Algonac News

Yee-haw. The weekend is almost here. Hopefully, the weather will be nice for outdoor fun.

Peering over shoulders and making remarks about what the children were doing, Diane Franciosi spent Sunday morning getting her Sunday school class to do more than learn about their faith.

Past and present projects will be discussed at the club's meeting at 7 p.m. Nov.

Would you rather be punched 50 times by a gaggle of kindergartners or once by the heavyweight champ? Assuming you're no masochist, the answer is a no-brainer. Bring on the kiddies.

Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a time of sharing a good meal with family and friends but for many people this year, it will be merely a reminder of better days gone by. Out of work, sometimes turned out of their homes due to foreclosure, many who once took the annual gorge-fest for granted will be thankful just to get a decent meal. Algonac Knights of Columbus members don't think that's right. So, they are hosting a Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner from 2 to 5 p.m. at the K of C hall at 1905 Mill Street in Algonac.

The Legends of Algonac project proposed in July went to the next level at the latest Downtown Development Authority meeting. The DDA pledged $10,000 toward the project after a unanimous vote.

The Algonac Veteran's Memorial, honoring its war dead from each branch of the military, in every war since the Civil War, was completed just days before Veterans Day. Crowds gathered for a special re-dedication of the site in Algonac Heritage Square at 11 a.m.

Could you hit a target the size of a sheep at more than 500 yards while standing and shooting a rifle offhand? Gary Dawson does that so well he has won the Michigan High-Power Rifle Championship several times.

An Algonac man won $250,000 in the Oct. 30 Mega Millions drawing, according to information from the Michigan Lottery.

Registration for winter semester classes at St. Clair County Community College begins Monday.

It's no surprise that public libraries are as strapped for cash as everyone else.

CLAY TWP. -- Melissa Kleckner had her hands full Monday as she readied her children to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

About 300 residents are in line for H1N1 influenza vaccines at Algonac High School this afternoon.

Vaccines for the H1N1 flu have arrived in St. Clair County and will be given to the public starting Monday.

Numbers are back from student count day Sept. 30 and have confirmed what many school district officials said they already knew: There are fewer students.

Acting with prudence and common sense, the Michigan Legislature has slammed the brakes on a proposed $3 billion bridge across the Detroit River.

October 15, 2009 Dateline Clay Township, MI A new health food store for pets has opened in Clay Township on Pointe Tremble Road near the Algonac High School.

The purpose of the federal funds advanced to Chrysler and General Motors was to allow them to survive -- not to cement their uncompetitive costs in place.

Nine area bands took part in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association tonight at Memorial Stadium and all of them received high marks for their performances.

It's not a bad looking plant. A stand of phragmites, with their wispy flowers and long, swaying stems are relatively attractive at first glance. But when the non-native grass begins to crowd out local plant life, growing and spreading into dense 15 foot-high clusters and threatening to dominate entire ecosystems, they take on a whole new look.