Man Who Left Quadriplegic Gets Sentenced
A man who left a quadriplegic alone for 10 hours after a dispute with the patient, will spend a few days in jail. Joshua Palmateer will spend 10 days in jail if he completes...
Ampitheatre Coming To Mt Pleasant
A Mt Pleasant High School student’s dream of getting an ampitheatre at Island Park is closer to a reality. Taylor Idema won the United Way of Isabella County’s Pitch-Er This competition in 2016 with...
Affordable Healthcare Act Deemed Unconstituitional
A federal judge ruled the law is unconstitutional on the deadline for coverage next year. Judge Reed O’Connor made the ruling Friday night. Reed said its last year’s tax cut bill that knocked down...
Online Tool To Recognize Invasive Species
Blue Accounting is an initiative led by the Great Lakes Commission and The Nature Conservancy and they've launched an online tool. They’ve developed a “watch list” of species that could invade the lakes. Interactive...
Police Warn Of Phone Scam In Mid Michigan
Shiawassee County Law Enforcement is warning residents about a phone scam that is targeting grandparents. MLive reports that the county’s sheriff’s office issued the alert after receiving several reports that elderly residents of Owosso...
Midland High Put On Lockdown Friday
Midland High School was put under lockdown for about 30 minutes today due to a "third-party" report of a potential shooting. An initial report made to the school's office around 2:20 p.m. last Friday...
Midland Sheriff Pleads Guilty
Midland County Sheriff Scott Stephenson pled guilty on Thursday, Dec. 13 to operating while impaired. The charge comes from an incident up north in November. Stephenson also said he has been sentenced as anyone...
Rankin Removed From Edmore Manager Position
The Edmore Village council voted to put the village manager, Neil Rankin, on administrative leave and not renew his contract. This is the second time Rankin has lost that job in the past four...
McGuire Gets Money For Camps
McGuire Elementary will get more money to use toward their end of year camps. The school accepted a grant from The Mt Pleasant Optimist Club to use toward the camps.
Bill To Organize Ballot Drives Passes
A lame-duck bill that would make it harder to organize ballot drives has passed in the Michigan House. It would impose a geographic threshold for groups proposing constitutional amendments, initiated bills and referendums.