Looking Back for June 17
20 YEARS AGO Local boy wins poster contest An eight-year old Manistee boy has taken state and regional honors from the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan, Inc., for […]
Looking Back for June 14
20 YEARS AGO Down the purple loosestrife A joint effort between the Michigan State University Sea Grant, the Michigan Department of Agriculture, the Michigan Department of Natural […]
Looking Back for June 13
40 YEARS AGO Commemorative air tour Approximately 100 people watched a brief ceremony yesterday morning at Manistee Blacker Airport as Charles Avery of the Michigan Aeronautics Commission presented […]
Looking Back for June 12
40 YEARS AGO Law enforcement program at WSCC West Shore Community College has been approved by the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council for a pre-employment training program […]
Looking Back for June 11
20 YEARS AGO A night on the roof Jeff Harthun, fourth grade teacher at Bear Lake Elementary School, is paying up. In January, he promised his students that […]
The brewing of trouble at the Polish church
One would imagine that with the early Catholic contingent of Manistee made up of French, Irish, German and Polish people all sharing a single church, that the different […]
Looking Back for June 10
20 YEARS AGO New shelter for CHOICES CHOICES of Manistee County opened its Safe Harbor Emergency Shelter with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon, eight months after breaking […]
Looking Back for June 8
20 YEARS AGO Power restored Complete service has been restored to Manistee and its surrounding areas after last night’s storm system wreaked havoc and left many customers without […]
Looking Back for June 7
20 YEARS AGO Storms knock out power One-third of customers affected by power outages across Michigan Sunday evening were in the Manistee and Onekama areas, according to a […]
Looking Back for June 6
40 YEARS AGO Wards closing subject of council discussion A petition drive protesting the closing of Manistee’s Montgomery Wards’ store was discussed at last night’s City Council meeting. […]