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Kodak Quartet blooms in IPR's Sound Garden
All around northern Michigan, amidst the summer cacophony of wineries, beaches, bridges and food trucks, a bustling musical initiative is taking root. The Sound Garden Project’s mission is to plant classical music in unexpected places as it reimagines a 21st-century performance experience. Meet the musicians of the Kodak Quartet...
Georgia’s Jessica Welch fires 63 to lead Michigan PGA Women’s Open at Crystal Mountain
THOMPSONVILLE – Jessica Welch’s favorite week of the year is here, and she celebrated with a 9-under 63 to launch into the lead through one round of the 31st Michigan PGA Women’s Open Championship presented by Coca-Cola Monday on the Mountain Ridge Course at Crystal Mountain. The...
Manistee National Forest Festival serves as homecoming, celebration rolled into one
MANISTEE — When it comes right down to it, the Manistee National Forest Festival is really several celebrations all rolled into one. The festival is a celebration of the rich heritage and history Manistee has with the forests and lumber industry that played a major role in creating this community. The second celebration commemorates Independence Day on July 4 and the creation of the United States in 1776.
Spirit of the Woods Garden Club learns about edible plants, fungi
Spirit of the Woods Garden Club Inc. held its monthly meeting on June 17. Joshua Shields, forester and wildlife biologist of Manistee and Mason/Lake Conservation Districts presented a program on wild edible plants and fungi. Shields explained that plants provide numerous services including food, water, fiber, medicine, flood control, climate...
Back on Track: Manton Track and Field Summer Series returns
MANTON — Make it fun and they’ll be interested. At least that’s what organizers of the Manton Track and Field Summer Series learned last year. The Summer Series is a two-meet track and field series open to anyone interested in competing. The dates this summer are Wednesday,...
Fourth of July events abound in Benzie County
If one Googles the term “Independence Day,” they’ll find that the first listing refers to the 1996 Will Smith film by that name — which definitely is a good movie, by the way. But when you mention Independence Day in Benzie County, a movie is not...
Floyd M. Wetzig
Floyd Maurice Wetzig, of Manton, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at Ohana AFC Home in Manton with family by his side. Floyd is finally free in Heaven from his earthly sickness and disabilities. He was 83. Floyd was born on August 1, 1940 in McKinley Township, Taylor County,...
SEEDS program granted nearly $2 million for Marion, Mesick students
A program that benefits students in the Mesick Consolidated Schools and Marion Public Schools recently learned it has been funded through state grants for the next five years. SEEDS EcoSchool, a program of SEEDS Ecology and Education Centers, was awarded $1,975,000 in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Education in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential to continue its out-of-school-time programs in the two Northern Michigan districts. Funded schools include Marion Elementary School, Marion Middle School and Floyd M. Jewett Elementary School in Mesick.
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