East Michigan Avenue property owners filled Au Gres City Hall Oct. 7 to oppose construction of pole barns and related zoning variances on a property south of Inland Marine. Local builder Nick Moore presented a proposal for the city council and others present, requesting commercial zoning and variances in order to develop seven acres of vacant land for 22 lots, each with a pole barn either 30 by 40 or 40 by 60 feet in dimension.
Activity in the 34th Circuit Court of Ogemaw County has resulted in the following:
Heather Bauman, Interim Director of Arenac Opportunities Inc, presented on a program to prepare persons with disabilities for the workplace for the Rotary Club of Pinconning & Standish Oct. 9.
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.”
It’s a beautiful weekend to head up north for Michigan bow hunting, fall color and more, but please be careful in terms of fire safety and keep the following in mind:
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 Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported just after noon on Wednesday, Oct. 8, that a wildfire in Roscommon County that burned between 80-100 acres was 100% contained.
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.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jack Bergman announced that middle and high school students in Michigan’s First Congressional District are invited to participate in the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, a nationwide competition designed to inspire students to explore coding, computer science, and app development.