by WVBI | Mar 22, 2023 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
Online form now available to report law enforcement officer encounter concerns There was nearly a full house at the BIC Center along with about 60 Zoom attendees yesterday afternoon for St. James Township’s public safety meeting. Township Supervisor Bobbi Welke lead...
by WVBI | Mar 20, 2023 | Featured Post, News
St. Patrick’s Day brought plenty of visitors and fun to the island with activities on Friday and Saturday along with all sorts of Irish meal specials at the Shamrock, Dalwhinnies and the Bodega. But, it also brought what some are now calling a heavy handed approach...
by WVBI | Dec 2, 2022 | Island Currents, News
Most Island property owners have probably received their Winter Tax Bills by now. Included in them is an Internet Speed Survey being conducted for the townships by the Island’s Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee (JTAC). It’s all part of...
by WVBI | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
(Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the International Joint Commission Newsletter Great Lakes Connection. It is reprinted here with the permission of the authors.) In 2018, newsletter readers learned about an experiment to connect remote Great Lakes...
by WVBI | Feb 23, 2022 | Island Currents, News
Lisa Peacock, the director of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan has resigned from her position. She cited a “hostile work environment” created by the departments board and her health as reasons for the departure. She has been embroiled in controversy since...
