Dec 15, 2025 | Community
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Lisa Garrett, a long-time breastfeeding advocate and Senior Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with LMAS District Health Department, has been awarded the Breastfeeding Peer of the Year for the Upper Peninsula Region of Michigan. The award was presented...
Dec 13, 2025 | Community
The Newberry Area Ambassadors have been particularly busy lately, visiting new businesses and businesses under new management in the area. On December 2, the ambassadors visited North Point Repair LLC. The business, which opened on June 1, 2025, is owned by Jack and...
Dec 8, 2025 | Community
LMAS Communities That Care (CTC) Coordinator Jamie Rushford has been recognized with the Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD) Shining Star of the Year Award. The award honors individuals with five or fewer years in the prevention field who...
Dec 4, 2025 | Community
The hall at American Legion Post 74 was buzzing with excitement Thursday evening, November 6, as more than 200 enthusiastic community members gathered for Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center’s first-ever Purse Bingo event. The fundraiser, created to...
Dec 3, 2025 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Kirby Wendt, a senior commercial account manager and insurance agent with Forest Insurance Center Agency, was browsing his email one day when he noticed a special offer from Secura Insurance: They were giving away 13 gifts of $3,000 each. Insurance...
Nov 30, 2025 | Community
By Camila Bello Castro Capital News Service The holiday season at the Department of Corrections is the time of the year when staff, inmates and the public get excited to see the newest edition of the Dogs of the MDOC Calendar. “It features all dogs that have been...
