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This is the time of year when the Rusty Blackbird moves south through the Saginaw Bay region, a time when this bird’s black plumage has changed to the color of rusted iron. Its rusty color, white eye ring, and melodic call distinguish it from other black birds, like the Red-winged Blackbird, Common...
On October 14, 2021, Josh Klee, local Farm Bureau Insurance Agent, gave members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish an update on the Michigan No-Fault Auto Insurance law and possible pitfalls associated with options available under the law. Josh said the Michigan No-Fault Insurance law...
5 Years Ago (October 2016)
When a friend told Carissa Meyers about the chiropractic program at Sherman College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Meyers thought it over and applied. A few years later, the 2008 graduate of Pinconning Area High School, had completed the program and Carissa Meyers,...
Dr. Paul Dake is semi-retired; moved to the Pinconning area to be near family and is submitting articles for the Journal. Dr. Dake has an Undergraduate degree in Physiology and M.D. degree, both from Michigan State University, the latter awarded in 1978; immediately thereafter, Family Medicine...
I hope this article does not offend anyone as that is not the purpose, but I do hope that my questions make you think about where you stand on issues. I know the majority of the public looks at Halloween as a harmless kids holiday. But why does it have to have a theme of horror and skeletons to be...
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,
Would you please ask if everyone would share their favorite chili recipes?
Dan from Caro...
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,
Would you please ask if everyone would share their favorite chili recipes?
Dan from Caro...
If you need a Benefit Verification letter, sometimes called a “proof of income letter,” we have good news for you! Your Benefit Verification letter is available online when you need proof of Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income, or Medicare.
In addition to your name, date of...
By October, most woodland warblers are long gone from our area, having headed south in search of the insects they so dearly love to eat. One exception is the Palm Warbler, like the one in the accompanying photo recently seen in a local garden. Unlike many warblers, the Palm spends much of its time...
Law enforcement officers from 102 police departments, sheriff offices and Michigan State Police (MSP) posts recently increased patrols across the state during the end-of-summer Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign that ran from August 16 to September 6.
Preliminary reports indicate...