Mt Pleasant Considers Fees For Little League and Softball
City of Mt Pleasant staff is reviewing plans to charge fees for Little League and girls youth softball. A plan for the facility license agreement was brought before the Mt Pleasant City Commission at...
Alma Public Safety Director Search Moves Forward
The search for the new Alma public safety director will move forward. Current director David Walsh formalized plans to retire on April 13th. The Michigan Municipal League met with the city to develop a...
CMU Board of Trustees To Discuss New Graduate Degree
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees plans to discuss a new graduate degree Thursday at their first formal session of 2017. The Master of Entrepreneurial Transactions degree would teach students how to start...
Former Renaissance Teacher Files Suit Claiming Discrimination
A former teacher at Mt Pleasant’s Renaissance Public School Academy filed a federal lawsuit saying the school violated her right to free speech and discriminated against her for her race. Mika Yamamoto was fired...
CMU President Ross Says Former Student Created Valentine
Central Michigan University President George Ross released another statement regarding last week’s creation of an anti-semitic Valentine’s Day card, saying the creator is a former student. In his previous statement, Ross referred to the...
Mt Pleasant Men Victims of Video Chat Blackmail Scam
The Mt Pleasant Police department hopes to raise awareness after several local men found themselves the target of a blackmail scheme after sharing intimate moments over video chats with strangers. In all of the...
Five Arrested For Gratiot County Home Invasion
Five people were arraigned in Gratiot County Circuit Court on charges of a home invasion and a robbery that left a victim injured near Middleton. Police were surveilling several locations on Friday following a...
Vandalism Reported at Alma’s Conservation Park
Alma city officials say Conservation Park has been the subject of suspected vandalism in recent weeks. After initial reports say the footbridge was naturally falling apart, it has since been identified as vandalized. Assistant...
Mt Pleasant City Commission Denies Request to Rezone Kaya Building
The Mt Pleasant City Commission voted 4-3 to deny a request to rezone the former SBX building that houses Kaya Coffee House. Local developer Rick McGuirk was in the process of purchasing the property...
Gratiot County Man Re-Sentenced for 1998 Murder
A 36-year-old Gratiot County man sentenced to life in prison back in 1998 for killing a substitute teacher was re-sentenced on Monday. Garry Steffenhagen now has the chance to face a parole board in...