Times Updates
Imlay City Historical Museum has that one-of-a-kind gift
IMLAY CITY — Looking for that one-of-a-kind Christmas gift? The Imlay City Historical Museum has that item for you. Available are Old Town Hall/Opera House brass ornaments, depot suncatchers, blueberry festival suncatchers, and depot magnets. In addition, there are...
News
Almont supports their ‘Boys of Fall’
Send-off and game attendance top notch NOTE: Be sure to check out the Tri-City Times sports pages this week as we honor the district’s success in what will be a memorable experience. We have the action covered from start to finish, with three photographers...
Capac; Imlay City join in on the holiday fun
Festivals help celebrate the season CAPAC — The Village of Capac invites everyone to join in on the fun at their Cranberry Christmas on Saturday, December 2 for Christmas activities and fun for all ages! The Capac schedule for this weekend includes a Christmas...
Christmas in Almont this Saturday
ALMONT — Be sure to join Almont for their popular 25th Annual Holly Day Light Festival in downtown Almont, Saturday December 2. The entire community will be filled with Christmas activities and celebrations. Children can visit with Santa starting at 4 p.m, The Royal...
LCCF open house November 28
Supporters asked to donate during the holidays LAPEER COUNTY — The Lapeer County Community Foundation serves as Lapeer County's local partner for advice, leadership and facilitation of charitable giving. For over 27 years, the Foundation has invested in local...
Sports
Raiders title hopes end
Almont falls to Kingsley at Ford Field, 38-24 ALMONT — Kingsley prevented Almont from capturing the first-ever state title by a Tri-City football team, registering a 38-24 triumph in the Division 6 championship game last Saturday afternoon. Ford Field, in...
Weingartz officiates Div. 2 game
IMLAY CITY — Imlay City’s Jeff Weingartz officiated the Division 2 high school state title game between Muskegon and Warren De La Salle last Saturday evening. Detroit’s Ford Field is where the contest unfolded. In Saturday’s matchup, Muskegon and Warren De La Salle...
All-Area volleyball team named
TRI-CITY AREA — The 2023 edition of The Tri-City Times All-Area volleyball lineup is one that any coach would be glad to work with. Here is a look at who made this year’s team and the numbers they generate en route to those accolades: Makayla Bruman, Imlay City....
Raiders earn trip to Ford Field
Almont overpowers Ovid-Elsie, 45-21 ALMONT — The Almont football team, listed tied for fourth with Kingsley among Division 6 squads, took one step closer to claiming a possible state title, accomplishing the feat with a 45-21 triumph against unranked Ovid-Elsie...
Columns
Reflections of Thanksgivings past and present
In November 1974, our firstborn's fourth birthday and Thanksgiving Day came in the last week of the month. My husband and I packed our suitcases and left our Warren townhouse for his parents' home in Grand Rapids. Becky loved to visit Grandma Rosie. Grandma hid yummy...
Origin of road names around Almont
— PART SIX — Wales Road is a north-south road running from Bordman Road southward to McKail Road. Wales Road was named for Willard W. Wales (1788-1862) and Orpha W. Wales (1792-1852) and his son Charles E. Wales (1825-1906) and his wife, Electra Wales (1829-1895)....
Nature’s wonderful lessons
This past spring, I walked by our young, sugar maple several times a day before I noticed a wasp entering a nest hanging on a branch. Uh-oh. Paper wasps. Concealed in foliage, I'd overlooked the wasps' construction of their home. A beekeeper who loathes the wasp that...
Imprints of God passing through
I have a very specific memory that comes from the Thanksgiving of my sixth year. In that memory, I recall my dad driving down East Grant Street after departing from Grandma and Grandpa Lamb's house in Greentown, Indiana. The sky was grey and wholly overcast. It was...
Opinion
Veterans Day is a time for unity
Veterans Day is an appropriate time to come together as one nation to show appreciation to those who served in the military. In these heavily polarized times, we have something to celebrate on which red and blue voters should agree, the people who have put their lives...
For our children’s sake
Another school year began this past Monday mornring. Public schools and public education across the area are facing many challenges. We see it and understand much of what they are faced with. Schools must balance competing and changing needs of educating our children....
Remembrance at heart of holiday
It's difficult to link the words ‘war’ and ‘holiday' unless of course the holiday is to celebrate the end of all wars. Memorial Day is a holiday for most of us, but wars continue to rage on. It provides a long weekend to catch up on some chores, picinic with family...
MDOT balks at M-53 stoplight
I had the privilege to sit through the regular M-53 Corridor meeting Monday afternoon, held at the Imlay City fire hall. While the purpose of the meeting was to discuss all things M-53, much of the public comment time had to do with the three-decade old issue of...
Obituaries
Cheryl Little, 87
Cheryl Little, age 87, recently of Imlay City, MI, died Sunday, November 19, 2023, at Serene Gardens Assisted Living of Imlay City. Cheryl Elise Mickelson was born May 30, 1936, in San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of the late Vernon and the late...
Kenneth E. Byrd, 76
Kenneth E. Byrd, age 76, a long time Almont resident, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born January 4, 1947, the son of Rubin & Stella (Pinion) Byrd in Mayfield, KY. Ken graduated from Lowes High School in Kentucky and...
Carole Sue Forrest, 82
Carole Sue Forrest, 82, passed away on November 9th, 2023, at her home in Oxford. Wife of Thomas Clare Forrest of Davison and daughter of Patrick & Helen Waltzer, she was born on August 29, 1941, in Clio. She lived many years in Imlay City and retired from...
Judith Ann (Tidrow) Palmieri, 78
Judith Ann Tidrow was born February 27, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan. She spent her childhood in the city with her best friend and sister Marilyn Adler. Judy was active in school and had many friends. On February 8, 1964, she married the love of her life and devoted...
Legal Notices
City of Imlay City Notice of Public Hearing
CITY OF IMLAY CITY Election Commission Meeting November 21, 2023 SYNOPSIS
CITY OF IMLAY CITY Election Commission Meeting November 21, 2023 SYNOPSIS City Clerk/Treasurer/Election Chairperson Dawn Sawicki-Franz called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag at 6:30 p.m. Present: Clerk/Treasurer Dawn Sawicki-Franz,...
CITY OF IMLAY CITY OFFICIAL NOTICE
CITY OF IMLAY CITY OFFICIAL NOTICE In accordance with Section 9.13 of the City Charter, official notice is hereby given that 2023 Winter Property Taxes will be out for collection by December 01, 2023. The 2023 Winter Taxes will be due February 14, 2024 without...
CITY OF IMLAY CITY Regular Commission Meeting NOVEMBER 21, 2023 SYNOPSIS
CITY OF IMLAY CITY Regular Commission Meeting NOVEMBER 21, 2023 SYNOPSIS Mayor Kempf called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag at 7 p.m. Commissioners present: Sadler, Tanis, Yockey; Commissioners absent: Collison, DeLuca, Ramirez; Also...
