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We are here for surviving family members when a worker dies. In the event of your death, certain members of your family may be eligible for survivors benefits. These include widows and widowers, divorced widows and widowers, children, and dependent parents.
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Parents and caregivers are reminded about the importance of booster seat use during National Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Week, Sept. 20-26. Michigan law requires children to be properly buckled in a car seat or booster seat until they are 8 years old or 4 feet 9 inches tall.
“Traffic crashes...
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Join us along with Daniel Kempin, a local mushroom aficionado, on a search for fall mushrooms. The Mushroom Walk begins at 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 27th at McLean Nature Preserve. These mushrooms come in many varieties, colors and shapes and grow on the forest floor as well as on logs and...
Although they are large, powerful predators, Red-tailed Hawks usually rely on the element of surprise when hunting for their favorite treats—rabbits, squirrels, mice, and smaller birds. Once spotted by other birds, especially those protecting babies such as Red-winged Blackbirds, Blue Jays, even...
5 Years Ago (September 2015)
• The Midwest Birding Synopsium stopped at Bay County’s Pinconning Park and Campgrounds and sighted over 50 species.
• Pinconning Wesleyan Pastor Chris Austin moved to a church in Sheridan, Michigan.
10 Years Ago (September 2010)
• Former Pinconning resident William N....
On September 10, 2020, the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish met at the Pinconning Community Center to hear presentations by Tim Botzau, Parks & Environmental Affairs Director for the City of Bay City, Sarah Archer, Grant and Education Coordinator, and Todd Umphrey on the City’s...
A friend of mine put a call out to all of his friends: He said “ My door is open, coffee is on, food in the frig, you are welcome to talk, vent or just hang out if you need space or time”. When is the last time you have put out that type of invitation? Do people know that you are available for...
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 really good recipe for Peanut Butter cookies. Sam from Hillsdale
Janis...
The Saginaw Bay region is one of the few locations in Michigan where Black-crowned Night-Herons can be seen on a regular basis. While most shorebirds hunt during the day, this one hunts both day and night, perching motionless on a cattail or in a tree, surveying the shallow water below for fish,...