BY EMILY CASWELL 810-452-2609• ECASWELL@MIHOMEPAPER.COM
LAPEER
— Seventy-two hours.
It might not seem like that long, but if you were trapped in your house for 72 hours, do you and your family have the supplies you need? What if you were without electricity, running water, or even heat? More...
LAPEER
— The public is invited to the annual World Trade Day event from 3:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 on the lawn of the historic courthouse in downtown Lapeer.
The event is held in honor of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001 and in honor of the late Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a child peace activist and poet. More...
IMLAY TWP. — An early morning crash Tuesday on Newark Road sent three people to Flint’s Hurley Regional Medical Center, including an Almont woman who celebrated her 52nd birthday just two days earlier. More...
Thumbs Up, a market for local artists and crafters, greatly appreciates the kind donation by Sean Kennedy, owner of Cutting Edge Computers in North Branch.
Mr. Kennedy recently donated a half-dozen restaurant tables and lattice-type dividers that our non-profit market can use to display venders’ works.
To a non-profit, every donation counts. More...
BATTLE CREEK
– A new All- American Hockey League team, the Lapeer Professional Hockey Club, was accepted by the AAHL Board of Governors on August 22. The expansion team, that will be named either the Lapeer Loggers or the Lapeer Chiefs after the online voting is completed next week, will begin playing this winter at the 1,200-seat Polar Palace. More...
SEPT. 1-30 Early Canada Goose hunting season. SEPT. 10-OCT. 26
Bear hunting season in Upper Peninsula and North Baldwin
BMU. Consult DNRE guide for specifics.
SEPT. 10-12
Outdoor Weekend’s 3-D Championships. Part of annual Woods- More...
First Presbyterian Church to host Christ-centered weight loss group
LAPEER
— As parish nurse at the First Presbyterian Church in Lapeer, Justine Speer is always looking for ways to keep the community — both inside and outside of her church — healthy. More...
Long-time pals keep Side Tracks dinner crowd entertained
ELBA TWP.
— “Comfortable” is the way Harry Schemer describes his style of music.
Anyone taking note of diners and drinkers at Side Tracks on Wednesday evenings, where Schemer on stand-up bass and his long-time friend Don Capman on piano provide the music, would have to agree — comfortable about sums it up. More...
Hueter sidelined for season after shoulder surgery