News across Mackinac County

MISC
BOAT AND RV INDOOR storage. Great rates. Winterizing available. Phone/text Dave at 906-440-6455. LOOKING FOR HUNTING or FISHING STORIES. The St. Ignace News is starting to plan for our “Taking Aim” Hunting Section for the November edition. If you have a story, memory, or photo…

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust Estate In the Matter of: HUFFMAN REVOCABLE TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 29, 2005, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON APRIL 11, 2025 Date of Birth: October 20, 1939 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The Settler/Grantor and Initial Trustee, James L. Huffman, died on August…

PUBLIC NOTICE City of St. Ignace
The City of St. Ignace Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing to receive comments from the public regarding a proposed new zoning code for the City of St. Ignace. Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.Location: Little Bear East Conference Room. Written comments…

St. Ignace City Council Minutes
City of St. Ignace Summary of Council Proceedings September 8, 2026 A Regular Meeting of the St. Ignace City Council was held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in the City Hall Council Chambers with Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson presiding. Council approved excusing Mayor…

Pickford Runners Saw Action at Charlevoix
The Pickford cross country team made the trip to compete in the Charlevoix Cross Country Classic on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Panthers competed in the large school division, where their boys took sixth place overall. They had Blake Heyboer place 21st overall with a time of 21:05…

Cedarville-DeTour Volleyball Ties Newberry, Tops Pickford
The Cedarville-DeTour volleyball team took on two Eastern Upper Peninsula opponents last week and did not lose. The Islanders tied with the Newberry Indians on the road Tuesday, September 8, then defeated the Pickford Panthers in DeTour Thursday, September 10. The Newberry game…

Twice as Nice: Cedarville-DeTour Defeats Bellaire 40-24 for Second-Straight Win
The young Cedarville-DeTour football team played its home opener in DeTour Friday, September 11, against Bellaire and scored a 40-24 victory after quarterback Trevor Barr scored five touchdowns. The Islanders kept the Eagles off the scoreboard for the entire second half after…

Looking Back
135 YEARS AGO The St. Ignace News Saturday, September 19, 1891 Good perch fishing at Chambers’ dock. •• A saw mill at Garden river near the Soo burned down on Sunday last. •• Mayor Chambers visited Naubinway Thursday. •• Attorney J.J. Brown was at the Soo this week. •• The Fort…

Mackinac Maritime Memories
Michilimackinac, Anishinaabek for the “place of the great turtle,” has a complex, rich, and illustrious maritime history with its port cities and islands that lie within the emerald, turquoise, and sky-blue waterways of the Straits of Mackinac. The meeting of Lakes Michigan and…

Mackinac Island
What a gorgeous Labor Day Weekend! The weather was perfect, and people came from far and near to celebrate the holiday! Over 34,000 people walked the Mackinac Bridge on a beautiful morning! Governor Gretchen Whitmer led the walk for her final time as governor! It was a great…

The Weekly Wave
A post on Facebook about the fire at Snows Bar & Grill is heartbreaking and hopeful. “Yesterday changed the world forever for Snows Bar & Grill. It changed forever for the owners and their beloved staff. And it changed forever for all of you: the families, friends, and visitors…

30th Anniversary Truck Show is September 18-19
In 1996 the City of St. Ignace gained a new event with the first-annual Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show. The first iteration only featured two trucks as a sideshow to other activities that day but the idea caught on. The 30th anniversary truck show will be Friday, September 18,…