Lifestyles
Dean’s List
University officials have announced that 4,519 students received Academic Honors for the semester that ended in May 2020 at Ferris State University and Kendall College of Art and Design.
Local students on the Dean’s List are: Zackery Backus, Tyler Baker, Collin Heideman, and Russell...
Gas prices in Michigan are up 9 cents compared to last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average price of $2.20 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 23 cents more than this time last month but still 61 cents less than this time last year.
Motorists are paying an average of $33...
Isabella Kroczaleski graduated valedictorian from Standish-Sterling Central High School in 2016. She recently graduated with honors from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received her Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA, in Marketing and minored in Theatre. Isabella...
Grand Valley State University announces the names of students who were placed on the dean’s list for the Winter 2020 semester concluding in April. The list includes those students who have maintained a 3.5 grade point average and been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits.
Local students on the list...
Pinconning member of the month for May is Karson Peckham!
Karson is a four year member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region’s ~ Pinconning Unit. Karson is 13 years old and will be attending Pinconning Middle School this fall.
Karson aspires to be an auto mechanic and study...
Weather has been a challenge this year, with thunderstorms and high winds on June 10th causing considerable damage to our trees and knocking out power in our area for three days. We lost two of our large oak trees and our second largest cotton wood. Our twelve miles of trails are requiring...
I am running for Bay County Register of Deeds. One of the primary drivers of the decision to enter the fray was my simply stumbling upon an article written in 2014. Rather unintentionally, the journalist outlined transparent cronyism in our local politics. 46 candidates applied to the retiring...
Rep. Annette Glenn, R-Midland, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Wednesday introduced a resolution declaring June 12, 2020, as Women Veterans Recognition Day in Michigan.
In addition to introducing the resolution, Glenn also announced that Midland...
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) has become one of Michigan’s most notorious woodland invasive weeds. Its thrifty, biennial habit allows the plant to optimize growth in early spring months before native vegetation greens up. One mother plant can produce thousands of seeds that may remain viable...
In summer 2020, Michigan State University Extension is initiating the summer milkweed search, a project to document milkweeds and their specialist insects across the state. We are interested in the public’s help to estimate population sizes for specialist insects of milkweed. Anyone is welcome to...