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The state Senate recently approved legislation sponsored by state Sens. Kevin Daley, Curt VanderWall and Ruth Johnson that would help Michiganders who have struggled to get into secretary of state branches.
The three-bill package would extend the expiration of Michigan driver’s licenses and...
Rep. Annette Glenn’s proposal to continue and strengthen local services for military veterans in their home communities was unanimously approved by the Michigan Senate today.
Glenn’s legislation revises criteria for a county veteran service fund helping local offices across Michigan deliver...
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...
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 a delicious and moist recipe for Banana Bread, mine has always turned out...
So much is going on in the world today it’s hard to keep up with it all. The best part about this is that, we don’t have to keep up with it. We just have to let God be in control and move when he tells us too.
Spend some time in real prayer today and throughout the summer. Make sure you and God...
The most convenient way to change your direct deposit information with us is by creating a my Social Security account online at www.ssa.gov/myaccount. Once you create your account, you can update your bank information from anywhere.
We are committed to protecting your personal information, so we...
Butterflies return and baby animals are born as we transition from spring to summer. On June 3rd our trail cameras recorded the first fawn of the season on our preserve.
We are also seeing baby raccoon and cottontail rabbits. Butterflies have arrived with the first monarch sighted June 7....
Sometimes the old names are better than the new ones. A good example of this may be a bird now named the Common Gallinule (!!) better known to older folks as the Moorhen. The old name seems to fit this bird with its chicken’s bill, duck’s body, and heron’s feet and legs, and which sometimes clucks...
5 Years Ago (June 2016)
The Interact Club, of Pinconning and Standish, a high school club associated with the Rotary Club, held its charter meeting at the PHS Media center. Charter members were Cayley Adcock, KenaDee Foco, Samantha Warren, Morgan Goodman, Hailey Powell, Megan Coucher, Makayla Bauer...
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...