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Image for paddle auction to raise funds for scholarships is a photograph of Sheriff's Deputy Mason Stapley in his uniform standing next to his mother Heather in a park, possibly in Brethren. it is a sunny day and Heather is wearing sunglasses. Both are smiling.

Paddle auction to fund new scholarship for students

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Community to celebrate local poet’s new book

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Image for Near and Farr Friends is a tabletop with coffee beans arranged to form a heart.

Near and Farr Friends’ 2026 programming schedule announced

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Manistee community to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Photo of the migrant sculpture by Dewey Blocksma outside Wee Bee Jammin north of Bear Lake, Michigan. Four people instrumental in the sculpture's installation are pictured to the left of it. Photo courtesy of Arts and Culture Alliance of Manistee County.

Events to honor farm workers

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Photo for Beat the Winter Blues: 7 tips to stay sane shows two-letter Scrabble words, a Muir Woods puzzle box and pieces, a cookbook open to a recipe for cassoulet and four books waiting to be read. Everything is in front of an electric fireplace. Photo by Pat Stinson.

Beat the winter blues: 7 tips to stay sane

January 14, 2026 No Comments

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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

January 14, 2026 No Comments

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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

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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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