Community
23 Years Ago
September 24, 1998
Top O’ Michigan’s new $450,000 service center has opened for business. The new 7,500 square foot facility on Marlette Road west of I-75 was completed in August. It is an important part of the company’s efforts to provide more and better services to its...
23 Years Ago
September 17, 1998
The AuSable River Valley, Grayling in particular, is being featured in the October issue of Midwest Living Magazine. As part of an article called Autumn Outings - Pedal & Paddle, writer B. Ancil Davis and photographer Richard Herneisen paint a beautiful...
COA to host Medicare Zoom presentation
Join the Crawford County Commission on Aging on Wednesday, September 22, at 1 p.m. via Zoom for a presentation that will help demystify the issues surrounding Medicare. Tammy Findlay, Advocacy & Resource Coordinator, will discuss the various parts of...
23 Years Ago
September 9, 1998
The first ever Manistee Spirit of the Woods Award was presented to Dr. Joseph H. Kutkuhn on Saturday, September 5.
The Upper Manistee River Association (UMRA) established the award to be given when an individual makes “extraordinary contributions to enhance...
Senior Center offers clogging
Clogging has returned at the Senior Center. Clogging is an American folk dance that is similar to tap dancing. Clog at the Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. starting September 13. No sign up is necessary. This is a...
23 Years Ago
September 2, 1998
Carolyn Rakoczy has been named the local chairperson for the “Breath of Life” campaign, which will raise funds to help seek a cure for cystic fibrosis (CF).
Crawford County Treasurer Joe Wakeley currently presented the Crawford County Board of Commissioners...
Senior Center offers Zumba Gold class
The Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center’s Zumba Gold – a low-intensity dance fitness class that focuses on range of motion, coordination, and balance while moving to a wide variety of rhythms – will be held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m....
COA offers Zumba Gold class
The Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center is offering Zumba Gold, a low-intensity dance fitness class that focuses on range of motion, coordination, and balance while moving to a wide variety of rhythms. Join Zumba Gold on Tuesdays at 10 a.m....
23 Years Ago
August 27, 1998
For the first time in 13 years the famous Timberliner train will be making a trip from Grayling to Waters. The Timberliner rode the rails from the 19th century until 1966 on trips from Detroit to Mackinaw City.
Governor John Engler has awarded Crawford County $...
23 Years Ago
August 20, 1998
Two men wearing ski masks and dark gray or black clothing robbed the motel clerk and two out-of-town customers at the Super 8 Motel.
The incident occurred at about 12:10 a.m., August 12, when the robbers, one brandishing a long gun and the other a handgun,...
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Crawford County Avalanche
Mailing Address
Box 490
Grayling, MI 49738
Phone: 989-348-6811
FAX: 989-348-6806
E-Mail: information@crawfordcountyavalanche.com