Seasonal employers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula are closely watching the developing story of the federal government's attempt to pass a new immigration reform bill, as it may directly impact a policy that allows national foreign workers, under a six-month work visa program, to return each summer. More...
Season predictions come from every corner, and Mackinac's hotel and business owners, who depend on the summer for their livelihoods, have their own way of gauging how strong it will be and of setting strategies to keep business brisk. More...
The State Budget Office proposal for fiscal year 2007 leaves Mackinac State Historic Parks $200,000 shy of last year's appropriation of $1.5 million. Appropriation subcommittees in both the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives have restored the funds, but approval by the full Senate and Hous More...
The Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum, Inc. has submitted a request to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to lease a portion of the State Ferry Dock in Mackinaw City as the permanent home of the decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker More...
Theresa Bazinaw, 73, of Mackinac Island and St. Ignace, was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Ste. Anne's Catholic Church of Mackinac Island. More...
Student interest has led to the formation of a school golf team after six years without one. High school health and science teacher Jeffery Ferguson, who moved to the Island last August, has taken on the role of coach. More...
Michigan's two top Republican statewide officeholders are stumping for different candidates in what has become an increasingly spirited primary to pick the November 7 challenger of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. More...
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