Alpena Community College has announced its Dean’s List for the 2025 Fall Semester. Owen Lester, of St. Ignace, Kate Carlson, of Pickford, and Heather Goudey, of Rudyard, have all been honored for thei ...

The St. Ignace Fire Department is redirecting traffic to accommodate the US-2 closure Friday, January 23, 2026. (Erich T. Doerr/St. Ignace News) US-2 is closed between St. Ignace and Brevort in Mackin ...

Mark Halvorsen works on a painting of a bird during the St. Ignace Arts Council’s Watercolor Club gathering Saturday, January 17, 2026. (Erich T. Doerr/St. Ignace News) The St. Ignace Area Creative Ar ...

St. Ignace Area Schools is accepting applications for a vacant position on the ...

Mackinac Straits Health System staff are warning area residents about a “spoofing” phone call scam that is trying to steal medical information from locals Thursday, January 22, 2026. (Erich T. Doerr/S ...

A St. Ignace Department of Public Works snow plow rolls down Reagon Street Wednesday, January 21, 2026. (Erich T. Doerr/St. Ignace News) The City of St. Ignace has hired Allison McCall as the new recr ...

St. Ignace residents march along State Street on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 19, 2026. (Kaleb Boyer/St. Ignace News) St. Ignace residents marched together along State Street to honor an ...

Wayne “Trapper” Trepanier, age 86, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, passed away January 10, 2026, at the Ball Hospice House in Sault Ste. Marie. He was born March 18, 1939, in Marquette, Michigan, to ...

Johnnie Owen (Brown) Dutcher, age 71, of Goetzville, Michigan, died December 4, 2025 at McLaren Northern Michigan. He was born June 8, 1954, in Logan, West Virginia, to Johnnie and Mildred (Thomas) ...

The Arnold Transit Company ferry “Ottawa” backs away from its St. Ignace dock, getting assistance from the freight boat “The Senator” to clear a path through the growing ice on its next-to-last trip o ...

Owl expert Barb Rogers shows off Willow the long-eared owl during a live owl presentation at Hessel’s Snowy Owl Festival February 3, 2024. (Erich T. Doerr/St. Ignace News) The Hessel School House and ...