Mt Pleasant Schools Using Portable Classrooms
The Mt Pleasant Board of Education announced that Fancher and Vowels Elementary will use portable classrooms during the 2016-17 school year. Class sizes increased this past year, and construction in the schools forced the...
Tigers Shut Out By Mariners
For the second-straight game, the Detroit Tigers offense couldn’t get it going. It cost Detroit in a 3-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners Monday night in Seattle. Michael Fulmer looked strong for Detroit, despite...
Chippewa Lanes Appears To Be Closing
Chippewa Lanes in Mt Pleasant appears to be closing. The bowling alley on Mission hasn’t made any official announcement, but bowling leagues scheduled to begin this fall have been moved to Riverwood. Employees have...
Isabella County Road Construction Continues
The Isabella County Road Commission nearly completed several road construction projects planned for this summer. The repaving of Broadway between Enterprise and Isabella has nearly wrapped up. West River Road between Vandecar and Nottawa...
Jeremy Ruble Placed on Leave By Mt Pleasant Schools
Mt Pleasant fourth grade teacher Jeremy Ruble has been placed on paid leave pending his child abuse case. The 37-year-old faces charges of second and fourth degree child abuse in Oceana County after witnesses...
Mt Pleasant Seeks Election Inspectors
The city of Mt Pleasant needs election inspectors to work the November elections. Election inspectors must work at a precinct during election days, performing various jobs including voter verification and ballot processing. Inspectors receive...
Man Shot After Breaking and Entering Clare Home
A 36-year-old Farwell man is in the hospital after he was shot while tying to break into a Clare County home early Thursday morning. The homeowner said the man broke in around 12:20AM at...
Mt Pleasant Man Arraigned For Dumpster Fire
An Isabella County judge arraigned 27-year-old Joshua Driver on a charge of arson and a probation violation. Security video taken at United Apartments appears to show Driver starting a trash dumpster fire at 5:43AM...
Judge Orders Christopher McGee to Stand Trial
An Isabella County judge ordered a man to stand trial on Wednesday for charges of sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s daughter. Christopher McGee stands trial in Chief Judge Paul Chamberlain’s Mt Pleasant courtroom on September...
CMU Appoints Search Committee For Dean of Libraries
Central Michigan University Provost Michael Gealt appointed a 14-member search committee to assist in the national search for the new dean of libraries. Former leader Tom Moore retired on June 30th after 28 years...