Children

Check out live birds of prey, take a closer look at feathers and discover the wide variety of services they provide a bird with or get tips on attracting birds to your yard this winter at Seven Ponds Nature Center this Saturday (10/13) from 9 AM to 5 PM.

On Saturday (10/3) at 10 AM the Lapeer District Library will present ‘Michigan’s Passenger Pigeon: Gone Forever’ at the Marguerite de Angeli Library in Lapeer. A lecture and visual presentation following the timeline of events in Michigan leading to the bird's extinction will be given by Al & David Eicher.

An escort along a lit trail to meet creatures of the nighttime forest awaits you at Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden tomorrow evening (10/3) from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. How about a walk in the forest of Jonathan Woods on Sunday (10/4) at 2 PM? The Enchanted Woodland is a non-scary, fun experience for children 4 years old and up and their adults as well as the young at heart.

The 134th Annual Tuscola County Fair in Caro, is happening now through July 25th. Enjoy great entertainment and more fair food then you can eat in a week, Come see the animals and stroll the beautiful grounds.

Specially trained therapy animals in the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program are the perfect partners for young readers, allowing children to enjoy reading and building self-confidence. Call 810-724-8043 to sign up for a 15 minute session with Megan, the library’s R.E.A.D. dog.

Ozzy Osbourne loves what the Louisville Leopard Percussionists did with his tune "Crazy Train" and showed his love by donating $10,000 to the group. The young Louisville group is a community nonprofit formed in 1993 and is comprised of over 60 students, ages 7-14.

I interviewed Sergeant Barb Soffin of the Michigan State Police Lapeer Post on my morning show the other day. She talked about The Big Red Barrel Project and the fact that heroin addition typically starts with the abuse of prescription medication, specifically heavy painkillers. A child hears about kids taking Vicodin and Oxycontin and finds some of these medications in the home medicine cabinet a

I just bought a kite the other day at the hardware store and now I'm ready to rock during National Kite Month. Like they say at the National Kite Month website this is the perfect time to promote the wonderful qualities that kite flying has to offer people of all ages & physical ability levels. Kiting is truly a universal activity, limited only by the imagination.

Have some Easter fun in Lapeer County this weekend. Join the hunt for colorful treats in Easter Egg Hunts tomorrow (3/28) on the courthouse lawn in Lapeer at 10 AM, in North Branch at the football field behind the Ruth Fox Middle School at 11 AM and in Columbiaville at the soccer fields on the corner of Marathon and LeValley Roads from 11 AM – 1 PM.

Chatfield School invites the entire community to their Maple Syrup Extravaganza on Saturday (3/28) from 9 AM to 12 PM. This program will be at the Willows Ecology Center located on the grounds of Chatfield School . Join the students and see how maple syrup is made at the Willows. You’re invited to participate in every step of the syrup production process from how to identify and tap a maple tree t

I got a note from Julie Ann Caris at Lapeer Gold & Diamond that it's time for Jelly-Beans & Smiles. In the last five Easter’s, over 3,500 Completed Easter Baskets were donated to the children of Lapeer.The mssion of the, “Jelly-Beans & Smiles” program is to provide Easter baskets to the less fortunate children in our community.

Too cold for school? That's a "thing" now? Yes, parents are divided when school is called off due to Wind Chill. I've overheard people saying "back in their day" this never happened and the other side of parents being thankful for school being called off. Here's what I found out determines the factors of school being called off.