Sitting down with candidates in the race for Michigan governor, I’ve talked one on one with those seeking to lead our state.

Mainland Regional High School senior rowers Emma Barnhart, Lilly Sher and Kyra White are good friends who will all compete for NCAA Division I college programs starting this fall.

Ernestine Gonyea, center, surrounded by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other relatives during a Fourth of July celebration at the family’s lakeside home on Wilson Reservoir.