Gratiot Area Chamber of Commerce Hosts Awards Ceremony
The Gratiot Area Chamber of Commerce will honor citizens who went above and beyond to help their communities on Thursday. The annual dinner and awards program begins at 6:30PM at the Masonic Pathways Chapel. Presentations...
Local Road Crews Address January Potholes
Local road crews find themselves trading in snow plows for road repair equipment this January. The unseasonably warm temperatures, combined with the melting of December’s snow have caused numerous potholes and messes, especially on...
Drunk Driver Goes Airborne in the Fog in Mt Pleasant
Police were led on a foggy chase in Mt Pleasant on Sunday. Parole absconder Cody Bantien from Saugatuck twice stopped at intersections for no reason, police hit lights, then he fled and sent his...
Man Dies Following Isabella County Accident
A man has died from a medical issue shortly after being involved in an accident.
The accident happened on Saturday at M-20 and Winn Roads in Isabella County.
The Sheriff’s Department reports that 96 year old...
New Wind Turbines Coming to Gratiot and Isabella Counties
Gratiot and Isabella counties will be getting windy by 2018. Pine River Wind Engineering will design, engineer, construct, install, start-up and test the the Pine River Wind Park. 65 wind turbines will produce 161...
Clare County Inmate Found Dead
A Clare County Jail inmate was found dead on Saturday morning in his cell. The Clare County Undersheriff says 54-year-old John Engel appeared to have committed suicide. He was awaiting transfer to Jackson after...
Bandit Industries to Pay $3 Million EPA Fine
Bandit Industries in Remus will pay a $3 million civil penalty for violations of the Clean Air Act. As a result of the settlement in federal court, Bandit admitted no fault to the over...
Emory Health Study Conducted in St Louis
Emory University conducted the first ever health study in the St Louis area. The focus on the study is the PBB contamination, that was accidentally mixed with cattle feed in 1973. The St Louis...
Ithaca City Council Approves Road Projects
The city of Ithaca entered into an agreement with MDOT to conduct milling and resurfacing work on West Center Street from Maple Street east to Pine River Street. The agreement also includes resurfacing on...
Ranzenberger State Sentencing Set For Thursday
Former CMU professor Mark Ranzenberger already faces a 14 year federal sentence for possession of child porn. Now, he faces state level charges for repeatedly raping a young girl, under the age of 13....