Eric Svec News Today

BUCKLEY — It seems Mother Nature had impeccable timing this year, at least in this part of Northern Michigan.

One local farm that has made some big changes recently is Svec Farms in Buckley. Founded in 1913, the family-owned farm has been raising pigs for about 33 years. Fourth-generation owner Eric Svec said they currently raise about 2,000 pigs from birth to slaughter — a six-month process — and grow corn, barley and wheat on about 1,100 acres of property just across the Wexford County border on Wilson Road. All the corn and barley they grow is processed in-house and fed to the pigs; the wh...

McMinnville’s teachers’ union and the McMinnville School District have reached an agreement to resume in-person learning only after teachers have the chance ...