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🌱 Want more wildlife in your woods? A Kalkaska forester offers guidance

Kalkaska, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Kalkaska! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want more wildlife in your woods? A Kalkaska forester offers guidance
  • Festival of Trees listed at Kalkaska's Northland Plaza
  • Health officials warn of potent opioid risk in Kalkaska County

Also on today's calendar: Baby & Toddler Story Time and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Periods of rain, with a high of 48 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Thursday: Colder with a few showers, temps: high: 38, low: 29.
  • Friday: Showers of rain and snow, with a high of 38 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Managing Your Woods for Wildlife (cadillacnews.com) — Kalkaska woodland owners can turn to local forester Marshall Moore for help improving wildlife habitat alongside timber, firewood or recreation goals. His guidance includes keeping food-producing trees, leaving dead wood where safe and protecting shoreline vegetation. Moore serves three counties and can be reached through the Kalkaska Conservation District office.
   

2. Downtown Bellaire Holiday Open House (northernexpress.com) — Kalkaska's Festival of Trees appears in a regional events calendar with a 9 a.m. listing at Northland Plaza. The calendar also includes Bellaire's downtown holiday open house and other area activities, but supplies no event dates, leaving the timing of these listings unclear.
   

3. Health Department issues warning to ten Michigan counties over new synthetic opioid (9and10news.com) — Kalkaska County is among 10 counties receiving a health department warning about cychlorphine, a potent synthetic opioid that officials say standard drug test strips cannot detect. Officials urge anyone suspecting an overdose to call 911 and administer naloxone, noting multiple doses may be needed. The department offers free naloxone and training.
   

4. Iceman Cometh brings economic boost, highlights Northern Michigan trails (9and10news.com) — The Iceman Cometh race from Kalkaska to Traverse City brings a welcome rush for regional businesses between fall tourism and winter sports. Traverse City's Brick Wheels reported renting every available bike during race week, while tourism officials say visiting riders also spend at restaurants, hotels and shops.
   

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

  • 1300 sq foot Home in downtown Lake Leelanau for rent from 12/1/'2026-05/31/'2026
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💬 Chatter

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  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member: Service Champion Taco Bell in Kalkaska. Apply here.
  • Northwind Investments, Inc. posted a job opening for Burger King - Restaurant Team Member in Kalkaska. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kalkaska here.

Ok Kalkaska! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kalkaska

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kalkaska

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.