Crystal Gwizdala

Crystal Gwizdala is a freelance writer with a focus on health and science. As a lifelong resident of the Tri-Cities, she loves sharing how our communities are overcoming challenges. Crystal is also a serial hobbyist — her interests range from hiking or drawing to figuring out how to do a handstand. Her work can be seen in Wide Open Eats, The Xylom, Woman & Home, and The Detroit Free Press. To see what Crystal’s up to, you can follow her on Twitter @CrystalGwizdala.

Feature Story This year, the farm is growing lettuce, radishes, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, squashes, melons, asparagus, rhubarb, herbs, and more.
Feature Story Marcie Post-Miracle Field-5

Spend 24 Hours in Midland with Marcie Post


Feature Story Fresh, handmade pizza straight from the oven at Pizza Sam's.

Gus Wojda keeps Pizza Sam’s cooking, open now for 63 years


Feature Story Clients of the SAMS Pantry start their shopping experience at the breakfast section.
Feature Story Brines’s favorite part of running a business is helping people solve problems.

Adapting to the changing tides of business-Little Forks Outfitters


Feature Story Mrs. Claus & Santa at home...

Photo story: Santa arrives in Midland


Feature Story  A lifelong Sanford resident, Jamie Mose has worked at Three Rivers Corporation for 18 years.

Village of Sanford Park to reopen in 2023


Feature Story The espresso machine was a recent upgrade.

Local entrepreneurs “bounce back better”


Feature Story Redirecting the river back through its original channels – through spillways at the dam – is another aspect of dam stabilization.

Restoring the Four Lakes: Where are we now?


Feature Story Ricky Nalett (L) and Kay Rinker O’Neil (R) play with intensity.

Photo story: The Commons-Downtown Midland


Feature Story Sears has been raising bees for over a decade.

Peek into the honeycomb: A day in the life of a beekeeper


Feature Story Team Rennason won the Nickless Innovation Award.
Feature Story Close-up-Marijuana

Why Bay City allows marijuana sales and Midland doesn’t


Feature Story Impact Analytical is a hub of analytical testing equipment. Among the benches are liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and more.

Analytical laboratory makes lasting “Impact” on Midland


Feature Story Monarch Academy students learn about monarch butterflies and join in national efforts to preserve it. Little Forks Conservancy, Northwood University, 4-H, Fisher Family Fields, and the Midland Co. Board of Commissioners are all lending their support.

Young offenders transform at the Monarch Academy


Development News The A.H. Nickless Innovation Award was created to honor Arthur Nickless's memory. Pictured here are his three daughters.

Eleven Midland County school teams advance in STEM competition


Feature Story Turn down the lights, put on your favorite holiday music, and enjoy.

Photo story: Christmas lights of Midland County