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Tickets on sale now for 13th Annual Great Lakes Bay Regional Chamber Summit
BAY CITY, MI — Tickets are on sale now for the 13th Annual Great Lakes Bay Regional Chamber Summit. This year’s regional chamber summit will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Great Hall Banquet & Conference Center, 5121 Bay City Road in Midland. Doors open at 11 a.m.
Can rain sneak in before the end of the weekend?
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - What a great first half of the weekend we have been able to enjoy! More nice weather is expected, but rain chances are starting to bubble up in the data. With rain comes moisture, so the comfy weather might start to feel more July-like. This Evening/Overnight...
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These news headlines brought to you by these fine sponsors:. The Reese Village Council wants to do a street improvement project, but they also don't want to pay too much to have the work done. Rohloff Drive needs to be reconstructed, but the cost to do that is estimated to...
Easy-going weekend weather
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - The pleasant forecast for this weekend remains, hopefully you have some time to get outside and enjoy! This may end up as one of the nicest weekends we have weather-wise for the entire summer. Any showers that we see on Sunday will stay limited in coverage,...
Community outraged about local business owned by convicted child predator
The Blueberry Lane Farms upcoming annual Blueberry Festival has been a tradition in the Otter Lake and surrounding communities for seventy-six years. While many don’t want to see the tradition itself come to an end, resentment and fear is spreading as more parents learn of the actions of the current owners. Seth Parsons, owner of Blueberry Lane Farms in Otter Lake, was charged with aggravated child pornography in August, 2012 in DuPage County, Illinois . The Illinois State Registry states that Mr. Parsons was twenty-eight years old at the time of the offence, whereas his victim was a ten year old child at the time.
RESULTS: Merritt Speedway, Saturday, July 20, 2024
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 50-Greg Gokey[2]; 2. 27-Eric Spangler[1]; 3. 4-Travis Stemler[5]; 4. 69-Brandon Thirlby[8]; 5. 9R-Curtis Roberts[11]; 6. 69R-Dave Bowen[9]; 7. 18S-Jacob Stuhr[7]; 8. 07-Rylee Knoll[3]; 9. 1*-Wyatt Baker[10]; 10. 29-Jerry Kent[15]; 11. 33-Bob Timmer[19]; 12. 00-Robert Lewis[12]; 13. 29H-Dan Hersey[16]; 14. 20-Kevin Miller[6]; 15. 73-Steve Nieuwenhuis[17]; 16. (DNF) 25JB-Jim Billett[14]; 17. (DNF) 21D-David Hilliker[4]; 18. (DNF) 44-Chad Hunt[20]; 19. (DNF) 06-Josh Hendershott[13]; 20. (DNF) 02-Will Stanley[18]
River Days to bring hot air balloons, taco eating contest, more to Downtown Midland, riverfront
Whether you’re looking for hot air balloons and fireworks or live entertainment and a taco eating contest, Midland’s upcoming River Days festival has plenty of activities for everyone from Aug. 1-4. The annual festival, organized by the Midland Area Community Foundation, is expected to draw thousands of visitors...
Fun, fitness, community: Tri-Kids Try takes over Plymouth Park
Kids filled Plymouth Park with their laughs, competitive spirit and cheering for friends on the morning of Saturday, July 20. They swam, biked and ran in the annual Greater Midland Tri-Kids-Try youth triathlon. Gabe Jaime was competing in this triathlon for the third time, and he won his division last...
Fresh off Futures Game, Morales dominates in Lugs loss
LANSING, Mich. – Luis Morales fanned six in 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his first outing following the All-Star Futures Game, but the Great Lakes Loons (9-12, 43-44) hit three home runs off the bullpen to defeat Morales’ Lansing Lugnuts (10-12, 42-45), 4-2, in fron tof 7,034 on Friday night at Jackson® Field™.
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