Demolition Begins for New Isabella County Dollar General
Crews began tearing down the Deerfield Center School building on M-20 at Winn Road to make way for a Dollar General. The old schoolhouse largely sat empty since Martin’s Kountry Korner moved across the...
Cops and Doughnuts to Open Mt Pleasant Precinct
Cops and Doughnuts is in the process of opening a new precinct in Mt Pleasant. The owners of the Cinema Plaza at South Mission and East Preston streets plan to remodel the building, and...
CMU Budget Forum Slated for Friday
Central Michigan University scheduled an all-campus budget forum for 3:30PM on Friday in French Auditorium. Vice president of Finance and Administration Barrie Wilkes will host the forum. Administrators plan to provide data regarding enrollment...
Alma Road Closures Begin This Week
Alma announced street closures for the installation of a raw water transmission main in conjunction with the city of St Louis. The construction will close the road between Alma’s Water Plant and Van Buren...
Teen Pleads No Contest in Gratiot County Break-in
A Middleton man pleaded no contest to a felony charge that stemmed from robbing a Gratiot County farm boarding house armed with machetes. 18-year-old Dakota Edwards is the second of the group to enter...
Man Arrested For 911 Prank Calls at Mt Pleasant Hotel
A 29-year-old man was arrested at the Mt Pleasant Days Inn last week after making multiple calls to hurl insults at law enforcement. The Davison-area man continued to refer to himself as Rumpelstiltskin when...
Sacred Heart Students Return From Costa Rica Mission Trip
Fifteen students from Sacred Heart recently returned from spending their spring break in Costa Rica. The group left on Thursday, March 30th for the mission trip, and returned on Friday, April 7th. All students who...
Tom Recker, Isabella County Jail Administrator, to Retire
Lt. Tom Recker plans to retire in June from his role as Isabella County Jail Administrator. Recker served as the jail administrator since 1985. Kevin Dush, who Recker originally hired as a part-time corrections...
Mt Pleasant Considering Free Brush Pickup
The Mt Pleasant City Commission continues considering the possibility of a free brush-pickup service in the city limits. Three options to allow the pickup this year were presented before the City Commission at last...
St Louis Considers Historic Village
A meeting of the St Louis Historical Society is set for April 25th to discuss possibly creating a historic village. The village would consist of small to medium sized buildings representing the community on...