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Photo for MI Backyard Nature is the best medicine for winter blues is of writer Emily Cook on a fat tire bike on the trail at Crystal Mountain resort. Photo by Joe Frederick.

Nature is the best medicine for winter blues

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Image is a bumper sticker. White background. Blue michigan mitten on the left. Says I heart symbol kaleva.

The Heart of a Community

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Photo for Ring in the holidays is of a past summer member art exhibition at Oliver Art Center. File photo courtesy of the art center.

Ring in the holidays at area winter art exhibition

December 4, 2025 No Comments

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Photo for Santa and Mrs. Claus to visit Onekama is a picture of Nancy Behring at the Farr Center. Nancy is wearing a red Santa hat and red turtleneck long-sleeved shirt beneath a white pinafore. Santa is beside her with his red hat, spectacles, full white beard down to his waist, black belt over his red coat with white trim and red pants. A Christmas tree is behind them. Photo courtesy of Dan and Nancy Behring.

Santa and Mrs. Claus to visit Onekama

December 3, 2025 No Comments

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Image for Nonprofits we featured in 2025 is the logo of giving tuesday which is written in blue font with the v in giving as a red heart. image courtesy of giving tuesday

Giving Tuesday is Dec. 2

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Photo for In gratitude of my own backyard is of the writer's husband Joe and collie named Holly in their backyard which is sunny and shady. Joe's upper body is in shade while his legs and Holly the dog (on the ground) are in sunshine.

In gratitude of my own backyard

November 27, 2025 No Comments

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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

November 8, 2025 No Comments

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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

September 21, 2025 No Comments

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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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  • Advertisement for M.T. Plate Diner in Arcadia, Michigan, located at 3489 Lake Street. Food, Friends, Family. Convenient corner location in the heart of recreation close to Arcadia Overlook, Lake Michigan Beach Access and the Arcadia Marsh Preserve. Telephone number is 2.3.1.8.8.9.7.0.6.3. Click on this ad to be taken to the website.
    Advertisement for Stapleton Realty. Headline reads: Near National Lakeshore, followed by two photos of a waterfront home on Big Platte Lake in Benzie County with 100 feet of frontage. The text reads: Views, sandy bottom, all sports lake. Furnished home and move-in ready, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 garages. Sunroom, fireplace insert, cable, why fy, new kitchen and windows, deck, seawall, ramp to the lake and grassy yards for play. One point 2 million dollars. multiple listing service number is 1-9-4-6-1-2-8. Below this description is another property for sale. The headline says: Two wooded building lots in Kaleva. Paved road, natural gas and village water. 15 driving minutes to Crystal Mountain resort to ski and golf. 20 minutes to Lake Michigan. Multiple family dwellings Okay. Stroll to village services. $25,000. Adjacent two lots also for sale. Multiple listing service number is 1-9-4-4-4-2-9. Listed by Christine Stapleton. Call or text 2.3.1.4.9.9.2.6.9.8. Click on this ad to be taken to the website.
    Advertisement for the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is a photograph of what appears to be a sunset or sunrise above a bay of a big lake, probably Lake Michigan, with a wide, sandy beach with lots of footprints in shadow curving into the distance. The water is gently lapping the shore and the sun is reflected in the wet sand just beyond the edge of the lake. The ad reads: Love the Land, Pass it On. click on this ad to be taken to the conservancy's website.
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