CMU Receives Higher Learning Commission Accreditation
The Higher Learning Commission awarded accreditation to Central Michigan University. The university received the highest possible marks in all areas. CMU keeps its accreditation until 2025. A university must meet 21 different criteria to...
Alma College Named College of Distinction
National reviewers recently recognized Alma College as a College of Distinction. The award recognizes Alma for its innovative application of high impact educational practices. This is the 10th consecutive year that the publication recognized...
Mt Pleasant Man Sentenced For Assault
A federal judge sentenced Isabella County man Marc Lamothe to 55 months in prison on Tuesday for strangling his girlfriend. The 30-year-old pleaded guilty on May 9th to assault of an intimate partner by...
United Way Allocates $251,000 in Local Grant Funding
The United Way of Gratiot and Isabella Counties funded more than $251,000 in community investment grant requests for the 2016-17 fiscal year. In all, the United Way considered 39 applications from 23 local nonprofit...
Police Looking for Mt Pleasant Motorcycle Thief
Police in Mt Pleasant continue searching for the thieves responsible for stealing two motorcycles on the 900 block of South Main Street during welcome weekend. The blue 2002 Suzuki DRZ400 and green 2010 Kawasaki...
DALMAC Bike Tour Lands In Shepherd
1,500 bicyclists rolled through Shepherd on Wednesday on their way to the Mackinac Bridge. The 46th annual Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw bike tour brought bikers together from 30 states and Canada to participate....
Mt Pleasant Teen Was With Father the Night of Accident
Julia Griffin, the Mt Pleasant teen who died on Sunday, was with her father in the early-morning hours of the day when she fell into a coma after falling down the stairs. Her mother...
Over $30,000 Stolen from Mt Pleasant Storage Units
Police tallied at least $30,000 in stolen items from the EZ Storage on Commercial Drive in Mt Pleasant. The locks on 35 doors were cut sometime earlier this month. No suspect has been identified....
United Way Delivers Stuff the Bus School Supplies
The United Way of Gratiot and Isabella Counties dispersed more than 40,000 school supplies to 476 classrooms around mid-Michigan on Tuesday. President and CEO Tom Olver said the group raised roughly $45,000 from the...
Daughter of Fidel Castro to Speak at CMU
Central Michigan University booked the daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, to speak on September 28th. Fernandez is set as the keynote speaker for Hispanic Heritage Month activities. She will speak at 7:00PM in...