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Camp Fish Tales received $4,000 grant from Ieuter Insurance Group and the Hastings Mutual Insurance Company. These funds will support camper scholarships so everyone can enjoy camp. The policy of the Board of Directors and Staff Leadership of CFT is to never turn a prospective camper away based on...
Interstate 75 southbound was closed for several hours last Tuesday morning from Pinconning Road to Linwood Road due to an accident that occurred just before 8:30 am across from the Linwood Rest Area. Bay County Sheriff Troy Cunningham reports that a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado was northbound when the...
Everyone has been enjoying the evenings in Doc Letchfield Park listening to music, the entertainment has been great! The Tuesdays in the Park concert on July 27th, will feature the band Blues Mobile. Each member of the band brings a wealth of talent and experience to the group. Playing the blues...
On July 15, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish heard a very informative report by Summer Colson, Renewable Senior Field Leader for Consumers Energy. Summer stated that the current Consumers Energy mix is as follows: 36% natural gas, 22% coal, 9% nuclear, 10% oil peaking,...
The past two school years have been a struggle for area youth. Between online learning and COVID-19 restrictions, area students are looking forward to returning to school for a normal school year. Unfortunately many students in the area will not be able to return to school with the necessary...
Following the release of the company’s updated Clean Energy Plan, leaders from Consumers Energy, the state of Michigan and the city of Cadillac today dedicated the company’s third solar power plant, Cadillac Solar Gardens. The Clean Energy Plan proposes using nearly 8,000 megawatts of solar energy...
Pinconning High School Varsity Football Coach Walter Mulligan was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Last Saturday, the Spartan Community far and wide held a fundraiser Golf Scramble at Green Hills Golf Course to raise money to help the coach and his family. The course was packed with 43...
The dedicated thespians of Pinconning Area Schools were hit as hard as all other school activities by COVID-19 restrictions and quarantines during the 2020-21 school year, but were determined to make their traditional “Spring Musical” happen, even though it morphed into a Summer Musical.
The...
Last Tuesday night, just after 11:00 pm, a passerby noticed flames from a house on N. Huron Rd, and contacted Bay County Central Dispatch. The Pinconning-Fraser Fire Department (PFFD) was dispatched and received reports before arrival that there were injuries and an individual trapped inside. When...
A TRUCKLOAD OF CUCUMBERS destined for Bay View Foods to become pickles was involved in an accident on Friday morning on N. Huron Road just south of Coggins Road. The truck wiped out a length of guardrail and laid over onto it’s side, spilling it’s load into the Tebo-Erickson Drain. The truck...