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The weather will not be the only thing heating up in the next few months, according to officials in Michigans tourism industry. With COVID-19 infections dipping, vaccinations rising and restrictions slowly falling away, demand for outdoor recreational venues like campgrounds, forests, beaches and golf courses is expected to be red hot. While that pent-up demand looks to benefit areas where outdoor amenities are plentiful, the outlook for cities reliant on spring and summer conferences and ...

Killeen is facing a decided lack of experience on its city council. Unless a recount of the District 4 votes from the May 1 election overturns those results, three new members will take their seats on the council dais in the coming week. It’s a significant shift, especially since voters put three other first-timers into office in the COVID-delayed November election — leaving the new council with just one member who has more than six months of experience in elected office. Only Debbie ...

Buffett says the business is “good” at Berkshire AGM’s good address In an annual speech to Berkshire shareholders, the 90-year-old investment world dean said US capitalism “worked perfectly”. “It’s been a very unusual recession,” Buffett said. “Right now business is very good in many segments of the economy… But still, there are problems if you’re in some kind of business that’s really downsized.” He gave the first part of the meeting before opening questions to shareh...

McDonald’s board members sued over ‘lavish’ $56 million severance for fired CEO Easterbrook Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune © Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune Steve Easterbrook, then president and CEO of McDonalds Corp., speaks June 4, 2018, at the grand opening of McDonalds headquarters in the Fulton Market district of Chicago. Nine members of McDonald’s board of directors have been hit with a shareholder lawsuit over $56 million in severance and compensation paid to ...

Melfort, SK, Canada / CJVR Todays Best Country Apr 16, 2021 3:16 PM The elevator is back in working order in a multi-level seniors housing building in Melfort after being out of commission for six months. The board of directors at Consolation Manor announced on Tuesday that the elevator was safe for use by tenants. A family member of an 86-year-old woman who is living in the top floor of the unassisted living unit, said she is beyond happy to know her mother will no longer be bound to her suite...

Questions and controversy continue to swirl around Killeen City Manager Kent Cagle’s lone pick for the city’s next assistant city manager after city officials departed from the previous procedure of keeping the Killeen City Council and the public in the loop on who the top finalists are for one of the city’s top administrative positions. Those transparency details didn’t happen this year when Cagle sprung on the council at a workshop meeting last week that he had offered the...

Lodge and Learn on Higgins Lake as RAM Center opens After being closed for a year due to COVID-19, the Department of Natural Resources’ Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center in Roscommon is reopening its doors to families, individuals or small groups of up to two households to “Lodge and Learn” with the center’s lodging and outdoor and education opportunities. The center is not yet open for conferences and large groups. With rustic lodging and modern meeting space, the Ralph A. MacMullan...

SOM Lodge and Learn on the shores of Higgins Lake as RAM Center opens to families and small groups Lodge and Learn on the shores of Higgins Lake as RAM Center opens to families and small groups Contact: Angela Morgan, DNR Parks and Recreation Division, 989-821-6200, ext. 2737002 Agency: Natural Resources April 9, 2021 After being closed for a year due to COVID-19, the Department of Natural Resources Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center in Roscommon is reopening its doors to families, individu...

The Killeen City Council tonight will consider approval of naming current Public Works Director Danielle Singh as the city’s new assistant city manager.  Singhs name is being put forward by City Manager Kent Cagle, following a nationwide search in which the city received 59 applications and conducted six interviews with candidates for the job that was advertised with a salary "in the $160,000 range." The vote could take place as early as tonight during the Killeen City Council meeting. ...

Killeen may have a new assistant city manager — the city’s top administrator behind City Manager Kent Cagle — on Tuesday night if the City Council approves the promotion of Executive Director of Public Works Danielle Singh to the spot, which comes with a $175,000 annual salary. Danielle Singh But that could be a big “if” after some councilmembers told the Herald they were not kept in the loop on the “nationwide” search for Killeen’s new assistant city man...