The weather has been outstanding for the month of October. The trees on Cadotte Avenue, called “Autumn Blaze,” are a bright red and just gorgeous. It was a very busy weekend with people enjoying some ...

Author Wendy Byard celebrated the debut of her suspense novel, Devil in the Dunes, with patrons of Mackinac’s Island Bookstore on Saturday, October 4. Byard’s story follows 18-year-old Cadie McLeod, ...

Emma Motz, head coach of the Mackinac Island Public Schools volleyball team, was recently recognized by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association as “Coach of the Week” as a part of ...

As Mackinac Island begins to cool down with the accompanying fall air, memories of the 2025 tourist season continue to flow in the minds of Island residents and seasonal workers. A visual collection ...

The weather this week has been gorgeous with bright sun, warm days, and cool nights. Folks have really been enjoying it. Market Street is certainly decorated for Halloween — Metivier Inn, Hart’s Haven ...

A Texas company has run afoul of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act after operating websites Attorney General Dana Nessel said were intended to mislead consumers into believing they were purchasing ...

Close to Great Turtle Park, on the upper plateau of Mackinac Island, a road goes between Sixth Street in Harrisonville and Cemetery Road near Fort Mackinac. The road is called “Cupid’s Pathway,” and ...

With patience and kindness, dance instructor Becky Miller leads Mackinac Island Public School’s littlest dancers — ages 3 through 7 — through weekly classes in the summer and early autumn. Afterwards, ...

September is a month of transition on Mackinac Island, not only for our shops, eateries, and hotels, but the Island itself is changing — from those lasting summer days to shorter, wetter ones, reduced ...

Island residents James Lenfestey and Brian Findley brought Mark Twain and his lecture manager, James Pond, back to life with a stage performance, “Mark Twain on Mackinac 1895,” inside the Mission ...

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 ...

With just once a week practice, Mackinac Arts Council’s “I Can’t Sing” Chorus, led by Paul Ellinger, is showing Islanders that they can, in fact, vocalize — and have fun while doing it. An accredited ...