STANDISH TOWNSHIP — Multiple developments by the Migizi Corporation, a developmental entity of the Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe, are still being delayed due to the lack of water and sewer utilities available to the property where a new hotel, gift shop mall and truck stop restaurant will be erected, but the involved parties are getting closer to working out a deal — possibly at the expense of 2-percent funds. more

ARENAC COUNTY — On Aug. 21 it was settled that Tawas attorney Christopher Martin would, in fact be one of three candidates for 23rd Circuit Court Judge. On Sept. 4, however, a Michigan Supreme Court decision reversed the Court of Appeals decision that temporarily implanted Martin on the ballot. more

SKIDWAY LAKE — For the second week in a row, firefighters were busy in Skidway Lake, as they were called in to extinguish some trailer sections behind Eymer Supply Company early Thursday morning. more

ARENAC COUNTY — As new windows are placed in the Arenac County Courthouse to help save on utility costs over time, employees will be displaced from their places of work – especially when painting starts around the new windows. more

STANDISH — The Standish Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 3724 is hosting a Sept. 11 vigil at the Standish Historical Depot and Welcome Center to remember the life-altering day and recognize the victims, their families and the selfless responders who worked to save lives, bring closure and move forward after the tragedy. more

TWINING — Stange Farms LLC., in Twining, farms over 1,950 acres of crops every year but over a quarter of those crops, 510 acres, are devoted to one plant in particular – pickles – a cautious crop. more

MICHIGAN — On Aug. 26 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) imposed a Lower Peninsula ban on feeding or baiting deer due to the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a captive deer in Kent County. more

STANDISH — The masses attending Depot Days at the Standish Historical Depot and Welcome Center this year will not get the usual morning greeting from an enormous steam locomotive pulling up to the depot. more

ARENAC TOWNSHIP — So many things were going according to plan for Ashley Irwin, 17, as she prepared for her senior year at AuGres-Sims High School, which made her unexpected, unforeseen death due to a head-on collision on Aug. 28, only days before she would begin her final year, even harder to swallow. more

PINCONNING — Weed removal is an important part of maintaining a swimming or dock area but the work can be a hassle or environmentally harmful if chemicals are used, which is why Justo Zurazua, Pinconning, has invented the Aquatic Weedinator. more