KALKASKA – Kalkaska County officials are fighting a numbers war that includes a 2018 budget plan that is currently in the red and the possibility of having to find more than $4 million to repair and replace various critical pieces of infrastructure at the Kaliseum Recreation Complex.
KALKASKA – The Kalkaska County Commission on Aging isn’t moving, at least not permanently, but the senior agency will soon be setting up shop at a location other than its usual home, the Kalkaska Senior Center, which is currently under construction.
KALKASKA – Food donations flooded the Bill Marsh Auto parking lot last Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-77 for the sixth annual 24-hour food drive held by the Kalkaska Area Interfaith Resource Council (KAIR).
KALKASKA – The president of the Village of Kalkaska said expanding the Kalkaska Department of Public Safety to provide “24-7” coverage is “hypothetical” and not something village officials are set to do any time soon.
KALKASKA – The Village of Kalkaska seemingly received a clean bill of health, in regards to its financial status. Although, officials were also warned to tighten controls, including how it does business with the village president.
KALKASKA – There’s no doubting that the Oct. 20 varsity football game pitting host Kalkaska and Grayling will be meaningful. It’s a conference clash between two neighbouring rivals, with both battling for berths in the state playoffs.
KALKASKA – “We got our palms read once,” said Marjory Louise Elkins of herself and her identical twin, Phyllis Jeane Birchfield. “The lady read Phyllis’ and then she read mine and said, ‘I might as well only have read one!’ Because she said they were exactly the same.”
KALKASKA – In the 1970s and 80s Kalkaska benefitted from a boon in the state’s oil and natural gas industry. Now, 40 years later, the Village of Kalkaska could benefit from new growth of a different industry.
