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Traverse City, MI — Six Traverse City wineries have a lot to brag about today after tasting reviews came out in Decanter Magazine, one of the world’s top wine publications. The magazine sent a reviewer to Northwest Michigan last … [Read more...] about Top World Wine Magazine Praises Traverse City Rieslings

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IRS Free File is now available for the 2024 filing season. With this program, eligible taxpayers can prepare and file their federal tax returns using free tax software from trusted IRS Free File partners. Who's eligible … [Read more...] about IRS Free File is now available for the 2024 filing season

How sweet they are . . . .     “They” are Wakey Jake’s Cinnamon Roll Pancakes.     “People have absolutely gone crazy over them,” Jake Arnold, owner of the newly established Wakey Jake’s, says about one of the … [Read more...] about How Sweet They Are. . . Wakey Jake’s Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Karen and Norm Carlson present a check with proceeds from the annual Carlson Farms-Farm to Table Dinner. Pictured left to right: Bill Manns, president and CEO Bronson Healthcare; Karen and Norm Carlson; Terry Morrow, president Bronson … [Read more...] about Projects Underway in 2024 Thanks to Record-Breaking Support from Carlson Farms

The Marcellus Downtown Development Authority is set to continue its forward motion toward revitalizing the downtown corridor in 2024. Pictured in front, left to right, Estela Salazar, new member Erica Watts, and Treasurer Nicki Hostetler. … [Read more...] about DDA Realigned and Ready to Rock in 2024

 The Hudson Memorial Building, 179 N. Jones Street, has been an asset to  the Marcellus community for over eighty years. -drone shot courtesy of Dean McKenzie At the January 9, 2024, meeting of the Hudson Memorial Building, Chairman … [Read more...] about HMB Receives Grant Distribution

How do they do it? ……… The birds that is! by John Mooy     The wind was howling outside and when I got up out of bed, it was still howling. The snow was hitting against the bay window and the branches on the trees were in … [Read more...] about The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories

Snow bales in Gladstone, Illinois by Paula Johnson    This latest blizzard has produced hazards, closings, crazies and a rare phenomenon. My cousin Sue who lives in Monmouth, Illinois, got a photo from a friend of hers, … [Read more...] about Bits & Pieces: Winter Phenomenon

by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Let’s Send All Billionaires to Mars!   Unfortunately, in the short time we homo sapiens have existed on this 4.5 billion-year-old Planet Earth, we have trashed the place. Climate change, … [Read more...] about Jim Hightower: America’s #1 Populist

From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How much “old-growth” forest is left in the U.S. today and what are we doing to protect … [Read more...] about EarthTalk®