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While cutting her teeth at a local radio station during graduate school at the University of Florida, Allison Hayes Freeze-Shelton was tasked with a big assignment: covering a Florida football practice. Cassette tape recorder in hand, the aspiring reporter took the field among a sea of journalists, forming a circle […]
In the early morning sun, even the choppiest of Diamond Lake waves will sparkle. At this time of day, jet skies are docked, wakeboarders are still asleep and yacht club members have just finished their morning coffee. The lake is calm — except on Wednesdays, when a group of dedicated […]
Thumbing through a thin, glossy book inside a coffee shop in her hometown of St. Joseph, mother of two Julee Laurent is transported into a world of the author’s creation – a world where horses play soccer, coyotes are rock stars and bears solve mysteries. As she runs her hands […]
Dr. Trevor A. Kubatzke is president of Lake Michigan College. He came to LMC in 2017 with more than two decades of higher education experience. Kubatzke holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and a masters of science in education administration from Missouri State University. […]
Walking into South Bend’s Woochi Japanese Fusion is like walking into a new world — one with big-city flair and old-world flavors. Guests are greeted with vibrant lights when they walk through the door, and that’s the only the start of their experience. It’s common to hear audible “oohs” and […]
One day every fall, the streets and trails of Three Oaks are filled with chrome-covered wheels whizzing through town, as bikers of all ages participate in one of the biggest century events in the Midwest. The Apple Cider Century is an annual one-day bicycle tour around Three Oaks, sponsored by […]
On any given day, one might find Erin Hudson, executive director at Harbor Habitat for Humanity, counseling a future home owner, going over building plans for a new home, or at a job site checking on the progress of someone’s new home build. What they won’t find Erin doing is […]
At his daughter Ella’s fifth birthday party, Cameron Robertson remembers watching over the children and thinking how awesome it would be if Disney’s Princess Elsa suddenly walked through the door and began to sing “Let it Go.” The thought was the beginning of a business model that, as predicted, has […]
Is there a true philosophy to inspiration in art? As humans we pose many queries to our more creatively inclined counterparts because we don’t understand what the deal is with origami, pointillism, ancient Greek marble statues, or even those clay tablets art teachers assign to make in required classes. Late […]
Where polished wood lanes once stood one right after the other, and the familiar sound of crashing pins could be heard night after night, an oval track has taken its place. From within the remodeled bowling alley, the whirring of wheels across concrete fills the air alongside cheers from a […]
