In her new novel, “The All American,” Susie Finkbeiner tells a wonderful tall tale of women’s baseball, apple pie, soda-shop dates and Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare of the 1950s. The author has hit it out of the park with her fictional account of a confusing era in American history. more

Loud dispatches from Lansing’s music scene LP cover art. FBC presents the event at the Campus Town Mall. more

During the opening session of a regional 2023 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Holt, which ran from June 30 through July 2, patience was defined as being different from simply putting up with something. Speakers remarked that we live in an impatient world, rife with instant gratification, and described patience as both “deliberate restraint” and “calm endurance.” It’s waiting with a purpose. more