Editor’s Picks: Top Stories from The Keel, 2025 Edition
The Keel Magazine’s Managing Editor Genevieve Fox selects her favorite stories from this year, and explains how readers can support the publication.
Downtown Utica’s Art Nook: “Super cool place making”
Art Nook connects folks to downtown businesses and showcases a colorful mural by artist Kevin Gano.
How these women-owned businesses strengthen St. Clair County communities
Port Huron Yoga, the Yale Bakery, and Dot’s Candy Store are three women-owned businesses whose work strengthens community connection, resilience, and local economic growth during the holiday season.
Ceramics artist opens new studio in Marine City
Juliet Faber recently opened a ceramics studio in Marine City. The studio will be part teaching space, part working studio to sell Faber’s ceramic art.
How one school system bridges the care gap with innovative Health Hubs
Detroit’s Health Hubs embed medical, behavioral, and dental care inside schools, ensuring students receive essential services and thrive in class.
Port Huron preps “Road Diet” to add bike lanes and link growing trail network
The city plans to reconstruct Huron Avenue by 2027, implementing a road diet that reduces lanes, adds protected bike infrastructure, and connects downtown to the expanding Bridge to Bay Trail.
Blue Water YMCA to host holiday fun for families on December 6
The YMCA of the Blue Water Area will host a free day of holiday fun complete with a visit from Santa, breakfast, games, swimming, crafts, and dancing. During the year, the Y fulfills local families’ needs for food assistance, health and wellness programs, and affordable childcare, regardless of anyone’s ability to pay.
Partner Partner Content Marine City & Memphis share $500,000 in grant funding
Two small towns in Michigan’s Thumb have received matching grants of $250,000 each from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to support the continued development of their community hubs.
YMCA Boys Basketball builds friendships and camaraderie
In the Blue Water area, basketball is a popular sport among young boys. The YMCA's youth sports coordinator and Warren Lincoln High School's coach talk about the effects of basketball on youth.
Michigan author highlights Port Huron, mindfulness of the Great Lakes in new book
After traveling across the world for the past two decades, David Zurick comes back home to Port Huron to rediscover his childhood spots along the Thumb Coast and shares how others can connect with the Blue Water region.
