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5 Years Ago (October 2015)
• Rebecca Kaczmarek was crowned PHS Homecoming Queen. First Runner-Up was Ally Marter and Second Runner-Up was Allison Scherzer.
• School enrollment numbers were “close to being even” after years of significant declines in enrollment.
• The cross country team competed at...
Democrats for Glenn adds Bay, Midland officials
Three Midland County officials elected as Democrats in 2018 have joined a growing group of Democratic elected officials in Bay County in crossing the aisle to endorse the reelection of state Rep. Annette Glenn, R-Midland, the expanding group’s leaders...
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today.
The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million...
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 hoping some of great cooks will send in their rich and delicious chocolate dessert...
I know this article might make some people mad but I have to share my opinion because it is just that important. This election is about more than just two parties that differ somewhat on governing policies. It has been exposed to be a true fight of good against bad, light against darkness and...
Josh Klee, of the Josh Klee Agency, LLC is a licensed agent in property, casualty, life, accident, health, and annuity with 8 years of experience. He has a Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow designation awarded by the American College and the National Association of Insurance and Financial...
Starting Monday, October 19th, law enforcement officers throughout Michigan will be ramping up patrols of motorists illegally passing school buses. Operation Safe Stop is part of national School Bus Safety Week, which runs October 19-23. In 2019, nearly 2,100 citations were issued to drivers for...
Gas prices in Michigan are down 6 cents compared to a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $2.06 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is the same as this time last month and 62 cents less than this time last year.
Motorists are paying an average of $31 for a full 15-gallon...
On October 8, 2020, Mike Stoner addressed members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish on the history of the Electoral College, the entity designated by the U.S. Constitution to elect U.S. Presidents every 4 years. The Constitution was ratified in 1789. At the Constitutional Convention...