Looking Back for Sept. 23
20 YEARS AGO Team effort leads Chips past Pine River The Manistee Chippewas as a group came to Rietz Park to play soccer on Monday. The results […]
The street bond issue and the re-election of Michael Fay
Over the last two weeks we have taken a look at the tenure of two-year term Mayor of Manistee, Michael Fay, who, for some reason or another, has […]
Looking Back for Sept. 22
20 YEARS AGO United Way drive to kickoff The kickoff of the United Way of Manistee County’s annual fundraising drive will be Tuesday at the Manistee Elks Club. […]
Looking Back for Sept. 21
40 YEARS AGO Chips hand out special awards In an effort to draw attention to the positive aspects of the Manistee High School football team’s performances this season […]
Looking Back for Sept. 20
40 YEARS AGO Bowling honored Nancy Bowling, a senior at Bear Lake High School, has been honored as a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Miss Bowling, […]
Looking Back for Sept. 19
20 YEARS AGO Roasting the Rev. A capacity crowd gathered to honor the Rev. Chris A. Laursen and Margaret Laursen at the Stronach Hall recently. The evening was […]
Looking Back for Sept. 16
20 YEARS AGO Former gas station gone Crews from Seng’s Crane and Excavating razed the old Mobile gas station on the corner of First Street and US-31 on […]
Looking Back for Sept. 15
20 YEARS AGO Schudlich passes Dorlene Schudlich, who retired Sept. 1 as Manistee County Clerk after 13 years in the position and 27 years in the Manistee County […]
The cement sidewalk ordinance of 1901
Last week we took a look at the early life of Michael Fay, a man who seems to have been omitted from Manistee’s history books by the passage […]
Looking Back for Sept. 14
40 YEARS AGO Council hears land sale request comments A proposal to sell city property on the North riverfront between Washington Street and US-31 received strong support from […]