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Kurt J. Kolka
Apr 30, 20183 min read
MIDNIGHT STITCHERS: Keeping Things Together in Grayling
GRAYLING -- They are very different individuals who came to enjoy their hobby at different points in life, but it is the quilting which...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Apr 30, 20181 min read
DatemaMedia brings latest technology to Northern Michigan
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
RIALTO THEATER: A STANCIL FAMILY LEGACY
2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- Keeping a family business going under the same family for 102 years is almost unheard of today. In...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
SANDRA MACHALIK: U OF M'S FIRST GIRLS GYMNASTICS TEAM
2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka In 1972, Russian gymnast Olga Korbut was making headlines during the summer Olympics as millions of Americans...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
ED BELANGER: REMEMBERING THE EDMUND FITZGERALD
November 09, 2012 | By Kurt J. Kolka GAYLORD -- “I still have nightmares about it,” said Gaylord resident Ed Belanger as he recalls that...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
ANNMARIE ROWLAND: HER AMAZING PATCHWORK QUILT LIFE
Feb. 2018 / By Kurt J. Kolka GAYLORD – AnnMarie Rowland is a name well-known around Northern Michigan. Some recognize her for her...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
SANDI MCINTYRE: BRINGING BACK THE DINOSAURS
Nov. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka ELMIRA – Grayling native Sandi Johnson McIntyre has always been a do-it-yourselfer. Once she figured out how...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
SHANTINA HATFIELD: REAL ESTATE CAN BE SPOOKY
Oct. 2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- Real estate agent, Shantina Jacobs Hatfield, has lots of interesting stories from the three...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
SYDNEY TOWNSEND, TAYLOR PETERSON: RIDING INTO COMPETITION
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
R.J. KORFF: LIFE IN THE FAST LANE AT JUST 13
2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka LEWISTON – Many young people dream of being race car drivers someday. Very few, however, get the chance to...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20186 min read
INTERVIEW: TERRY BURNS FINDING HIS PLACE IN MUSIC
2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka DETROIT – Lauren Duski held Northern Michigan spellbound as she participated on the TV program, The Voice,...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
HOWARD TAYLOR: PLANTING HISTORY IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20186 min read
LAUREN DUSKI: SINGING IS JUST PART OF LIFE
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20184 min read
ROBERT WOODLAND: FINDING A LITTLE BIT OF WALDEN IN GRAYLING
2017 / By Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING -- “Home. I was born to be here,” says retired school teacher, Robert Woodland, as he tries to...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
ILENE GEISS-WILSON: GRAYLING'S CHEERLEADER
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20182 min read
JACK VANPUTTEN: WALKING THE WALK
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
CHERYL POSTMA: GRAYLING’S MATCHMAKER FOR PETS AND PEOPLE
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...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 24, 20183 min read
ANDY MOORE: 2 FOR 2 IN LIFE
2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka GRAYLING — In May 1977, Fred and Nancy Moore moved their family to Grayling to take over an automotive business....
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 23, 20184 min read
SHERRI REED: "ADVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER"
2017 / by Kurt J. Kolka ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. – Independence Day is about celebrating our freedom as a nation. Among those who have...
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Kurt J. Kolka
Feb 23, 20184 min read
MATT BOWMAN: ARTIST FOR GOD IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND BEYOND
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...
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