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New Bear Lake mural image is of the color back of Motel Bear Lake with the farming mural closest to the camera. There is a diagonal swath of yellow with old migrant housing, rows of green crops, farmer Zac Mezeske picking and adding to his bundle of radishes before dawn. The sky above and behind him is dark. There are tall jack pine trees in the darkness. Image of the mural courtesy of Z and N Farm.

New Bear Lake mural highlights area farming history

July 26, 2026 No Comments

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Photo of Arcadia Daze Grand Marshal Jeanne Sitter. The photo is a close-up of her head and shoulders. Her wavy white hair is pulled back and she is wearing earrings and a flowered scoop-neck blouse. Photo by Kristina Stierholz.

Meet the Arcadia Daze Grand Marshal Jeanne Sitter

July 19, 2026 No Comments

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An example of an N95 mask. This one is older and is likely past its expiration date. Photo: P. Stinson

N95 masks available at area health departments

July 17, 2026 No Comments

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Image for don't overlook your pets is of a terrier type dog with black button eyes and nose, floppy gray ears and a white head resting on a pink plush toy in the shape of a big dog bone. She is laying down and looking at the camera. Photo by Susan Hintz.

Don’t overlook your pets during air quality alerts

July 16, 2026 No Comments

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Pastel painting by artist Marie Marfia whose work will be shown at the Timeless Gallery in Ludington beginning July 18. The work is of a channel through grass-covered dunes with sparse shrubbery and a lone tree in the distance beneath an expansive sky of pink-purple clouds against blue sky.

Local artist presents Ludington State Park paintings

July 16, 2026 No Comments

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Image for Disability Pride Month is red and blue lettering on a white background. The acronym A-D-A is at the top next to a graphic representation of a person in a wheelchair. Beneath A-D-A it reads Americans with Disabilities Act. Beneath this is the number 36 written in blue. 36 stands for how many years since the first Disability Pride Month celebration was held. Next to 36 it says: Celebrate July 26, 2026, the date of the first Disability Pride Month celebration of the passage of the A-D-A. Image courtesy of the the Arc.

In celebration of Disability Pride Month

July 15, 2026 No Comments

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Image for Foster's 'Threads of a Life' exhibition is titled, "Rural Links, Poles and Road." There is an enormous expanse of blue sky hazy with thin clouds. A light gray rural road runs between fields. Electric poles fade from view on one side of the road with golden field beneath and white farm buildings in the distance. Image by Nancy I. Foster courtesy of Oliver Art Center.

Foster’s ‘Threads of a Life’ art exhibition offers US ‘travelogue’

July 14, 2026 No Comments

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Photo for add to your cache at the Ludington Coin and Stamp Show is an assortment of silver and gold coins, some in special cardboard and cellophane sleeves. Photo supplied by Ryker Johnson.

Add to your cache at the Ludington Coin and Stamp Show

July 14, 2026 No Comments

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Photo for Manistee Fringe is of the Gorman Sisters on stage wearing cabaret-style outfits with tall feathery headdresses. One sister is reading, the other is surprised with wide eyes by a brown critter with a long nose she is holding in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other. Photo courtesy of the Gormans.

‘Manistee Fringe’ to take the stage

July 11, 2026 No Comments

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Image for Festival of Cigar Box Guitar performers returns is of musican Steve Arvey strumming his cigar box guitar. Photo courtesy of SteveArveyMusic.com

Festival of cigar box guitar performers returns

July 11, 2026 No Comments

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In the "Fireflies and dark skies" cover photo, the glow of fireflies is seen in the foreground against a black silhouette of trees and field with a dark blue sky above, a faint glow above the trees is from a sunset, sunrise or city lights.

Fireflies and dark skies

July 9, 2026 No Comments

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Idlewild tour photo, taken on a bluesky day. Members of MARJDI listen during a stop on the Idlewild tour.

A tour of Idlewild, past and present

July 9, 2026 No Comments

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