EWEN — The Blessing of the Quilts is an autumn ritual at many Lutheran churches in early Autumn each year. At First Lutheran Church in Ewen this past Sunday, twenty brightly colored quilts were displayed throughout the sanctuary for this year’s dedication. Sixty quilts were already in ...
Hancock — North Wind Books in Hancock will feature Michigan author Helen Raica-Klotz for a reading and discussion of her new book. "Superior Stories," is the winner of the 2025 Michigan Writers Cooperative Press Chapbook Contest in fiction. The event will take place at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 16, at ...
BARAGA — The Baraga County Community Foundation announced its 2025 grant cycle. Applications are now available for the funding of programs that address health and human services and domestic violence victims program, water and soil erosion projects, community and education progarms and youth ...
HOUGHTON — While many groups gave a sigh of relief with the announcement Thursday of agreements between the three branches of state government regarding Michigan's budget, some state entities were still left unaware how much they would be funded following an official passage of the budget. ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – The former Quincy Mining Company’s Number 2 Shaft hoist house is receiving much-needed repairs. The hoist house was constructed in 1918. The project includes removing broken and cracked concrete to expose, repair or replace old steel reinforcing rebar beneath it, before ...
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP — An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and ...