According to the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan (AAANM), baby boomers now account for 30% of the northwest Michigan population – more than any other generational cohort. Thanks to the re...
I was raised a Milliken Republican. Most of us in TC supported our hometown governor. I learned from his words that honesty, fairness and representing all people, including those who did not vote for ...
by Amy Lane Chocolate maker. Alpaca farm. Experiential bookstore. Winery. Preschool center. Kombucha company. Differing businesses, all challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. And all helped by a local...
A highlight of this summer for me was walking the pedestrian-only section of Front Street. I loved the excitement, energy – and yes, even the visitors – whose most common comment was, “This plac...
So what lies ahead when you retire? Maybe you want to travel or do something you’d dabbled in or something that is related to your career. Or maybe you go in another direction completely, using some...
Northwest Lower Michigan is getting its first-ever freight plan, a big-picture strategy that could affect how goods are moved into, out of, and throughout the region in the future whether by highway, ...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, car dealerships are sanitizing more, employees are masking up and buyers are given more options like curbside pick up and delivery. Adapting to the pandemic has b...
Online banking has been growing for years, but local bankers say the coronavirus pandemic has turbocharged the trend. They’ve seen customers rapidly moving to a variety of digital banking applicatio...
Not all business marriages work. However, the purchase nearly a year ago of Hayes Manufacturing in Fife Lake by the much larger CK Power in St. Louis seems to be doing just fine. There are concrete re...
Is all investment advice equal? Seems like an easy question to answer, right? We assume that someone who is providing financial advice knows what they’re talking about. The problem is that isn’t a...
