Art / History / Nostalgia

GRAYLING TOWNSHIP – Many people know about Old Growth trail through Hartwick Pines State Park which takes visitors through the 200-300...

LEWISTON -- One of the lesser known jewels in the Grayling and Lewiston area is Coopers Ville U.S.A., located halfway between the two...

ROSCOMMON -- The Roscommon Model Railroad Club in downtown Roscommon offers visitors a chance to experience the enjoyment of model...

by Kurt J. Kolka / Winter 2017 The AuSable Artisans Village, working on making some big changes to the local artists’ storefront in...

By Kurt J. Kolka LEWISTON – Volunteers are finishing up preparing the ice sheets inside the Lewiston Curling Club for another season of...

(Originally Posted: Friday, March 27, 2015) By Kurt J. Kolka Special to the Gaylord Herald Times GAYLORD — Comic strips in newspapers...

September 07, 2009 | By Kurt Kolka Today, it is not uncommon to hear people using the words, “Holy Moley!” and “Shazam!” However, 35...

2016 / By Kurt J. Kolka HAMTRAMCK -- Today, superhero movies come out multiple times a year. Back in the early 1940s, however, it was a...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- Keeping a family business going under the same family for 102 years is almost unheard of today. In...

(Photos courtesy Michigan State University and Crawford County Historical Society) Revised 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka Back in the late...

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka In 1972, Russian gymnast Olga Korbut was making headlines during the summer Olympics as millions of Americans...

November 09, 2012 | By Kurt J. Kolka GAYLORD -- “I still have nightmares about it,” said Gaylord resident Ed Belanger as he recalls that...

Feb. 2018 / By Kurt J. Kolka GAYLORD – AnnMarie Rowland is a name well-known around Northern Michigan. Some recognize her for her...

Nov. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka ELMIRA – Grayling native Sandi Johnson McIntyre has always been a do-it-yourselfer. Once she figured out how...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka ​ DETROIT – Lauren Duski held Northern Michigan spellbound as she participated on the TV program, The Voice,...

Feb. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka LOS ANGELES -- On Monday, February 27, the eyes of millions were on a young Gaylord woman as she sang before...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- “Home. I was born to be here,” says retired school teacher, Robert Woodland, as he tries to...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka BOYNE CITY — At the recent A Higher Call Men’s Conference at Gaylord E-Free Church, artist and speaker Matt...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka ​ GRAYLING -- Many people refer to certain people as a rock in their life, but for Clarence “Curly” LaMotte, his...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- Title 9 did had a large impact for one Grayling girl in 1975. Rose Wolflin had recently moved to...