Commissioners discuss the August ballot
Isabella County commissioners are set to discuss the August ballot, at a meeting next Tuesday. A group of supporters of a road patrol millage are planning their next moves to get the issue on...
Cinnamon recall
The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services along with MDARD are urging Michigan families to stop using some brands of cinnamon that have been recalled due to elevated levels of lead found in...
Gratiot Chamber of Commerce moves
The Gratiot County Area Chamber of Commerce has moved to 127 E. Superior Street, just a block & a half East of their former location, in Alma. The 100-year-old building most recently housed the...
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...