December 27, 2012 RSS feed / Lifestyles

Area corn grower receives honor

Despite hard season, county grower places

LANSING – A challenging growing season proved to be no match for the 12 Michigan Corn Growers Association members who won top state honors in the National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Yield Contest. More...

Property tax, other programs get update

LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed legislation that will update and realign several Michigan State Housing Development Authority programs. More...

Burying the hatchet

Lois A. Corcoran

My New Year’s resolutions tend to center on the same boring issues. But I dreamed up something new for this year: burying the hatchet with some iffy relationships. Given my half century on the planet, this could take awhile. More...

Bay College names fall art winners

ESCANABA – The Bay College art faculty has announced winners in this semester’s art student’s show in the Besse Center Gallery. The exhibits will be open for viewing until mid-January. More...

Donating to ‘warriors’

Past president of Manistique Rotary, Rick Pink, right, recently presented a check in the amount of $500 to Bob Blevins. Blevins is a retired Marine First Sergeant and Disabled American Veteran. More...

Nursing center sees boost

SAULT STE. MARIE – The R.W. Considine Foundation has presented a $400,000 donation to be used to purchase state-of-the-art, high-fidelity mannequins, part of a proposed nursing simulation center in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. More...

CUPPAD awards area mini grants

ESCANABA – The CUPPAD Regional Commission and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, is conducting a second round of grant funding for local art mini-grants. More...

Senior Center

This was given to me a few years back: Dear Children, More...