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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Our daily classroom salute segment paid a visit to Mrs. Rich's Kindergarten class at Vanderbilt Community Schools in Otsego County.

Friday, May 10, 2013  7&4 classroom salute segment brings you a double dose with visits to Elk Rapids and Vanderbilt.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  7&4's classroom salute made a visit to Cheboygan County and Mrs. Lyon-S's 2nd grade class.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  We paid a visit to Mrs. Anderson's 2nd grade class at Lakeland Elementary in Elk Rapids.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  We are honored to salute Mrs. Gutknecht and all of her hard work in Elk Rapids.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A northern Michigan community is coming together to help a little boy battling a rare and deadly disease.

Saturday, April 13, 2013  "Despite the weather, we're thinking of this as a Summertime campout," said Mike Kent, with Kampout for KAIR.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  7&4 News Daily Classroom Salute segment paid a visit to Mrs. Cullen's 3-5 year old Preschool class at the International School at Bertha Vos.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  7&4 News Classroom salute shuffled into Mrs. McDuffie's 4th grade class at East Jordan Elementary School in Charlevoix County.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Our Monday classroom salute took us to Mrs. Sterrette's first grade class at Charlevoix Elementary.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  March is National Essential Tremor month.  It's a neurological condition that affects people of all ages and medication doesn't always help.  That's why a certain procedure called deep brain stimulation therapy is becoming more common.  It's available in southern Michigan but Munson Medical Center in Traverse City is able to monitor patients once they've had the procedure.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  7&4's Erika Erickson went to Phoenix, AZ where hundreds of Carter's Kids volunteers and an entire community gathered together to unveil their hard work.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  7&4 News classroom salute made a trip to East Jordan Elementary School and stopped by Mrs. Sheet's first grade class.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  7&4 News classroom salute stopped by and saluted Mrs. McNitt's 1st grade class at Westwoods Elementary near Traverse City.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  The warnings in Washington of forced across-the-board budget cuts are trickling down to Northern Michigan. One program facing cuts is Michigan's "STOP Violence Against Women" program, and that has women and community members speaking out.