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I attended an event and the speaker was Genesee Co Sheriff, Chris Swanson. He is the right guy for the job. He told us that to be a good leader or citizen; you need three things. You need to have a sense of Urgency, that spark or motivation to accomplish the task that the people need. You must have...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
Does anyone have an old-fashioned recipe for Oatmeal Cookies?
- Sam from Mt....
If you were to call the building department, they would tell you the property line is actually laser line thin. A fence must be built on one side or the other and facing outward. I am here to tell you that so many people, many that think they are Christian, are sitting on the fence of salvation....
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Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
I’m looking for some quick and easy Apple cake recipes. - Cindy from Imlay City
Doris from...
5 Years Ago (September 2020)
The Pinconning Boys Soccer Team needed only the first half of last Thursday’s game against Whittemore-Prescott to take down the Cardinals 10-0. It was a great, if delayed, start to the home season for the team. Lucas Hartfelder, Dominic Krevinghaus, Connor Morin, and...
On September 11, 2025, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a presentation by Amanda Forsmark, Director of all school-based health centers operated by the Sterling Area Health Center, on the four school clinics operated in our region—at Pinconning, Standish-Sterling, AuGres...
The wild turkey is a ground-dwelling bird native to North America. It is one of the most widely distributed game birds in Michigan. Turkeys had all but disappeared from Michigan by 1900 due to habitat loss and unregulated hunting. In the 1950s, turkeys were brought to Michigan from Pennsylvania to...
Sarah Trumble is a Michigan Native, originally from the Upper Peninsula. Previously in education, she enjoyed teaching international higher education, overseas and in the U.S., but moved back to Michigan during COVID. Sarah and her family have happily settled back in the region, bringing her two...