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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 scrumptious but simple recipes for Chicken Casseroles. - Beth from...
Rep. Annette Glenn, R-Midland, this week continued her efforts to fight human trafficking in Michigan.
Glenn participated in a Michigan House subcommittee hearing that explored issues related to one of the fastest-growing crimes in the world and what can be done to prevent it. She also helped lead...
Chances are, you know someone who has a food allergy, which affects about 32 million people in the United States. The term “allergy” can often be used incorrectly, as some people have what is considered an “intolerance” but refer to it as an “allergy.” The main difference is that an allergic...
Some birds are so tiny and so darned cute that it’s hard not to get excited when they show up at our bird feeders. One such bird is the Common Redpoll, a bird seen occasionally in our area during the winter months. Redpolls are members of the family of tiny finches that includes the American...
On January 20, 2022, Rotary District 6310 Administrator Connie Deford addressed the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish on a variety of topics related to the operation of the district. Connie is one of the charter members of the Bay City Morning Rotary Club which was chartered in 1989. She...
Gov. Whitmer urges Michiganders to take advantage of the federal government’s free COVID-19 testing program. At-home, rapid COVID-19 tests are available for free at COVIDTests.gov, with every household eligible for four free tests that will be shipped directly to Michiganders’ homes.
“The federal...
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 watched a security video where a young lady was attacked. As it was happening a young man rushed in and saved the lady, then two more young men helped subdue the man until authorities arrived. I am not condoning violence in any way, but sometimes good people must speak up or spring to action to...
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 road
Dear Lynn,
Would everyone please share the recipe for their favorite Valentine’s Day dessert?
- Vicky...
Although it spends most of its time on the ground, this regular winter visitor is called the American Tree Sparrow. This bird resembles a common summer resident, the Chipping Sparrow, although the Tree Sparrow’s prominent breast spot helps to distinguish it from its warm-weather cousin. After a...