KALKASKA – The Kalkaska Farmers Market has three weeks left of its summer-long events that have drawn in an average of 75-120 customers every week.
Photo by Elizabeth Dunham
Keli Habicht is a regular vendor at the Kalkaska Farmers Market, selling handmade crafts such as embroidered picture frames and coffee cozies.
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Fortunately, local apple producers harvesting the area’s first “really good” apple crop in at least two years – such as the Honeycrisp apples shown above that Elk Rapids fruit grower Travis Bratschi finished harvesting earlier this week – have also had enough seasonal help to pick that crop, which has been very good news in an industry that has struggled for the last several years.
Photo by Dave Lein
Alden Bar and Grille owners Walt and Dee Owens are shown with manager Michael Eddy (right). The popular eatery is challenging local businesses throughout the area to collect money for victims of recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida.
