Author: Kincardine Independent
Last year’s bad winter brought millions in aid. Here’s where it went.
Big snowstorms like the ones we’ve had this month can be great news for business here in northern Michigan. But last winter was the warmest on record for most of northern Michigan, leaving businesses struggling.
Solstice Week and the Inner Landscape: this week on The Storyteller’s Night Sky
Looking into the sky this solstice week there’s a lovely celestial set up going on that can support a mood of inner stillness, one that mimics the apparent stillness of the sun when it comes to its solstice moment in the early hours on Saturday the 21st.
Saab to host second open house on Grayling munitions plant
The company will host an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, at Kirtland Community College.
Essays by Karen Anderson: 8Crayons
There was a time when all I needed to be happy was a box of eight Crayola crayons…
Off to Sundance
This week: News that a film made in northern Michigan will head to the Sundance Film Festival next month. Plus, an update on housing efforts in and around Petoskey.
More Michigan kids are getting vaccine-preventable diseases
Whooping cough, for instance, is surging, with more than 1,500 cases already reported so far this year. That’s compared to an average of less than 600 cases between 2017-2019, according to the state.
Michigan Senate votes to ban ghost guns
Buying, selling, or assembling a gun without a serial number could become a crime in Michigan under bills that passed the state Senate Thursday.
Essay: A popped tire, a cold night and a prepared producer
Winter driving mishaps are made easier when you prepare — whether that’s with warm clothes or a sledgehammer. Or both.
Glen Lake board puts a hold on school forest housing discussion
The proposal was originally discussed at an October board meeting.
Film shot at Interlochen’s Green Lake to get Sundance screening
An independent film made in northern Michigan is heading to one of the world’s premier film festivals.