Thursday, October 31, 2024

Planning Commission Gets Issues Back

New zoning codes in Mt Pleasant have caused a stir for some residents. Commissioners have had to send issues back to the Planning Commission. 3 main concerns are:  A new requirement regarding paving driveways,...

Lunch Debts Paid By Shepherd Police Dept.

The Shepherd Police Dept is paying it forward with help from money raised at their self defense seminars. After a suggestion on the department’s Facebook page, the dept. decided to use the money to...

Group Almost Close To Buying Non-Profit Center

A group of non- profits looking to address the poverty issue in the area are almost to their goal to buy a non- profit center. The Mt Pleasant Community Foundation is helping the group...

Fire destroys The Wild Pumpkin

More than 1,500 white pumpkins, 300 bales of straw, tools and a barn were destroyed just before midnight Friday at The Wild Pumpkin, west of Beaverton. The owners say if not for people passing...

Missing body found

Crews have recovered a body of a female, from Bear Lake, over the weekend! The Manistee County Sheriff says 66-year-old Carolyn Skaff of Frankfort was found a little after 9:30 Saturday morning. Crews say...

Armed Gunman Named In Turtle Saver Robbery

The man whom deputies say had a handgun  and robbed a man who was saving a turtle, has been identified. Todd Finn Jr, has been charged with armed robbery. The Gladwin Co Sheriff’s office...

Netzley Named Ithaca Interim Super

Steven Netzley will be Ithaca Public Schools interim superintendent, starting Oct. 1st. He’s filling in for Charmain Fletcher, who is leaving the position at the end of September, to take on a position as...

Family and Friends Looking For Weidman Girl

Family and friends are asking for the public's help finding a 16-year-old Chippewa Hills student who has not been in contact with her parents since Wednesday. Ahren Oplinger was last seen getting into a black...

Is it a meteorite or not?

A Mid-Michigan man thinks he may have received a surprised meteorite from space, after he heard something hit his home. The object hit his wooden ladder, in the backyard & broke into at least...

Teen prank at school; lands her in jail

A teenage girl is in juvenile detention, arrested after police say she made a threat towards a school on social media. On Tuesday, police discovered the threat; putting Onaway Area Community Schools into a...