Hickory Corners News

A former partner in a Kalamazoo law firm and an area businessman were sentenced Monday for their involvement in a fraudulent tax shelter.

553-7811. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dessert and discussion in Hickory Corners v ``LYME DISEASE IN MICHIGAN'' is being presented at the Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners.

On a chilly Thursday afternoon, high school students and adult volunteers crowd into the machine shop at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners.

Exhibit: ``Spirit of the Mask'' -- Masks from around the world, 95-item collection by Carla Hanson, Oct.17-Feb. 14, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N. Rose St.

Beth Russell, of Vicksburg, laughs as Ruben Taylor, 10, of White Pigeon Cub Scout Pack 419 pulls off his helmet after being pushed around a push-cart track during Saturday's Boy Scouts of America Fall Council Camporall and Cub Adventure Day at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners.

31, Otsego Area Historical Society, 218 N. Farmer St., Otsego. 692-3775, otsegohistory.org. ``Otsego Boy Scout Troop 99'' -- The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate 100 years as an organization in February of 2010, Otsego Troop 99 has a rich history beginning in 1932, the exhibit features historical articles, pictures, uniforms and memorabilia of ...

It features family activities; face-painting; duck-banding demonstrations; cider and doughnuts; and open houses at the Kellogg Manor House, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Kellogg Farm Dairy Center and the Long-term Ecological Field Lab.

Clinton Boyd never thought he'd be a farmer. He likes the outdoors, likes fishing and camping with his wife and three children, but not working outdoors.

The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth and the Michigan State University Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources will confer certificates to individuals who have completed the Veterans to Agriculture Program, part of Gov.

Markley ``Mark'' Noel will stretch out nearly 500 feet of a carved, wooden interlocking chain, in hopes of recording measurements that will make him the Guinness World Records holder in that category.

September 25, 2009 - Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley "Skip" Pruss today announced a unique partnership with the Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources that will prepare unemployed military veterans for agricultural jobs.

Completion of the North Country National Scenic Trail segment in Kalamazoo County will be celebrated starting at 9 a.m. Saturdaywith an event at the Kellogg Biological Station near Hickory Corners.

A NEW YOOPER FAMILY: In 2007, siblings Kevin, Karla and Rebecca Kluck left Hickory Corners -- a small town near Kalamazoo -- for Sault Ste.

Celebrate autumn, the season of harvest, at MSU's W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and W.K. Kellogg Experimental Forest on Sunday, Oct.

MUSCLE CARS ROAR INTO GILMORE MUSEUM: View hundreds of muscle cars and participate in a swap meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners.

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., MSU Museum Research Associate Steve Stier will lead the Dessert with Discussion Fall 2009 series with an informational talk on traditional barns of Michigan, including their construction, use and restoration.

Meeting in Portage Sons of Norway Askeladden Lodge is meeting at the Portage Senior Center, 320 Library Lane, Portage.

Jim Tedrow was lying on the couch in his living room, just weeks from death by cancer, while a few feet away a little song was written that his loved ones hoped would be his legacy.

The Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners northeast of Kalamazoo will host a Muscle Cars Plus show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: We have all seen the negative reactions to the idea of 450s as a road racing platform.