Dan Chalk

Back-to-school gatherings and open houses took center stage this past week as three local school districts prepare to welcome back students and educators following a summer break of about 11 weeks.

Midland Public Schools Superintendent Penny Miller-Nelson kicked off the new school year on Tuesday with an emphasis on the school district's new strategic plan.

After losing all but two starters from last season, Freeland faces one of the toughest schedules that Kevin Townsend can remember in his 21 seasons as the Falcons' football coach.

Beaverton football coach Aaron Seiser will lean on his four seniors to lead a young team that opens the season with a game at Evart High School on Friday.

Tricia and Eric Eidsmoe, their son Nicholas, and Tricia's father Ted Mudd gathered inside the Studley Grange food stand one final time on Friday.

Michigan duck and goose hunters face numerous challenges: waterfowl populations that rise and fall, regulations and procedures that become ever more

For the fifth year in a row, a local event offers the chance to taste wine, beer and cider, along with cheese and chocolate, while raising funds for VOICE, Inc.

With 37 players on varsity this year, Bay City Western football coach Chris Willertz recognizes his numbers are down a little. But he's excited about the players he does have, including 20 seniors.

West Midland Family Center Executive Director Jeff Jaster says the center was in the wrong recently when a lifeguard asked a woman who was breastfeeding her baby to leave the swimming pool area.

Many properties were bought and sold in Midland County over the first three weeks of August.