Times Updates
Can drive to help create memorable fireworks show
Vendors also sought for 2023 Imlay City Summer Fest IMLAY CITY — Unload your returnable cans and help create a memorable fireworks show at this year’s Imlay City Summer Fest. The Imlay City Area Chamber of Commerce is collecting the returnables to raise funds...
News
Imlay City High School Class of 2023 Top Ten
IMLAY CITY — It’s time for Imlay City High School to celebrate the academic success of their 2023 graduates. Imlay City seniors will gather one last time to celebrate their achievements and receive their high school diplomas on Sunday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m. in a...
Two serious crashes in a 48-hour span on Van Dyke
IC police cruiser struck while investigating another accident IMLAY CITY — An Imlay City police department officer was investigating an unrelated, two vehicle traffic crash at the intersection of Cedar Street (M-53) north of Newark Road in Imlay City around 10...
Summer Reading Program underway at Imlay library
Kids, teens & adults welcome to participate in fun, creative program IMLAY CITY — As the school year winds down and the summer season heats up, families can find a great way to keep busy learning with the Summer Reading Program at Ruth Hughes Library. This...
Dryden announces Class of 2023 top academic achievers
DRYDEN — It’s time for Dryden High School to celebrate the academic success of their 2023 graduates. Dryden seniors will gather one last time to celebrate their achievements and receive their high school diplomas on Sunday, May 25 at 6 p.m. ceremony at the Dryden High...
Sports
Mason strikes out 15 in a victory
CAPAC — Capac beat host Memphis two times in a Greater Thumb Conference varsity baseball doubleheader last Thursday. In the opener, Capac rolled to a 13-0 win against Memphis. Wiley Roose led Capac with four singles. He was given assistance in the hitting department...
Almont fourth, Imlay City shares sixth
TRI-CITY AREA — The Almont and Imlay City girls’ track squads took fourth and tied for sixth, respectively, at the Blue Water Area Conference League Meet on Tuesday, May 23. Richmond High School is where the meet was contested. Cros-Lex (137 points) won the team...
Almont hands Yale an 8-0 setback
ALMONT — Almont earned an 8-0 win against visiting Yale in a Division 3 girls’ district soccer opening round encounter it hosted last Wednesday. Avery Peake (set up by Tara Tencza), Jesse Kautz (assisted by Katie Cafek), Peak (set up by Kautz), Kautz (assisted by...
Capac takes a pair from Peck
CAPAC — The Capac varsity softball team defeated visiting Peck twice in a non-league doubleheader last Wednesday. In the opener, Capac registered a 5-3 triumph against Peck. Jewel Rickman (three singles), Madalyn Roberson and Chloe Schocke (a single and a double each)...
Columns
Memorials
Rhubarb grows in our backyard, a memorial to my mother's strawberry-rhubarb pie. She would smile to know I'm still devoted to rhubarb. Just like the day she put a hand to her heart when I brought home arms full of ruby red stems from the woods at our street's end....
Second greatest comeback
As a sophomore, I played junior varsity football. We had a large squad with 36 players, but 24 of them were freshmen. We also lacked experience and size in both height and weight. At that age we were going through growth spurts which meant we were skinny and somewhat...
Where are the weeders?
July 23, 2010, a stormy, hot Friday morning at 6 a.m., I listed preparations for "The Lavender Infused Life" workshop. Scheduled at 2 p.m. that afternoon for farm visitors, I had not enough time to weed the fields. "Where are the weeders?" I penned in my journal....
Taken for granted
When things work as they should we take them for granted. But my, oh, my, how we miss them when they fail. Things like love in a marriage, joy in a friendship, peace in a nation, or health in the body tend to be assumed and presumed upon. Little care or effort is put...
Opinion
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...
Bully tactics aren’t the answer, expressing your position is
Sometimes taking a cuff back of the head is just what you need. Once the head clears, you may figure out you deserved it. Other times you shake your head and say, “I didn’t deserve that at all!” Oh, but times have changed. Insults, threats and intolerance seem to be...
Let’s clear out the clouds in Michigan
Let's clear out the clouds in Michigan. Once again, Michiganders wait for the sun to shine in Michigan. At the same time, we wait for the sun to shine on our local and state government. Overall, the Great Lakes State has consistently maintained a failing score for...
Obituaries
Marilyn Marie Blair, 76
Marilyn Marie Blair, wife, mother, grandmother, and self-educated medical expert died on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. She was 76. Marilyn was the embodiment of patience, kindness, love, and acceptance. She was fiercely devoted to her family and was obsessed with making sure...
Timothy Booms, 56
Timothy Booms, age 56, of Almont and formerly of Port Hope passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 9, 1966, the son of Thomas and Diana (Susalla) Booms in Harbor Beach. After graduating Port Hope High School in 1985,...
Patrick Jon Brozowski, 56
Patrick Jon Brozowski, age 56, of Stephenson Road, Angier, NC and formerly of Emmett, MI passed away on Saturday April 1, 2023, at Wake-Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, following an accident surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his loving wife,...
Papa Curtis Lee Gnepper, 77
On May 18, 2023, beloved Papa Curtis Lee Gnepper, 77, passed peacefully in his Traverse City home surrounded by his loving family. Curt was born on November 27, 1945, to Walter and Betty Gnepper (nee Hartley) in Sandusky, OH. Soon after, they moved to Romeo, MI, where...
Legal Notices
ATTICA TOWNSHIP BOARD MINUTES OF MAY 11, 2023 SYNOPSIS
ATTICA TOWNSHIP ATTICA TOWNSHIP BOARD MINUTES OF MAY 11, 2023 SYNOPSIS The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Supervisor Ochadleus. Present were: Supervisor Ochadleus, Clerk Schultz, Treasurer Mason, Trustee Herpolsheimer and Trustee Winslow. The public...
IMLAY TOWNSHIP NOTICE
IMLAY TOWNSHIP NOTICE The Imlay Township Planning Commission initiated a text amendment to modify the existing regulation on commercial solar energy collectors. These changes include minor changes to the definition, removal of commercial solar energy collectors from...
STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF LAPEER NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF LAPEER NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate File No.: 23-040986-DE Estate of Dennis Edward Bandemer, decedent. Date of birth: May 9, 1948. To all creditors: Notice to creditors: The decedent, Dennis Edward Bandemer died...
City of Imlay City – Official Notice
