Tree Stumps Can Make A Princely Garden

Next time a storm knocks over a tree in your yard or a neighbor’s, think like a prince…Prince Charles, that is. The Prince of...

Use Your Own Money: How To Start Your Child On An Allowance

A teen magazine caught my daughter’s eye in the store recently. She wanted it, but not enough to spend her allowance. This is exactly...

Babysitting Co-ops: The Sitter Solution

As a parent, your calendar is likely filled with field trips, soccer games, dance recitals, music lessons, pizza parties, and more. How come your...

Four Generations Contribute To The Swanson Pickle Co. Pickle Legacy

Michigan is one of the most diverse agricultural growers in the country, second only to California. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s...

Taking the Long Way Around

Most Mackinac Island visitors take the familiar route, walking its streets, pedaling its perimeter, or settling into a horse-drawn carriage. But on one August...

Castle Farms hosts ‘Antiques Roadshow’

For a few summer days in Charlevoix, Castle Farms became something more than a historic landmark. For three days, its stone walls, manicured grounds,...

First Mate Organizer Keeps Boats Ship-shape

The owners of a family business created a new product for boaters and helped keep some jobs in the process. Julie Irwin and her husband...

Michigan Co-op Students Tour D.C.

Twenty-two high school students representing six Michigan electric co-ops recently joined more than 1,600 other youth from across the country at the National Rural...

U.P. Bakers Take The Cake

Joe Heck of Huron Mountain Bakery (Marquette and Ishpeming) and Marybeth Kurtz of Midtown Bakery & Café (Negaunee) are still fresh off the airing...

DNR Change Allows Younger Kids To Hunt With Mentors

Bob Walker has been taking his eight-year-old grandson Hugh with him on hunting adventures since the lad could keep up. “He’s hunted with us since...

Heirloom Recipes Due by September 1

Share your favorite “Heirloom” recipe with us by September 1 and you could win a $100.00 credit on your electric bill. Plus, there’s more! To...