“Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people’s legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.” — Sarah Addiall Snow flurries seems to be all winter can muster so far this winter. Snowfall totals have continued below the yearly average for this time of ...
LANSING — Michigan Department of Transportation snowplows now will have a special and personal touch on the department’s interactive Mi Drive map. Inspired in part by TrafficScotland.org, MDOT has started giving snowplows unique and creative names on the Mi Drive map. Current names include Plowasaurus Rex, Sir Salts-A-Lot and Snowboni, and were chosen from hundreds of public offerings. Yes, Plowy McPlowface is on the list. Among the submissions were three special names: Tiger, Chill Bill and Frosty, all from Roxane Gilbert’s fifth-grade students at Fair Plain East Elementary ...
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Honor Credit Union has announced it is offering applications for the annual Honor Credit Union Community Commitment Scholarship. The credit union will award a $1,000 scholarship to 23 graduating high school or home school seniors throughout honor’s communities. “Since opening our doors in 1934, our roots have been tied to supporting our educators and our students,” organizers said in a press release. “For over ten years, the Community Commitment Scholarship has continued to be an investment in our future leaders.” To be considered for the scholarship, ...
“What is there kindlier than the feeling between host and guest?” — Aeschylus This winter has been like few others in so many ways. Thus far, the weather has continued on a mild, gentle path, just now again showing a bit more of its true self, with a dash of snow and a nip from ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on both the Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Councils. The councils are designed to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department can be more effective and responsive, and offer insight and guidance from members’ own experiences and from the public. A Feb. 1 deadline has been set to apply for membership to the councils. Several vacancies are currently available. The councils meet every other month, ...
ISHPEMING — VFW Post 4573, 310 Bank St., Ishpeming, is having a pasty sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 2. Call 485-4207 or 486-8623 to reserve a pasty. People may call 486-4856 the day of the sale to see if organizers have any extra pasties.
