EAST TAWAS — Area veterans will have a chance to make connections, get information and learn about potential benefits and services that are offered to them during the first ever Veterans Benefit Fair.
TAWAS CITY – Immediately prior to the start of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Tawas Area School (TAS) Board of Education meeting on June 10, a public hearing was held to discuss the district’s proposed 2019-20 budget.
NOVI – ITC will be conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines in north Michigan from approximately Friday through Tuesday, June 21-25, weather permitting.
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Rain or shine, it's going to be a festive weekend in the metro area, with several multi-day, multicultural events throughout the metro area.
Sizzling Summer Nights kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Fuerst Park in Novi, featuring art, movies, games and more. Friday's Peace, Love & Parks event celebrates the city's 50th anniversary before a screening of "Mary Poppins Returns." Subsequent Sizzling nights are July 12 and Aug. 9. Admission is free; cityofnovi.org.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sent a letter to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asking her to reconsider her plan to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. The pipeline is under the Straits of Mackinac, which connects Lake Michigan with Lake Huron.
Short is sweet as the Farmington Players present a One-Act Festival with performances Friday through Sunday, Feb. 21-23, at the Barn Theatre, 32332 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills. $10. Call 248-553-2955 or visit farmingtonplayers.org.
TAWAS Twp. – Michigan State Police (MSP) Troopers, at 10 p.m. on June 10, were dispatched to a residence on Kobs Road in Tawas Township for a larceny complaint.
PLAINFIELD Twp. – Kendra Lee-Ann Gay, 32, Hale, sustained incapacitating injuries during a single-vehicle rollover crash on June 6, in Plainfield Township.
TAWAS CITY – After agreeing to plea no contest to a lesser charge, Dr. Devendra Kumar Sharma – Iosco County’s former medical examiner – will face no upfront jail time, according to documents f…
OSCODA – An act of nature has been cited as the cause of a garage fire in Oscoda Township, which broke out just after 10 p.m. on May 31.
EAST TAWAS – The Ascension St. Joseph Foundation invites local residents to attend their 25th annual charity golf classic event on Thursday, June 27, with registration at 9 a.m. and start at 10 a.m.
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TAWAS CITY – Tawas Area senior Gabe Martin put the finishing touches on his stellar high school golf career over the weekend.
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If you’ve ever been a pet parent you know animals love to explore and taste just about everything in their path. Unfortunately, there are things at home that our furry friends shouldn’t eat. In fact, according to the ASPCA in 2018, the Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) received an average of 1,200 calls daily and assisted 266,554 animals.
Once again, millennials — anyone born between 1981 and 1996 — are in the news. This time, unbeknownst to them, it’s a plea for help.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, a boundary is defined as “a line that marks the limits of an area.” In more straightforward terms, it’s the line you clearly draw so that others know not to cross it. Boundaries are essential to healthy relationships, whether that’s among friends, within the workplace or in a romantic partnership.
Root canals and comedy clubs. It’s true that one is significantly more pleasant than the other, but they share the same goal: To put a smile on your face. There is another commonality. Both are among the patient services at Brockport Smiles, a dental office with a fresh approach to patient care and oral health.
What do Sigmund Freud, Prince, Janis Joplin and Pennsylvania-bred rapper Mac Miller all have in common? They all died from an opioid overdose.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources planted more than 60,000 steelhead yearlings in the AuSable River, April 10, at the Rea Road Boat Launch. Volunteer Randy Terrian, just one of many who harass cormorants at the river – in an effort to keep the birds from eating the newly planted s…
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President Donald Trump has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer, whose theories on tax cuts have guided Republican policy since the 1980s. (June 19)
OSCODA – The Wurtsmith Air Museum will celebrate its 25th anniversary this weekend.
OSCODA – The Victory Trio featuring Drummer Paul Merschel is set to kick off the Oscoda Rotary summer concert series on Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m.
EAST TAWAS – Members of Tawas Bay Art Gallery, in partnership with the East Tawas businesses, are holding their ninth annual Art Stroll in downtown East Tawas Friday.
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