Thursday, January 16, 2025

CMU Student Starts Pack Your Back for Flint

Central Michigan University sophomore Galen Miller started up a new non-profit organization called Pack Your Back this spring. The organization began collecting school supplies statewide to help students in poverty in Flint. Miller noted that...

Timber Town 2.0 Construction Delayed

The Mt Pleasant city commission placed plans on hold to build Timber Town 2.0 until next spring. Originally, the city planned to replace the 22-year-old playground at Island Park in October. The delay allows...

Man To Stand Trial For Murder of Midland Woman

A 51-year-old man from the Detroit-area will stand trial for the beating death of a Midland County woman nearly 25-years ago. Michael McIntyre of New Hudson faces first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder charges...

Clare Police Host Youth Academy

The Clare Police Department is hosting it’s annual Youth Academy this week. Students from many communities around mid-Michigan spend the week learning what public safety workers and police officers do every day. The students...

Isabella County 4-H Fair Royalty Named

The royalty for this year’s Isabella County 4-H fair was unveiled Monday at the 4-H Camp at Coldwater Lake. Second runner-up junior court Evelyn Goffnet, first runner-up junior court Elizabeth Herron, Princess Maya Beeg,...

Courtyard at CMU Opens Wednesday

The Courtyard Marriott next to Kelly/Shorts Stadium on CMU’s campus opens on Wednesday. The hotel boasts 148 rooms, including nine suites. The lobby includes meeting rooms, media pods, a Starbucks coffee counter, and a...

Arbitraor Postpones CMU Journalism Professor Case

A federal arbitrator postponed a ruling on Friday in arbitration case between Central Michigan University and former journalism professor Sara Kubik. Kubik asked the arbitrator to determine whether CMU had probable cause to not...

CMU Migrant Workers Alumni To Hold Reunion

Migrant workers who attended Central Michigan University plan to gather tonight for a reunion on campus. The workers attended CMU starting in the early-1970s on a scholarship partnership between the university and the United...

Woman Steals Merchandise From Mt Pleasant Meijer

A 63-year-old Indiana woman walked out of the Mt Pleasant Meijer store over the 4th of July weekend with hundreds of dollars in clothing, jewelry and more hidden in her handbag. Loss prevention specialists...

Police Seek Mt Pleasant Theft Suspects

Police are looking for a couple possibly involved in a theft last Friday at the Mt Pleasant Celebration! Cinema location. Security footage showed a man and woman at the desk who police have yet...