Tour some of West Michigan’s finest small museums as they celebrate the 11th anniversary of this event. The Tri-River Historical Museum Network is planning its annual museum tour Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 P.M. each day. The Tri-River Historical Museum Network of 25 area historical societies provides a [...]
Who knew that John Ball Zoo had two of the oldest kelp gulls in the world? Who knew that the penguins are little thieves? These factoids, along with many other eye-opening and surprising details, are shared in John Ball Zoo’s new ZOO BLOG, that launched April 11,. The Zoo plans to release a new blog [...]
Friday, April 26 marks Arbor Day, which will be celebrated throughout the country. The City of Rockford, which has always had a long-standing tree planting and care program, which was originally started by the Honorable Judge Steven Servaas back in the 1970s. “This year, to commemorate Arbor Day, the City of Rockford will be planting [...]
Squire readers are very generous with their knowledge and time. Several readers were quick to respond to our request for help to identify the mystery bird picture we published in last week’s issue. Lori Tiemen, of Wild Birds Unlimited was the first caller when the paper was still hot off the presses. She said the [...]
by Terry Konkle President For over ten years the basement of our old museum has been the home of a 2,500 pound safe that came from the Hessler Building in downtown Rockford (southeast corner of Courtland and Main). We did not have any place to display it in our former building but now we do! [...]
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