Medical Marijuana Facility Planned For Land
Vacant, city-owned land in Industrial Park South was sold by the city of Mt Pleasant. The City Commission on Monday unanimously approved the sale of the land to Rice and Diggs LLC for $75,000. The company...
Bridges Will Get Repairs In Mt Pleasant
Broadway Street Bridge and the Lincoln Street Bridge over the Chippewa River will get repair jobs after damage from last year’s flooding. Federal funding will cover about 80 percent of the cost of the...
Apple Crop To Be Huge This Year
A large apple crop is expected this year. The U.S. Apple Association predicts Michigan will harvest about 28 million bushels. The state's typical crop amounts to roughly 25 million bushels. Favorable spring and summer...
High Street Bridge Painting Complete
Phase 2 of the High Street Painting in Mt Pleasant is done. Crews from Percha Paint finished the project earlier this month painting abutments and the pump house maroon and gold. Thanks to fundraising...
Shepherd Teen Dies In Weekend Car Crash
A Shepherd teenager lost his life in a car crash late Saturday into Sunday morning. The accident occurred at the corner of Summerton and Valley Roads and was handled by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal...
Red Cross Cutting Jobs
The American Red Cross is cutting back on jobs and blood drives across the state. The American Red Cross says they’re cutting more than 200 jobs in Michigan because of a drop in the...
Man Arrested Again For Insurance Fraud
A man arrested once for Medicare fraud, pleaded guilty to doing it once again. Babubhai Rathod pleaded guilty Monday to health care fraud and to charges of scamming Medicare and Medicaid out of money, Among other...
Basketball Coach Arrested In Prostitution Ring
A 61- year old Mt Pleasant basketball coach and trainer was arrested in connection to a massive prostitution ring. The Morning Sun reports that Bob Sherlock is among 34 other men implicated in a...
Construction Starts Downtown Mt Pleasant
Starting today, road work will tie up downtown roads. Main Street from Mosher north to Pickard is expected to be closed to through traffic today and Friday and all traffic Saturday. Central Asphalt is...
CMU Frat Suspended
A CMU fraternity has been suspended after alleged violations. Phi Sigma Phi is temporarily suspended as CMU does an investigation into violations of sections regarding alcohol, RSO’s and CMU Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities....