Michigan Politics
Pols Slinging Cleaner Mud Than in Past
By George Weeks
     This year's gubernatorial campaign will be Michigan's costliest, thanks largely to the deep-pockets TV spending by Republican Dick DeVos. But it won't be the nastiest.
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NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY JEANNETTE DOUD
     Summer is the season of affirmation, the time to appreciate all the wonderful gifts that Mother Nature has given to us to enjoy, the beautiful warm sunshine and azure blue of the sky. Each day, many tourists, eager to see our lovely Island, cross over on the ferries just to have a bicycle ride aroun
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Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac
Part II Prostate Health: Early Cancer Detection Is Important
By Yvan Silva, M.D.
     There continues to be a strong public health policy regarding prostate cancer, including media attention, public health education, advertised screening programs, and much discussion about treatment options that are available. Tremendous advances have been made in the last two decades in prostate can
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Nature Notes
Pinesap, Indian-Pipe Are Island Plants in Same Family
By Patricia Martin
     The other day at choir rehearsal, my friend, Doc, said to me, "Do I have a plant to show you!" He pulled out his digital camera and showed me several pictures of a plant that he found on the Island close to where he lives. I looked at this unusual flower and I recognized it, but couldn't remember th
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A Look at History
Steamer Edward L. Ryerson Returns to Straits of Mackinac
BY FRANK STRAUS
     Mackinac Island columnist Jeannette Doud has shared with
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HORSE TA ES
Horses Have Pulled Trunks and Today's Plastic Boxes on Luggage Wagons
by Candice C. Dunnigan
                           "Up the hill
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