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Tourists Keep Coming to Mackinac Island This Fall
By Stephanie Fortino | October 13, 2020
Tourism on Mackinac Island will end on a relative high note, after a delay and then a slow beginning. September was an especially busy month after Labor Day, and October...
EUP: Covid-19 Cases Spike 167% in Three Weeks; First Deaths ReportedFree Access
By Stephanie Fortino | October 13, 2020
The number of Covid-19 cases in Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Chippewa counties is increasing rapidly, resulting in the first Covid-related deaths in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. In the past two...
Island Reports 29 Cases of Covid-19 in 2.5 WeeksFree Access
By Stephanie Fortino | October 13, 2020
Mackinac Island is experiencing a rise in cases of Covid-19, as nearly nearly 30 people living here have tested positive for the disease in 2.5 weeks. Monday, October 12, the...
Remain Vigilent, Mayor Doud Says, As Covid-19 Cases Rise
By Stephanie Foritno | October 8, 2020
Mackinac Island saw an uptick in Covid-19 cases in early October, prompting the Mackinac Island Medical Center to begin offering testing weekdays. As of Wednesday, October 7, testing is now...
Native American Museum Debuts
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
The public got a first look at the new Mackinac Island Native American Museum at the Biddle House in early October, as a pair of open houses were held October...
News
Island School Temporarily Closes After Staff Member Tests Positive
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
Mackinac Island Public School is closed to in-person learning until Wednesday, October 14, after a member of the staff tested...
Christmas Bazaar Will Be Virtual This Year
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
Christmas Bazaar will be virtual this year and no public events are scheduled. The auction will be held online. The...
Enbridge Monitoring Camera May Be Installed on New Radio Tower
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
The shipping channel monitoring camera Enbridge would like to install on Mackinac Island may have found a new location, rather...
Sports
Mackinac Island Lakers Soccer, Volleyball Teams Claim Early Season Wins
By David Latva | September 17, 2020
The Lakers soccer squad is 1-1 on the season after defeating Big Bay de Noc, 6-1, in a Northern Lights...
Lakers Athletic Schedules
| September 17, 2020
All matches at times noted. Home matches in BOLD. SOCCER September 19 Ojibwe 11 a.m. 6 24 Beaver Island 3...
Teams Will Play, But the Northern Lights League Won’t Be the Same This Year
By Lucas Day | September 17, 2020
The fall sports season has begun on Mackinac Island and soccer and volleyball players are returning to competition in the...
Fort Mackinac Never Sweats Gather To Watch National Broadcast
annette | September 3, 2020
Members of the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats vintage base ball team gathered at the 1852 Grill Room at the Island...
Vintage Base Ball Game To Air September 1
| August 27, 2020
Viewers around the country can enjoy the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats game against the Portland Blue Sox on national television...
Obituaries
Florence Schwyn
annette | October 8, 2020
Florence M. Schwyn, 98, of Cygnet, Ohio, passed away early Friday morning, September 25, 2020, at her home. Mrs. Schwyn’s...
Joseph Murray
| September 10, 2020
Joseph Patrick Murray, 58, of Denver, Colorado, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2020, in Parker, Colorado. He was born March...
Lois Largo
| September 10, 2020
Lois Largo, a longtime summer resident of Mackinac Island, died in Kalamazoo May 1, 2020. She was 95 years old....
People
Steve Brisson Is Chosen To Lead Mackinac State Historic Parks
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
Being the steward of Mackinac State Historic Parks and presenting its history to the public is the primary motivation of...
Photographer Seeks To Capture Wonders of Night Sky at Mackinac
By Stephanie Fortino | October 8, 2020
Photographer Jason Guenzel has spent three weeks on Mackinac Island in late September and early October photographing celestial bodies in...
Columnists
A Look at History
BY FRANK STRAUS | October 8, 2020
In the late 1860s, the U.S. Army had just reoccupied historic Fort Mackinac. Mackinac Island’s harbor was a busy, thriving...
HORSE TALES
by Candice C. Dunnigan | October 8, 2020
Markings on horses can be fascinating and appealing. One of the reasons why Paints and Pintos are so popular is...
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY MARGARET DOUD | October 8, 2020
There is certainly frost on the pumpkins! It has been cold and rainy, but this past weekend cleared and people...