Mt Pleasant Man Sentenced for Assault
31-year-old Dennis Pope Sr. of Mt Pleasant was sentenced to 55 months in prison on charges of assault causing serious bodily injury. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington also imposed three years of supervised release....
COVID Relief Funding Will Help Local Police
Federal Covid relief funding will be used to provide police patrols in Lake Isabella, adding dedicated coverage for the first time in several years. Both the village council and the county commission have approved...
New Ithaca Superintendent Ready To Learn and Move Forward
Ithaca’s new superintendent says she’s ready to move the district forward while listening to those in the community and learning about the district and the area. Chairman Fletcher accepted the Ithaca superintendent position after...
Dog Found Abandoned In Ditch
Animal control staff spent hours caring for a dog after she was found abandoned in a ditch, after appearing to have been thrown off the I-75 overpass. The dog was unable to move, hair...
Things Are Looking Less ‘Flat’ In Downtown Mt Pleasant
Things in downtown Mt Pleasant may soon be looking a little less flat. The Mt. Pleasant City Commission on Monday approved new sign standards and sign guidelines that would allow Projected signs, wall signs,...
Crash Kills Bethany Twp. Woman
A Breckenridge woman was killed early Friday morning in a 2 car crash in Bethany township. Maria Delgado, age 20, was driving on M-46 early in the morning when her vehicle crossed the centerline...
Police Visit CMU Neighborhoods
Police from the city of Mt Pleasant and Central Michigan University spent Wednesday knocking on doors at downtown residences greeting residents. The annual neighborhood walk allows local law enforcement to answer questions and explain...
Clare Manager Pleads Guilty
A former Clare hotel manager accused of filing a false tax return and his father, the hotel owner, accused of witness tampering, both pleaded guilty following an investigation by the IRS. According to court...
Former McLaren Central Michigan Employee Sentenced To Jail
Isabella County Judge Eric Janes sentenced former McLaren Central Michigan employee Angelee Wilkerson to four and a half months in jail for stealing pills from the pharmacy. The 43-year-old Wilkerson pleaded no contest to...
Man In Custody Following Armed Robbery
A 43-year-old Union Township man is in custody following an armed robbery in Isabella County, near the 5000 block of S Mission Road at 12:35am yesterday. The store clerk told investigators someone held the...