Mt. Pleasant firefighters sworn in
An Isabella County Trial Court employee was among three men sworn in as paid on-call firefighters for the city of Mt. Pleasant, on Monday night. The department has been struggling to get recruits. They...
Parents of school shooter behind bars
Both parents of Oxford School Shooter, Ethan Crumbley, were each sentenced to 10-15 years behind bars after being found guilty of taking the steps that could have prevented the killing of four students. Jennifer...
Retired CMU Vice President returns
Effective Monday, Stan Shingles, will return from retirement to be Interim Vice President for student affairs at CMU. He retired last month on March 8 but was recalled back to work by CMU President,...
Volunteer sentenced for up to fifteen years in prison
A 44-year-old volunteer at Living Word International Church In Midland, has been sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty late last week to three charges of 2nd degree criminal sexual...
Mt. Pleasant construction for parking and EV charging
Construction is set to begin on April 22nd for a downtown Mt. Pleasant project which’ll provide an accessible area for events, gatherings & social interactions, while offering more parking & electric vehicle charging stations....
CMU professor of 20 years has retired
Karl Smart, who has served the past 20 years at CMU in their College of Business Administration, has started his retirement. He joined in 2003 and helped shape the Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship....
Wheeler man dies in car crash
A man from Wheeler was killed yesterday morning in a traffic crash in Gratiot County’s Pine River township. 30-year-old, Duncan Clark, was west bound on M-46 & had stopped his motorcycle at the signal...
Trees being replaced in downtown Alma
The Downtown Alma Tree replacement project started yesterday, following three years of studies, planning, discussions & preparations. Crews plan to complete one block per day on Superior St moving west. Todays’ work will take...
Mt. Pleasant man headed to trial for attempted murder
A Mt. Pleasant man accused of stabbing his roommate is heading to trial on (4) felony charges, including attempted murder. 57-year-old, Paul Vance Ellingson will face a judge for a pre-trial hearing on May...
It’s Solar Eclipse Day!
A rare total solar eclipse is set to descend over Mid-Michigan this afternoon. The peak time for this to occur is at 3:13pm, with it ending 2 minutes later. The next total solar eclipse...