Spending $25 million to promote the state through Pure Michigan and then cutting hours at Michigan Welcome Centers doesn’t make sense, Governor Rick Snyder acknowledges, and he promised to look further into this issue after he learned of it dur More...
State officials visited Mackinaw City Saturday, August 13, for the transfer of ownership of the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw to the Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum. More...
Of all the leaders of the three GOP-ruled branches that run state government, none lives farther from northern Michigan than Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville of Monroe, just above the Ohio border. More...
Shelbie Mosley Makes Driving for Grand Hotel A Family Affair
by Candice C. Dunnigan
Sitting high on a deep burgundy omnibus is a blue-eyed young lady with dimples in her quick smile. She is uniformed with a black top hat, a proper lap-driving carriage skirt, a bright white shirt, black tie, and boots. More...
For Island Riders, Summer Horse Show Is All About Fun
By Lauren Gibbons
For Kate Dupre and many of the other girls and boys involved in the Mackinac Island 4-H Club, riding horses has never been about the competition. “I don’t do it, really, to compete. It’s just fun,” she said. More...
Island residents who have been painting together since the early 1990s gathered their work together for an exhibit at the Mackinac Island Public Library, and hosted an opening reception Friday, August 5, in a show that will run until the end of Augus More...
Glenn Seven Allen has performed in front of thousands of people in many famous cities, but the Mackinac Island community continues to be his favorite audience. “I love the Island a lot, and the people, as well,” he said. More...
Even through an afternoon of torrential downpour, members of the Mackinac Island community and guests came together Saturday, August 13, at Wawashkamo Golf Course on British Landing Road to play golf and raise money for the Mark Gallagher Scholarship More...
In Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge League games for the week ending Wednesday, August 17, Toots Gillespie placed first, Jean Allen placed second, and Nicki Krzykowski placed third. More...
To the Editor: The head count money the boat lines are charged by the City of Mackinac Island is outrageous. Now the city doesn’t know what to do with the money. More...