The City Tree, centered in the middle of the town in front of the Mackinac Island Tourism booth, was donated in memory of Mr.

A familiar face has taken charge of the Mackinac Island Police Department, with Dwayne “Midge” Miedzianowski moving into the ...

More than 250 Island visitors, residents, and employees filled Main Street to watch the annual Christmas Tree Lighting, ...

The Mackinac Island Community Foundation announced the recipients of its fall 2025 awards Friday, 5. The foundation’s staff ...

When the leaves start to turn color on Mackinac, and the rains occasionally turns icy in October, it's time to close up the cottage for the season. I readjust my "Island way of life" — the 7-mile bike ...

It’s still the early portion of the season, but Mackinac Island boys basketball head coach Dusty Coleman still really likes what he has seen from his team so far. They won their first game over ...

Longtime Mackinac Island girls basketball head coach Mary Patay really likes her roster ahead of the 2025-26 season. The Lady Lakers have nine players on the team this year, four of whom are seniors, ...

More than a month after Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica and other Caribbean communities, seasonal Jamaican workers have long since left the Straits of Mackinac to rebuild their communities. The ...

As most Straits Area businesses have slowed operations or closed their doors for the winter, Murdick’s Fudge labors away during the holiday season to ship its fudge around the country. Since Henry and ...

The 1880s were an exceptionally prosperous decade in America’s economic history. Armed with the standardized railroad tracks of that generation, and with newly-scheduled passenger and freight trains, ...

There are three marked burial grounds on n Mackinac Island. The Post Cemetery, one of the smallest U.S. military cemeteries in the United States, is the one with a wooden fence. Saint Anne’s Cemetery, ...

Last month, Mike Devlin and Joe Dutcher coached Mackinac youth at three basketball camps, each funded by a grant from The Mackinac Island Community Foundation. A seventh through twelfth grade ...