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Rep. Annette Glenn, R-Midland, Tuesday announced her support and sponsorship for a common-sense plan to help keep Michigan students safe as learning resumes in the fall.
The joint state House and Senate plan, announced this morning during a state Capitol news conference, requires local school...
As we try to understand the new way in which our lives have changed, the question in most of our minds is, “when is life going back to normal”? In the past, there have been many changes in our lives that we have had to deal with, and without faith in a better tomorrow, we would have thrown in the...
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 planted a garden this year and think I overdid the cucumbers. Does anyone have some...
To say that 2020 has been challenging is an understatement. Although, we have to keep in mind that God is still in control and his word states that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1. He knew that because we have free will, that trouble and turmoil was...
On June 18, 2020, the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish was treated to a Zoom video presentation concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on high school sports. Mark Uyl, Executive Director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association [MHSAA], addressed the club on the status of...
5 Years Ago (June 2015)
• The CheeseTown Festival was held, featuring numerous events including the CheeseTown Challenge races with Adam Terwillegar, of Freeland, winning the male open Iron Man with a combined time of 39:52. He was first in the 5 Mile with 28:58 and first in the 2 Mile with 10:54....
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 unique recipes for chicken cooked on the grill. Tom from Quincy...
I read an article ,“ The Unfinished Project of Enlightenment”, in the Boston Review. Honestly, I only read most of it, it is an intense read. It is about a Ninety-one year old philosopher “ Habermas” and his life’s work. Let me share just a few quotes from the Article.
“At a time of crisis,...
Sparrows tend to be small plain birds that spend much of their time on or near the ground. As such, they are easily missed. There is a common bird of summer in our area that is worth looking for—the Savannah Sparrow. It looks similar to the Song Sparrow although it lacks the vibrant, easily...