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Give Local Bay 2025 raised more than $200,000 for 62 local funds supporting nonprofits.

Bay Commitment Scholars get the support they need to succeed at SVSU and Delta College

Grace Wrzesinski, a 2024 John Glenn High School graduate, says she'll use the Bay Commitment Scholarship to become a school counselor and help other kids find success.

The Annual Bay City Fireworks Festival fills the sky with lights and the parks with music and carnival rides on July 4, 5, and 6..
Your guide to Bay County’s 2024 summer festival schedule

Summer festivals bring music, food, and fun to communities throughout Bay County, Here, we highlight some of your options for summer entertainment.

Four Bay-Arenac Career Center students recently competed in an international career skills conference. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Maurer)
Four Bay-Arenac Career Center students qualified for an international competition held in April

Olivia Maurer, a Voices of Youth correspondent for Route Bay City, writes about four Bay-Arenac Career Center students who recently traveled to California to be part of an international competition

The Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank provides thousands of diapers every year to families who need a little help. 
Half of U.S. families struggle to pay for diapers; Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank can help

The Bay-Arenac Diaper Bank relies on donations, grants, and volunteers to provide thousands of diapers to families in two counties

Welding is an in-demand career, prompting the Bay-Arenac ISD to offer training programs for adults and high school students.
Bay-Arenac ISD gives adults students an edge in redefining success

The Bay-Arenac ISD offers programs for adults who want to earn a GED, high school diploma, or take advantage of technical job training classes

Michigan Sugar Company President and CEO Neil Juhnke addresses grower-owners from the cooperative's East District during a Tool Shed meeting held in April 2023 at Maple Grove Acres in Ruth. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Sugar)
Bay Future celebrates businesses that invested $350 million in Bay County in 2023

During the Bay Future Annual Meeting, the economic development agency highlighted the businesses investing in Bay County

The first-place team in the A.H. Nickless Innovation Award competition receives this 3D-printed traveling trophy. The team members’ names are engraved on the trophy. (Photo courtesy of the A.H. Nickless Innovation Award.)
John Glenn High School team is one of 20 to qualify for the Nickless Innovation Award competition

John Glenn High School team to compete for scholarships during the 11th annual Nickless Innovation Award competition on Sat., April 20  

The Trombley House hosts educational and community events. (Photo courtesy of the Bay County Historical Society)
Give Local Bay – which has raised over $1 million since 2015 – is set for May 7

Give Local Bay, a 24-hour fundraiser with a proven track record, takes place on Tues., May 7. This year, more than 50 agencies are part of the annual event.

Photo courtesy of the Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum
The first phase of restoration is complete on a century-old firehouse turned museum

Construction crews are turning their attention now to the interior of the Downtown Bay City building and hope to open it for tours a few times later this year  

In 2013, the Oscar P. & Louise H. Osthelder Advisory Fund granted New Dimensions $3,000 to build a new shed to store lawn care equipment. (Photo courtesy of New Dimensions)
New Dimensions and the United Way work together to get people into the workforce

An on-the-job training program, from New Dimensions and the United Way of Bay County, creates benefits for employees and businesses

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