GRAYLING -- They are very different individuals who came to enjoy their hobby at different points in life, but it is the quilting which...

GAYLORD -- Luke Datema is all about technology and using it in away which benefits others. He is a graduate of Gaylord St. Mary’s and...

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

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...

Oct. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- Real estate agent, Shantina Jacobs Hatfield, has lots of interesting stories from the three...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka JOHANNESBURG --They were not expecting to make it this far. But they did. By just four points at regionals, the...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka LEWISTON – Many young people dream of being race car drivers someday. Very few, however, get the chance to...

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

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING – Today, Howard Taylor is known by many as the founder and owner of Wellington Farm U.S.A., just south...

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 ​ GRAYLING -- When Ilene Geiss-Wilson came to Grayling in her junior year of high school, she had no idea she...

2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING – Once a year, Jack VanPutten takes a walk. It's a 100 mile walk. And it's to help others. For the...

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING – Animals have always been a part of Cheryl Postma’s life. Growing up in East Jordan, her family had...

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING — In May 1977, Fred and Nancy Moore moved their family to Grayling to take over an automotive business....

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. – Independence Day is about celebrating our freedom as a nation. Among those who have...

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–When people say they are dreaming about beer, rarely do they mean making it. This is not the case for...

2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka FREDERIC -- Janelle Gates Norman of Frederic remembers the year 1970 very well. It was the year her family moved...

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...

Jan. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GAYLORD -- Jeff Alexander believes in healing. As he sees it, sometimes God heals through doctors and...

Nov. 11, 2013 / By Kurt J. Kolka ​Award-Winning Story GAYLORD — There is a Michael W. Smith song, popular during the 1990s, whose lyrics...