KALKASKA – Officials with the Kalkaska County Road Commission are hoping taxpayers liked what they saw back in 2015 after passing a new five-year, 1.0-mill levy for countywide road construction and improvements.
KALKASKA – The makeover of the 300 Block of Cedar Street has long been a goal of Village of Kalkaska officials, as well as its Downtown Development Authority.
REGION – On almost any Saturday morning, the gym at the Helena Township Community Center in Alden is busy with the game of pickleball, a game that takes aspects of tennis and table tennis and sets them on a badminton-sized court. Players come from throughout the area to fight winter inertia.
Editor’s Note: Home Sweet Kalkaska will be a recurring feature profile highlighting the unique individuals and stories that “create the mosaic of Kalkaska culture.”
KALKASKA – Easter, or at least the spirit of the holiday, will come to Kalkaska County a week early, when at least two holiday egg hunts are slated for the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14.
REGION – Spring may have officially sprung last week on March 20, but as those who live here know all too well, that doesn't necessarily mean warm temperatures and blooming flowers will quickly follow.
KALKASKA – Living in a county in which nearly one of every four children under 18 lives below the poverty level, Suzanne Adler knows that the up to 18 hours a week that she devotes to volunteering at Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resources (KAIR) helps put food in the tummies of hungry children.
KALKASKA - One act of kindness led to another, with local scouts getting an unexpected “thank you” letter from an U.S. Army combat pilot currently overseas.