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Parents Beware! Stranger-Danger Incident Under Investigation In Flushing

Steph — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:24:57 +0000

Details are sketchy at this time. The Flushing Community School district is alerting parents about a stranger-danger incident that happened over the weekend.A letter was sent home to parents and guardians. The letter says Flushing police are investigating and say an older white man approached a 10 year old child in the 700 block of [...]

Run With Your Sweetheart Saturday in Flushing

Stu Allen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:00 +0000

The annual Sweetheart 5k, 10k and Team Competition is this Saturday morning in Flushing. All races start at 10 in front of Flushing Central Elementary School. The flat and fast course runs through neighborhoods around the school, 10k runners do two loops of the 5k course. If you decide to enter as a team, you’ll [...]

Stupid Criminal Busted in Flushing After Police Follow Footprints in Snow

Stu Allen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:59:21 +0000

People who resort to a life of crime are generally not the best and brightest. A 17-year old Flushing Township male proved that as Flushing police followed footprints in the snow after residents reported a man trying to get into their car. After the residents hit the panic button, the alarm scared the suspect who took off running.

Flushing Readies for Santa and Candlewalk!

J. Patrick — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:03:25 +0000

Traditional holiday appearances of Santa and the Flushing Candlewalk happen this Thursday in downtown Flushing! For the 28th year there will be ice sculptures, parades, pictures with Santa, and more!The event kicks off at 5:30pm Thursday with the parade, and the festivities run till 10pm that evening. Hundreds of decorations and candles will line Main [...]

Flushing Harvest Festival Keeps Truckin'

J. Patrick — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:14 +0000

The city's 17th Harvest Festival will cater to the kids even more this year as they feature a Touch the Truck event. The downtown will be decorated with scarecrows and bales of hay as the kids get to have a close-up experience with firetrucks, cranes, dump truck, bulldozers, and more. The festival happens October 1st from 10am to 5pm at Riverview Park in Flushing.

Local Runners Get Ready For Boston

Stu Allen — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:56:37 +0000

Less than one tenth of one percent of the U.S. population has ever finished a marathon (26.2 miles). Less than 8 percent of that group has met the qualifying standards to compete in the Boston Marathon. Here is a list of local people that are running the 2011 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18th: Mark Bauman [...]

Grab Yer' Bait Bucket, It's Flushing Walleye Festival Time!

Stu Allen — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:35:59 +0000

This weekend is the 11th annual Flushing Walleye Festival, but you don’t have to fish to enjoy it! Hundreds of anglers will vie for cash and prizes in the tournament, while others can enjoy the Outdoor Show Exhibits, Friday Fish Fry, Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast, Chili Cookoff, children’s a ctivities and more! St. Robert’s Activity Center [...]

St. Patrick's Road Races Kick Off Running Season

Stu Allen — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:56:03 +0000

The middle of March is the unofficial kickoff to the road racing season in the Flint area. Two races with a St. Patrick theme take place just a few days apart. Put on your green running stuff and run your shamrocks off at the Shilelagh 4-miler in Flushing on Saturday March 12th. You can get [...]

Sweetheart Run Saturday In Flushing

Stu Allen — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:08:49 +0000

Run or walk with your sweetie this Saturday morning in Flushing at the annual Sweetheart 5k/10k races. Start/finish at Flushing Central Elementary School, 525 Coutant Street. You can enter as a team or as a solo runner/walker. Online registration at: www.riverbendstriders.com or you can sign up at Bauman’s Running & Walking shop on Hill Road [...]

Flushing's Annual Candlewalk Is Today and Tomorrow

George McIntyre — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:33:28 +0000

Join your friends in neighbors tonight, and tomorrow night, (December 2nd and 3rd) for the annual Flushing Candlewalk. There’s a parade, Tree Lighting, horse and Carriage Rides, Pictures with Santa and more! Flushing is proud of one of its most heartwarming traditions — the Annual Flushing Candlewalk. The Candlewalk first began over a decade ago [...]