The Mackinac Island Fire Department reported 178 runs in 2025, making it the busiest year ever. According to social media post from the department, the run total included 15 fires, three rescues, and ...

Sailors from around the world traveled from Port Huron to Mackinac Island this past weekend as part of the annual Bayview Mackinac Race. Marking its 101st consecutive year, the race offered two ...

Gaylord’s Northwoods Aviation is a new company offering flights to Mackinac Island. The company began offering charter flights on demand to the Island in October, after previously making a lot of ...

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 ...

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United State of America, the Mackinac State Historic Parks is planning a variety of events and programs highlighting life, and the challenges ...

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 ...

A familiar ferry has a new name, as Arnold Freight Company’s former “Corsair” is now the “W.S. Woodfill.” The new moniker comes after the 70-year-old freight boat spent the last year in Escanaba being ...

The Mackinac Island Community Foundation has announced the recipients of its Spring 2025 Grant cycle. This grant cycle provided a total of $127,975 in grant dollars to help support the Mackinac Island ...

Horse-drawn carriages clatter down car-free streets. The mouth-watering smell of fudge wafts from quaint storefronts. Ferries glide across the Straits of Mackinac, carrying visitors to Michigan’s ...

The discussions continue to create Michigan’s new budget in Lansing but one intended cut is already drawing pushback. The proposed budget passed in the House of Representatives Tuesday, August 26, ...

The flowers all over the Island are just outstanding. The entrance to the post office, in front of the Lenox, Metivier Inn, Cloghaun, Windermere Garden, Hart’s Haven, Grand Hotel Secret Garden, ...

Horses come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and temperaments. The same holds true for their owners. And, as we know that most horse people, if they have been at it for the long haul, seem to understand ...