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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) notified the Bay County Health Department (BCHD) that the MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories identified the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 in an Bay County resident. The confirmed case is middle aged and had no known travel history.
The SARS-CoV-2 B....
Ethan Shorkey, a student at Central High School, recently won the Bay City Noon Optimist Club essay contest based on the Optimist International theme of “Reaching your dreams by choosing optimism”. Ethan was one of three students that submitted the top three entries for this year’s contest....
St. Michael School virtual writing club meets on Wednesdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM and is open to all St. Michael School students in grades 3-8. Advisors are Miss Russell (6th grade teacher) and Miss Garrow (2nd/3rd grade teacher).
I remember the moment that my classmate, and friend, Dayne Ivey,...
The Pinconning City Council held their latest meeting on Monday evening, continuing their planned weekly meetings until a City Manager is hired. After approval of the Agenda, there were no Committee reports.
There are four City Manager candidates set up for interviews on Tuesday and hopefully...
The Pinconning Area Schools Board of Education held their second March meeting on Monday evening in a hybrid format with Board Members together and all others participating remotely. Board President Mark Coutcher and Secretary Linda Anderson were absent from the meeting.
Band Director Rachel...
The Pinconning Area Emergency Food Distribution will be on Friday, March 26th at the Pinconning Wesleyan Church lot, 800 Horn Street. However, you must first line up in the Schafer’s Chevrolet GATED parking lot, there will be people there to tell you where to line up and when to go to the church...
Anthony “Tony” Pawelski passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021, at Covenant HealthCare – Cooper at the age of 82. The son of the late Chester and Pearl Pawelski was born April 28, 1938, in Rockford, Illinois. Tony was the former mayor of The City of Pinconning 1995-2001, and founder of the Mayor’s...
On March 18, 2021, members of the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish received an online presentation from Joel Strasz, Director of the Bay County Health Department, on the status of the COVID-19 virus in Bay County and on vaccination programs underway in the county. Joel reported that there...
At our recent PAEFP meeting of February, Food Coordinator, Judy Fenwick, reported that we assisted 11 families, which included 24 people. Client Coordinator, Archie Gittins, reported assisting two families to avoid electric shut-off, one family with much needed prophane, and three families to...