Photos by Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood | The Grand Rapids Press This fall Margaret’s Hope Chest co-founders Carol Peters, left, and her daughter, Carin Vogelzang, collected more than 500 quilts and unfinished quilt tops from quilters around the world read more

A production line for car and light truck seals for automatic transmission repair kits is seen at work. MORNING JOURNAL/NATE PARSONS An associate tracks inventory in the warehouse for shipping and receiving at Freudenberg-NOK. MORNING JOURNAL/NATE read more

One of the chief causes of Christmas season stress is figuring out how to pay for it all. For some, that annual struggle is compounded this year by a rebounding-but-still-ailing economy. But Alisa Miller of Sioux Falls worked hard to get a financial read more