CMU Using Grant Money To Focus On Self Harm
Mid-Michigan will soon become the center of a study on why suicide is increasing among middle-aged men. Central Michigan University's Center for Community Health and Wellness will begin to use a new grant from...
Man Found Dead In Alma
A 911 call led police to a man dead and covered in blood on Superior Street in Alma Thursday night. Police attempted to administer first aid on the 27-year-old, but after medics arrived and...
New Michigan GOP chairman
Former Congressman Peter Hoekstra has been officially recognized by the national Republican party as the Michigan GOP chairman, in a vote that also affirmed that Kirstina Karamo was properly removed from the position earlier...
Clean Up Continues On Mid-Michigan River
Dow DuPont is preparing to clean up the last section of a river contaminated with dioxin from past operation of a Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland. It deals with cleanup of about 7...
Extended Unemployment Benefits To End
The state’s extended unemployment benefits program will no longer be payable after this weekend. The unemployment agency has started notifying the 16,000 claimants receiving extended benefits to ensure they are aware the week ending...
Michigan State University Educator Retires
A well-known, long-time agricultural educator with Michigan State University Extension is retiring. 9 and 10 news reports that Jerry Lindquist was part of the educational programs that first brought computers to farms and spent...
Michigan candidates deadline extended
A federal judge delayed a deadline, yesterday, by which Michigan candidates must file petitions to qualify for the ballot, citing the state's stay-at-home order that is in place because of the pandemic. The deadline,...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Appoints Isabella Judge to Mental Health Diversion Council
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tapped Isabella County judge Sara Spencer-Noggle the judiciary's representative to the Mental Health Diversion Council. The Council was created in to help craft policy proposals intended to steer people with...
Clare hotel officially up for sale
A Clare Hotel, which was the site for a 1930’s mob shooting – and rich with history, is officially up for sale. Dean Doherty is thinking about retirement & placed it for sale last...
Grants Given To Area Organizations
Art Reach and The Mt Pleasant Discovery Museum both received grants recently from the the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. Art Reach got just over $21,000 and Discovery Museum was granted...