Mackinaw City News

The Michigan State Waterways Commission will hold its regular meeting on Saturday, July 18, at the Mackinaw City Recreation Complex, located at 508 W. Central Ave.

High levels of bacteria in the water force health officials to close an area beach.

NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Straits State Harbor dedication and public tours planned for July 18 The Department of Natural Resources is celebrating the opening of Michigan's newest and most energy-efficient harbor, Straits State Harbor in Mackinaw City, on Saturday, July 18.

A Battle Creek pastor is planning to bike around a lake to reach out to an island nation.

I am sitting inside artist Betty Beeby's historic farmhouse, built on several dozen idyllic acres in Eastport, a small town between two of the most beautiful bodies of fresh water on Earth: Lake Michigan and Torch Lake.

Mary Ann and I meandered into Yooper Country recently because we really enjoy the east coast of Upper Michigan.

For those who have spent any amount of time traveling across the United States, KOA campgrounds are a familiar site.

MACKINAC ISLAND - The Michigan governor's summer residence - a picture-perfect, white, traditional American antique classic on a scenic bluff overlooking all of Mackinac Island - was built as a private residence in 1902.

MACKINAW CITY - Authorities say a fifth-grade student from the Saginaw School District who was on a field trip has died in an apparent drowning at a hotel pool in Mackinaw City.

Those who book a two-night stay at a Mackinaw City lodging can get a deal on the Ultimate Value Plus Package.

Motorists taking to the roads this holiday weekend should have more left in their wallets after stopping for gas than they did last Memorial Day weekend.

Memorial Day weekend is the kickoff to summer in the straits area. According to AAA Michigan Mackinaw City/Mackinac Island are the top tourist driving destinations in Michigan.

Drivers may be paying more at the pump today than last week, but officials advise drivers just to be happy it isn't as bad as last year.

Under a crisp blue morning sky last week a newly fabricated lantern and railing were driven aboard a flatbed truck Thursday from Moran Iron Works in Onaway, where they were constructed, to the McGulpin Point Lighthouse, centerpiece of Emmet County's new park on the Straits of Mackinac just west of Mackinaw City.

For $65, your entire family can enjoy unlimited, all-season passes to the many Mackinac State Historic Parks "living history" sites and nature parks in northern Michigan, making the all-American vacation - even during these economically challenging times - affordable once again.

While Mackinaw City was fairly quiet Wednesday, soon the empty storefront windows will again be filled with t-shirts and souvenirs as tourists pack onto the sidewalks.

The Northpointe Inn Hotel and Suites in Mackinaw City, Michigan is a great place to stay for a night or for an extended time.

Less than a day's drive from most of the Midwest's major cities, is a most romantic and peaceful Island called Mackinac.

A $1 million federal lawsuit claims the Michigan bridge known as "Big Mac" got a bad paint job from an Ohio company.

MACKINAW CITY, MICH.: Big Mac got a bad paint job. That's the allegation in a $1 million lawsuit filed by the state agency that runs the Mackinac Bridge.