20 YEARS AGO Large rocks The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been busy in the Manistee area over the past few days laying a series of large rocks along the beach side of the First Street Beach pier head. The crew is expected to be in the area for several more days. Patulski honored [...]
20 YEARS AGO Elite fleet Larry D. Guimeny was recently presented with the 1993 Elite Fleet Award from his employer, Kowalski Distributing Company Inc. of Manistee. Larry is being recognized for his efforts as a professional truck driver during National Transportation Week. Guimeny has been a driver since 1955. Gas spill cleaned up Manistee City [...]
By STEVE HAROLD Manistee County Historical Museum The local Episcopal Church congregation traces its roots to 1869 when the first services were conducted by a Rev. Pitkin and a Rev. Worthington. In the early 1880s an Episcopal missionary, the Rev. William Stone Hayward, was assigned to Manistee. During his years of service, $620 was raised [...]
The following news items are reprinted from the Manistee Daily News for the week ending May 17, 1913. “A band of gypsies drove as far as Eastlake this morning and Under Sheriff Morris Waal immediately became busy and stalled any chance of their doing any damage. His orders to the gang were that they were [...]
20 YEARS AGO Bear Lake valedictorian and salutatorian Brethren High School is proud to announce that Justin Shirley is the valedictorian for the class of 1993 while Heather Luebke was announced as salutatorian. The honor students who have a 3.0 grade point average or above are as follows: Neill Wood, Carissa Fraly, Aimme Reed, Kim [...]
40 YEARS AGO Hospital thrift shop opening soon The opening of the thrift shop for Memorial Hospital is planned for Friday, June 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Several boxes of unsold merchandise from last season have been packed and are awaiting transportation to the [...]
40 YEARS AGO Unique piano recital With a “Hats Off to Music” theme, piano students of Mrs. Janet Stroup will present a recital on Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kaleva Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. Students will don hats appropriate to the music they play in the spirit that music playing and listening [...]
20 YEARS AGO Project under way Major construction is currently under way on the new High Bridge project, near Brethren. A crew from Milbocker and Sons Construction recently set main beams for the bridge deck. Each beam is 98 feet long and weighs approximately 40 tons. The construction cost of slightly less than an anticipated [...]
20 YEARS AGO Power outage Northside residents were left without electrical power for several hours on Tuesday evening. A transformer at the corner of Harrison and Cleveland streets blew out at 8:40 p.m. sending flames into the sky and spilling flaming debris on the ground. Manistee firemen were called to the scene and quickly extinguished [...]
TRAVERSE CITY — Bethany Christian Services of Traverse City will present a free state adoption and foster care orientation from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday at Bethany’s Traverse City location, 1055 Carriage Hill Drive. Adoption specialists will present options to prospective families wishing to explore an adoptive decision. For more information or to RSVP, [...]