In the separation agreement between Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools and former superintendent Michael Ehinger, obtained by the Herald-Independent through a Freedom of Information Act request, one of the terms states that Ehinger “did not engage in any substantiated misconduct.”
Community members gathered to celebrate Depot Days at the Standish Historical Depot Oct. 3-4. The event, started in 2005, commemorates the original founding and opening of the depot in October of 1889, said Curt Hillman, chair of the depot’s board of trustees.
The Whittemore-Prescott Cardinals varsity football team lost a home game last Friday against the Mio-AuSable Thunderbolts by a final score of 44-0.
The United States Federal Government shut down last week on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. after failing to pass a spending bill or continuing resolution. Then on Thursday night, the State of Michigan Legislature, which had passed its own temporary plan Oct. 1 in order to avoid shutting down, passed a budget through the House shortly before midnight, and through the Senate after midnight.
Weather forecasts are warm and free of precipitation for this weekend, when the Standish Historical Depot will host activities including amusement and horse-drawn wagon rides, food and merchandise vendors and a silent auction
Area veterans and volunteers hosted a free concert at Rose City Park Saturday, Sept. 27, bringing musical acts from as far as Kalamazoo. Local sound production and event services professionals Steve Lull and John Woolard hosted the event with the City of Rose City.
The recent preemption and television broadcast restoration of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC should remind us to be clear-headed about our right to free speech in the United States of America in 2025, and in which sorts of media free speech is even possible.
Members of the Masonic Lodge in West Branch and the Iron Bandogs Motorcycle Club organized a group ride Sunday to benefit the Rayola nonprofit organization.
Richland Township Supervisor Dale Bronson and Village of Prescott President Mark Janowski led a discussion Sept. 18 which included other trustees from the township and village as well as two representatives from the Ogemaw District Library. The group gathered to discuss the future of the Prescott Library, which was damaged beyond repair in a fire this past April.
The Whittemore-Prescott Area School District has extended by 10 days its time to respond to information requests from the Herald-Independent relating to the sudden exit of the district’s former superintendent, Michael Ehinger, shortly before the beginning of the school year.