Now Here's a tip

Before you use your grater to grate cheese, give it a quick shot of nonstick spray. It will keep the cheese from gunking up in the grate. If you need softened butter for a recipe, you can grate it from frozen and it will soften up very quickly, but not melt like in a microwave.

Strange BUT TRUE

■In 1837, Thomas Saverland took Caroline Newton to court for biting off part of his nose after he forcibly kissed her at a party. ■ The original Xbox had sound snippets of real space missions.

Home Office Design for Small Spaces

ARTICLE CONTINUED IN NEXT WEEK’S EDITION Before being in the heat of a pandemic, designing a cozy home office had never been more important. Most of us are now relegated to working from home. Designing a space where you can brainstorm and feel at ease is more of an art than science.

Continuing the fight for birthing equity

LANSING In Michigan, black infants are three times more likely to die before their first year than white infants, the Department of Health and Human Services said. The department has launched an Advancing Healthy Births plan to improve birthing equity and outcomes.

TOP 10 MOVIES

1. Wonka (PG) Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die 2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (PG-13) Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth 3. The Boy and the Heron (PG-13) Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda 4. Godzilla Minus One (PG-13) Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki 5.

Districts seeing shortages in substitute teachers

LANSING Schools in Michigan are facing major challenges with a lack of substitutes to fill in for absent teachers.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in a Muskegon County flock

LANSING Following an investigation by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has detected the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry facility from Muskegon County.

Thumb counties hit by high colorectal cancer rates

LANSING Residents of three agricultural counties in the Thumb have a disproportionately high rate of colorectal cancer, including a higher death rate from the disease, according to a new study.

Gladwin Winter Carnival slated

GLADWIN The Gladwin County Winter Carnival will be January 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 751 M-18, Gladwin. The event is free and will include activities such as family photos, face painting, haircuts, and more. For more information call Sarah McCurdy at 989-386-8644.