It’s been 140 years since Consumers Energy was founded in Jackson, Michigan. Since then, the utility company has grown to serve more than 6.8 million residents across the state and continues to invest ...

It’s been 20 years since the Certified Tourism Ambassador™ (CTA) program first launched with a simple mission: to teach frontline workers, volunteers, and community leaders how to provide an ...

The Hurand family is certainly successful in business and generous in philanthropy. One thing they’re not is braggarts. “We’re big cheerleaders for Flint & Genesee,” said 79-year-old Gary Hurand. “Our ...

Under the lights at historic Atwood Stadium — a place intertwined with Flint’s long, proud sports tradition — the Vehicle City Sports Committee is finding new ways to keep that legacy alive. Over the ...

When Abbie Hoffman first toured Cruwood with her fiancé, Christopher Bleich, they didn’t step into a finished ballroom. They stepped into a construction site. There were ladders in the hallway, tools ...

Since launching the Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) roughly two decades ago, Flint & Genesee Education & Talent has connected thousands of Genesee County teens to summer employment at little to no cost ...

Melinda Keway always loved helping her dad, owner of Epic Machine in Fenton. As a middle-schooler, she counted the shop’s inventory on summer vacations. As a college graduate, she developed a new ...

After a 27-year career with Procter & Gamble, Katie Kool-Wray retired in 2022 and moved back to Genesee County to be closer to family. Originally from Flushing, Kool-Wray was glad to be back home but ...

The yellow-brick exterior of the former Lacure Elementary School looks much like it did in 2023 when its last class of students bounded outside for the final time. But inside, it’s a whole new story.

It wasn’t as though Cindy and Toney Hines woke up one day and said, “Let’s start a pickle business.” Rather, Pawpaws Pickles was born during the pandemic. “My husband started cooking to stay busy ...

Miller Industries has been experiencing notable growth in recent years – enough that the Fenton-based company is actively expanding its workforce to keep up with demand. That’s no small task, but the ...