For almost three decades, the downtown Christmas Celebration has been a community tradition for Mt. Pleasant families. Join in the holiday spirit Dec. 2 and 3 with live music, holiday shopping, fun runs, sleigh rides, Santa visits, a lighted parade and more festive activities!

The 18th annual Ladies’ Day Out event was held downtown Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, Nov. 12. Unofficially the “kickoff to the holiday season” notes downtown development director, Michelle Sponseller, discover the event where people chose to shop local in this photo essay.

Area teachers learned about supporting children, trauma-informed instruction, and educator self-care at the Nov. 8 Regional Professional Development Day held at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort Entertainment Hall. Read the story here.

New app launched by the Mt. Pleasant Area Convention and Visitors Bureau aims to help visitors and locals connect to attractions. Read the story here.

Issue Media Group welcomes Courtney Jerome as the new Managing Editor of Epicenter, after Kathy Roberts (Managing Editor of Route Bay City) has done an instrumental job as Interim following Jennifer Veitengruber’s recent return to freelance writing for our publications. Meet Courtney with this “Letter from the Editor.”

How you doing on those 2022 resolutions? Don’t worry. We’re not judging you. In fact, we’re here to tell you it’s not too late to start.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Area is ready to train mentors to match with kids from throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region.