesday evening, October 17, 2017, at his home, in the care of his family.  He was born January 4, 1949, to John and NaDeanne (nee Luckett) LaPine on Mackinac Island.&nb More...

Mona Lea Carley of Sault Ste. Marie passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017, at War Memorial Hospital in Sault. Ste. Marie. She was 79.  She was born June 19, 1938, to Lawrence and Marie (nee Guilmette) Forrest in Sault Ste. More...

Mackinac is starting to look a lot like Christmas. Folks are patiently waiting for Jack Frost to wave his magic wand and turn the Island into a winter wonderland. More...

Here we are in the middle of the holiday season. Pumpkins and cornstalks are giving way to Christmas lights and garland. In the natural world, things also are changing. The winds are really beginning to blow. More...

A travel into the French regions of Normandy and Brittany this fall found me in the midst of the heritage of French horses and two important “haras,” or stud farms. To my amazement, I learned that France has eight national farms. More...