Hobbies serve as a starting point for developing friendships. In some cases, a hobby turns into a profitable business. Other times, it remains something done for pure enjoyment. Lacombe Councilman ...

You could call Jerome Smith a model citizen. That’s because of the 89-year-old’s lifelong hobby: collecting and building models of classic boats and airplanes. The shelves, walls, ceilings and even ...

Imagine spending hours building a model ship only to end up breaking it. Corey Adkins met a man who has to do just that. He explains in this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus. “I’ve been doing this ...

Jayne Smith's grandson, Preston, is 5 years old and seeing the Great Lakes and lake freighters for the first time. He's from Mesa, Arizona, and there's not much water there. "With the big ships, his ...