PHOTO INFORMATION: State Rep. Rodney Wakeman of Saginaw Township presented a state tribute to the Frankenmuth Beautification Committee during a ceremony held at the Gunzenhausen Fountain on Friday. The committee was recognized with the 2018 Community Landscape Beautification Award by the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association as part of its Plant Michigan Green initiative.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Rep. Wakeman was joined by City of Frankenmuth Horticulturist Dan Hopp, Mayor Mary Anne Ackerman, Sheila Stamiris of the Downtown Development Authority, and Amy Upton of the Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association.