by Pam Grassmick | Aug 22, 2020 | News
Time is running out to register for the BIA-Tip of the Mitt Watershed COuncil High Water Summit being held on Tuesday, August 25 at noon. Follow this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HmZVNM5LQCWK15aEmYJ0qQ
by Pam Grassmick | Dec 1, 2020 | Invasives, News
Michigan Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 12/01/2020 09:49 AM EST Program contact: Rob Miller, 517-614-0454Media contact: Joanne Foreman, 517-284-5814Time to check trees for hemlock woolly adelgidInvasive pest already confirmed in five southwest...
by WVBI | Nov 22, 2020 | News
The Beaver Island Rural Health Center has updated the data on their site this afternoon to report seven additional positive COVID-19 tests. That brings to nine the number of positive tests in the last week and presumably represents none active cases on the...
by WVBI | Nov 20, 2020 | News
The Health Center’s updated COVID-19 test and case report shows two new positive tests apparently involving patients on the island. Dawn Marsh has indicated in a public post on Facebook that she is one of the positive test cases. She says she felt poorly a few days...
by WVBI | Nov 17, 2020 | Island Currents, News
A hunter who left the island with COVID-19 symptoms after being here for several days has tested positive for COVID-19 on the mainland. That’s according to a statement earlier this afternoon from the St. James and Peaine Township COVID19 Task Force. On the...
by WVBI | Nov 15, 2020 | Island Currents, News
Fasten your seat belts (or bar the door) for lockdown round two. Acting through her Health Department director, Governor Whitmer this evening imposed a raft of new restrictions on the state in response to the growing number of positive COVID-19 test results and...
by Paul Cole | Nov 12, 2020 | Island Currents, News
The St. James Board met Wednesday evening with a full agenda. There were reports on progress at the South Marina. The electrical work there is essentially completed and, if the inspection conducted on Tuesday the 10th comes back with a pass, the system will come on...
by Kevin Boyle | Nov 11, 2020 | Island Currents, News
The St. James Township Board has a meeting set for this evening with a pretty full agenda. There will be updates on work at the Municipal Docks, an update on the Campground project, a discussion about requests to implement co-working space, a review of proposed...
by Wil Cwikiel | Nov 10, 2020 | Island Currents, News
At their monthly business meeting on Monday, November 9th, the Beaver Island Community School board of education met to reconfirm the district’s COVID-19 Extended Learning Plan and receive the monthly report on student attendance. Beaver Island has been able to...
by Bob Tidmore | Nov 9, 2020 | Island Currents, News
Veterans Day is this Wednesday and usually AMVETS Post 46 conducts an observance at the Veterans Park or the School auditorium. This year however with the number of members off the island, high winds expected Wednesday and the unavailability of the school due to Covid...
by Pam Grassmick | Nov 9, 2020 | Island Currents, News
We’re so glad that you are joining us this winter. Here’s a tip that will be helpful when experiencing an electric outage. Wireless household phones will not work during a power outage (unless you have backup power for them or your base station has a...
