Damaged Alma Building Seeks New Tenant
A building damaged in the March 2nd downtown Alma arson incident has reopened and seeks a new tenant. The building at 321 E. Superior St. survived when three other storefronts did not. Owners Norm...
CMU Board of Trustees Meets Thursday
The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees plans to discuss about $5.7 million in deferred maintenance projects for the 2017-18 school year during Thursday’s meeting, President George Ross’ salary will also be a topic...
Local Sugar Beet Crops Down in 2016
Officials say the sugar beet harvest in Michigan this fall was lower than in previous years. Michigan Sugar, which gathers beets from Gratiot and Isabella counties, among 18 others says sugar content was about...
Police Investigate Mt Pleasant Stabbing
Police continue investigating an early Sunday morning stabbing at a party just north of the Central Michigan University campus. A verbal dispute around 1:00AM led to the incident which left a 20-year-old victim in...
CMU Police Investigate November 6th Sexual Assault
Central Michigan University police have been investigating a sexual assault complaint in Carey Hall since November 6th. According to Lt. Cameron Wassman, DNA testing will take several weeks to return results. Once lab results...
Clare Traffic Stop Leads to Meth Bust
A traffic violation landed a Clare man in jail for an alleged meth lab in his car. The stop occurred shortly before 3:00AM on Friday at the intersection of Cour and Wheaton Streets. The...
Mt Pleasant Overnight Parking Ban in Effect
The City of Mt Pleasant wants to remind residents that street side parking is prohibited in the city limits between 2:00AM and 5:00AM until April 1st. The seasonal ordinance went into effect on December...
Jill Stein To File Suit To Hurry Recount
Green Party Presidential nominee has filed a suit in federal court to hurry along the Presidential recount that she wanted. In a suit filed Friday in Detroit's U.S. District Court, Stein's attorney, asked for...
Isabella Man Shoots Himself In Leg
An 81 year old Isabella County resident was taken to the hospital yesterday after shooting himself. Sheriff Michael Main had this to say in a press release; "Deputies found the victim who had accidentally...
Christopher McGee Gets Max Sentence For Child Rape
An Isabella County judge handed a maximum sentence down to 31-year-old Christopher McGee of Mt Pleasant for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl for several months. McGee will serve 10 to 15 years in prison...