Pending contract and salary negotiations, the Mackinac Island Board of Education has agreed to hire Dr. Roger Schrock of Three Rivers as the new superintendent of schools on Mackinac Island. More...
Property owners on Mackinac Island had until Saturday, July 1, to have their address numbers displayed, but the city is yet to push enforcement as roughly 30 percent of the Island's property owners have yet to receive their new addresses. More...
Island trivia aficionados have had a year to buff up on Island facts, events, and area history in preparation for the third annual Great Turtle Trivia Bowl challenge and fundraiser set for Thursday, July 27, at Mission Point Resort. More...
A gazebo constructed in 1979 by the Mackinac Island State Park and used in the 1980 motion picture "Somewhere In Time" sat in the west garden of the governor's summer residence until last fall. More...
Plans for city employee apartments at the old medical center building on Market Street dominated discussion at the city's Lighting, Public Grounds, and Buildings Committee meetings Thursday, June 29. More...
Fort Mackinac celebrated the Fourth of July in traditional Victorian style, first with an allyou can-eat picnic dinner, followed by Victorian games and traditional dances like the Rose Dance and Virginia Reel. More...
Dale Gensman has been working with wood most of his life and recently has been restoring seven wooden signs carved in 1934 that once rested on posts in front of historic buildings on Mackinac Island. More...
Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman, who made a three-day, seven-city Michigan visit last week, says, "There is no governor of either party in America who is more vulnerable" than Governor Jennifer Granholm. More...
This past week I've had several local people ask me about plants with yellow flowers. Midsummer is the time for questions about yellow flowered plants because this is when they are abundant. More...