Varsity high school football teams will take the field Friday for their first game of the season, but for some schools, halftime will be missing an important piece of the game… the marching band. “Despite some hardships, they’re doing a good job and their spirits are going really well too,” says Brian Balch, director of the bands for Big Rapids…
The Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 42nd Annual Festival of the Pines this weekend. The festival celebrates the areas Christmas tree growers, farmers and logging industry businesses. New this year, Missaukee County nonprofits will be displaying decorative trees throughout downtown. The chamber says so far, 31 nonprofits have signed up to display their tree, each telling…
This week, high school football teams take the field, kicking off the highly anticipated season, but for some spectators, the season’s going to look a little different this year in regards to attendance. The Athletic Director for Beal City Public Schools, Aarron Butkovich, says he’s ready for those Friday night lights: “To start the year, from where we were two…
The President of Central Michigan University posted in a blog Tuesday that starting immediately, the university is to become an anti-racist institution. President Bob Davies says this comes after he and the Board of Trustees read a book by an American professor called “How To Be An Antiracist.” The book says, rather than just be diverse and accepting, anti-racism is a…
The New Hope Center in Cadillac is experiencing some delays to their expansion project because of COVID-19. The New Hope Center is a homeless shelter in Cadillac, serving men, women and families. Six years ago, the nonprofit decided to expand and move to one location. However, this year they weren’t able to break ground until the end of May because of…
Baldwin Community Schools Superintendent, Rick Heitmeyer says on average only 60 percent of their student body is attending class. “Kids need to learn, kids need to be getting their education, it’s very important,” says Heitmeyer, “We’re making a lot of phone calls every week, where are you, why aren’t you participating, what can we do to help you get on…
In May, a historic rain event led to the failure of the Edenville and Sanford Dam and catastrophic 500-year flood in Gladwin and Midland Counties. The flood displaced more than 11,000 people, damaged 2,500 structures and caused an estimated $250 million in damages. “We suffered about 59,000 dollars in damage, right here,” says Richard Pytlak, a homeowner on Sanford Lake….
The Mason County Sheriff’s office is reminding drivers to slow down and stop for school busses. Sheriff Kim Cole says during a normal year, drivers traditionally forget about busses on the road. This year, however, has been unique because kids have been out of school for an extended period. That’s why Sheriff Cole wants to remind drivers to slow down and stop…
On Thursday, Governor Whitmer launched a new program that offers essential and frontline workers tuition free college. The program is called Futures for Frontliners and offers essential, frontline workers a tuition free path to community college. “It’s a lot when you’re trying to work and you’re working 40 hours a week,” says Felicia Clark, a deli supervisor at Willow’s Market…
Cicchelli Second Chance Rescue and Exotics in Missaukee County will be offering free admission next year to kids with special needs. Owners Ryan and April Cicchelli say with everything going on in the world involving politics and the pandemic, they wanted to share some positivity. So, for the 2021 season, Cicchelli Second Chance Rescue and Exotics will be offering any child with special needs free admission. The Ryan Cicchelli…
