HUD Awards BMIC $1.26 million in grants
As part of the Indian Housing Block Grant program, Bay Mills Indian Community has recently received $1.26 million in funding. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Midwest Regional Director Joseph P. Galvan and HUD Administrator for the Eastern/Woodlands Office of Native Americans Kevin Fitzgibbons were in Bay Mills on Friday, May 5 to present the tribe with two grant checks. [more]
BMPD arrests suspects in B & E's
On the night of April 20, Bay Mills Police Department K-9 Officer Paul Baragwanath told his fellow officer, Sgt. Phil Donnay, who was on his first night back to work after a long vacation, that they had identified several possible key suspects in the string of local breaking and entering complaints. [more]
Executive Council discusses business at regular meeting
The Bay Mills Executive Council met on Monday, May 8 for a regularly scheduled board meeting. All members were present. [more]
Health Center trying to cut down on prescription abuse
The non-medical abuse of prescription drugs is a growing public health problem, not only for the Bay Mills Indian Community, but also for the country as a whole. [more]
Father Ted celebrates 40 years in priesthood
Father Ted Brodeur, parish priest and pastor for Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Bay Mills, St. Francis Xavier in Brimley, St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie, and Sacred Heart Mission on Sugar Island, will celebrate 40 years in the priesthood on June 4, 2006. [more]
Parish honored as KCF Officer of the Year
Kinross Correctional Facility recently selected Dennis Parish as their Officer of the Year. [more]
Carrick joins Biological Services staff
Bay Mills tribal member Justin Carrick has joined Bay Mills Biological Services as fisheries intern for the summer. [more]
Berry selected as Americorps member of the month
Andrea Berry, a full-time first year Michigan Americorps member with the Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program, has been named as Michigan's Americorps Member of the Month for May. [more]
Boys & Girls Clubs begin community based project
Boys & Girls Clubs in Michigan have begun a community based project, Children Are Our Future, to enhance the educational and vocational awareness and preparation of vulnerable youth throughout the state. [more]
E.U.P. Tree and Stump Removal now in business
The Crane family leads busy lives. Richard works full time for Cloverland Electric Cooperative in Dafter, Mich., as a journeyman lineman; his wife, Marquita, attends Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, as a full-time student working towards a degree in early childhood development; and their three sons are active in several athletic programs on top of attending elementary school. [more]
Campground bark infestation to be studied
According to a recent press release from the Department of Natural Resources, the South Manistique Lake State Forest Campground will be temporarily closed so the department can address the severe infestation of beech bark disease and the hazards caused from dead and dying trees. [more]
First Eucharist/Confirmation set for May 26
The Catholic communities of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Bay Mills and St. Francis Xavier in Brimley will join with the St. Mary's Pro-cathedral congregation in Sault Ste. Marie to celebrate the sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation. [more]
Burning debris causes most Michigan wildfires
Springtime in Michigan is the peak time for wildfires and we must remember that, in this state, 8,000 to 10,000 wildfires occur every year. [more]
  
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