The long-time owner of Mackinac Island’s iconic Grand Hotel has died at age 80.
Dan Musser Jr. started working at the hotel as a college student in 1951. It...
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There are two new historic districts on Mackinac Island. The districts were approved after years of debate and will take effect in 20 days. They'll give the island...
A public hearing is set for next week on Mackinac Island. After that, there will be nothing left but for the city council to decide whether old buildings in the 200 year-old city need protection. Brad Aspey talks with IPR News Director Peter...
One of the most historic communities in the Michigan is in an uproar over preserving its past. Mackinac Island was fought over in the War of 1812. It is sacred to...
A public hearing is set for this weekend on Mackinac Island about protecting historic buildings there. For years, a committee has studied how to protect the 200-year...
Governor Rick Snyder opened a conference on Mackinac Island today by asking the state’s business leaders to hire veterans.
“Unemployment for our veterans is running at...
More bones have been found at another construction site on Mackinac Island.
Last fall, hundreds of human bones were unearthed during the excavation of the...
The dispute over ferry boat service to Mackinac Island appears to be gaining new momentum as the travel season approaches. Ferry boat operators say it's...
The War of 1812 is sometimes called the forgotten war because it is little known and seldom remembered. Historians in Michigan hope to change that during the bicentennial. The Great Lakes was a major theatre for the conflict. Both Detroit...
Human remains discovered at a construction site on Mackinac Island in November are being reburied this week. But an official on Mackinac Island says the city will...
