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Photo for first-timers welcome during Christmas Bird Count is of two mourning doves perched on the branch of a plum tree in winter. They have snow on their wings and one has its feathers puffed up to stay warm. Photo by Mark Videan.

First-time birders welcome during Christmas Bird Count

November 17, 2025 No Comments

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Photo for Program to feature area women who helped in the war effort include Blanche Moon, enlisted Army Sergeant First Class, Womens Auxiliary Corps of 1949. Moon is standing, third from the right.

Program to feature area women’s contributions during wartime

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Image for Sun Day created by Freshwater Reporter includes yellow sun rays, blue clouds, gold fish, blue waves, red crab, black peace sign and purple flower with leaves. The other half of the drawing is half of a black representational sun.

Sun Day events to celebrate solar power

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Northern Natural events include Chief Day on October 11 which begins with a parade on Chief Road and begins and ends with music. The photo on the left was taken at night and shows a band performing with a mother and daughter silhouetted in the foreground watching them. The photo on the right is a truck with two guys in the truck bed holding up a Sieverts Maple Syrup sign as their entry in the Chief Day Parade. Photos courtesy of Chief Day.

Northern Natural Cider House announces special fall events

September 17, 2025 No Comments

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Kaleva News photo was taken by Richard Asiala at the Maple Grove Township Cemetery. Liivi Wiitala's headstone shows in the foreground.

Kaleva News: Kuka kuoli? (Who died?)

September 14, 2025 No Comments

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Elberta mural project photo is a sketch of what will be painted on the side of a building on August 23. It shows night descending in darkness with a full moon and also a setting orange sun in Lake Michigan next to a forested bluff. In the foreground is a beach with people walking on it, a stylized Elberta Bluff with evergreen trees, a strip of green vegetation, more duneland and a flowering plant in the lower left corner. Muralist Ellen Rutt will lead the participatory project.

Elberta mural project to anchor pop-up art, music event

August 14, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Onekama BioBlitz is a group walking on a paved pathway in North Point Park northwest of Onekama. Photo by Pat Stinson.

BioBlitz to be held Friday in Onekama

June 24, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Bring your antiques to Baldwin and celebrate collecting is of uranium glass, glowing a transparent green. Photo courtesy of Lake County Historical Society of Baldwin.

Bring your antiques to Baldwin and celebrate collecting

June 23, 2025 No Comments

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Image of Ludington's fine art fair returns is of a previous art fair with canopies over booths of art and crowds on the sidewalk ringing Rotary Park in Ludington. Photo courtesy of Ludington Area Center for the Arts.

Ludington’s fine art fair returns July 5-6

June 22, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Benzie Global Citizen story is a drawing of the Earth in space, with the continent of Africa facing the viewer. Image credit: Planet Volumes, from Unsplash dot com.

Benzie ‘global citizen’ to speak during lecture series

June 22, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Collect rainwater for your garden is of a wooden barrel beneath the downspout of a gutter. The barrel is slightly raised off brick beneath it. Purple flowers grow beside it. Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash dot com.

Collect rainwater for your garden

June 20, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Michigan's Underground Railroad is a monument to Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist and outspoken speaker, at a podium. Photo by Grace Grogan.

Michigan’s Underground Railroad

June 19, 2025 No Comments

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