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member of the pinconning high school band attended High School District Solo & Ensemble on February 1st at Tawas High School. Front Row (l-r): Lauren Milliman, Anissa Overly, and Jasmine Johnson. Middle Row (l-r): Emily Harrow, Hannah Peglow, Madison Bellottie, Lyndsey Hearn, Delaney Weber, and...
LANSING, Mich. -- On Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-12, temporarily lifting weight and other delivery-related restrictions for vehicles carrying essential supplies to mitigate the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The executive order is effective immediately and...
Thursday evening’s order by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer for all K-12 schools to close for three weeks, beginning on Monday the 16th, came hours into a cascade of closures across the nation. Pinconning Area Schools Superintendent Mike Vieau spoke to the Journal on Monday about the current...
John Aspinall started bagging groceries at 16 years old and has worked in the industry his entire working life. He said Monday that he’s never seen anything like this, “The Y2K scare caused a lot of buying, but it was spread out over a couple of weeks. This happened in 48 hours.” The panic buying...
The Northern Bay County Fund Spring Trivia Night went on as planned on Saturday evening with Journal Publisher Craig Barnt acting as the substitute Master of Ceremonies.
Although a number of teams pulled out and extra precautions were taken due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus, those who did...
Governor Whitmer’s Monday order for bars, restaurants, gyms, theaters, and other entertainment venues had local businesses scrambling to make some major decisions: whether to keep their kitchens open to service take-out customers, and whether to offer deliveries. Although all that the Journal spoke...
One of the commonest birds in Michigan, present every month of the year, is a little clown in formal attire. The Black-capped Chickadee is sometimes tame enough to take seeds from the hand of a patient human. People who keep their bird feeders stocked with sunflower seeds in winter are familiar...
On March 12, 2020, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish were treated to a program that is currently being presented in fourth grade classrooms as part of Rotary’s 2020 Saginaw Bay Nature Festival. The program is titled “Michigan Birds Color Wheel.” The program began with the...
All local Social Security offices will be closed to the public for in-person service starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This decision protects the population we serve—older Americans and people with underlying medical conditions—and our employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However...