By Carol Stiffler Preparations for the first-ever Loonapalooza event, which will be held at the Erickson Center for the Arts in Curtis on August 11, are in the final stages. The event has three main purposes: To celebrate and teach about loons, raise awareness of the...
By Carol Stiffler Last Thursday, 73 local households were given boxes of food from Marcy’s Pantry, a non-profit food pantry in Curtis that’s only been in operation for a handful of years. Business was slow at first, according to Ethel Wells, a Curtis resident who...
By Carol Stiffler While you were sleeping Monday night, Shelly Franklin was wide awake. With an eye toward the night sky and the aid of a handful of at least 10 celestial apps on her phone, Franklin was waiting for the northern lights to appear. She’s the rarely seen...
By Evan Deutsch …With bees. All types of them. In fact, Michigan is home to 465 different species of them. We’ll explore five of the most common ones. Before we do that, let’s talk about insects that people often mistake for bees – wasps and hornets (which...
By Carol Stiffler An international event is about to take place in Germfask. Levi and Durea Brady, who purchased Northland Outfitters on the Manistique River in Germfask last year, have made an enormous investment in the campground. They’ve added shower houses,...
By Sterling McGinn The small and peaceful West Lakefield Cemetery is the final resting place for a Civil War veteran. For nearly 131 years, the grave of Riley Humphrey Fuller was unmarked, and no one who visited the cemetery knew that a Civil War veteran and prominent...
