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Closures, cancellations and crashes
Storm has multi-day impact; IC man dies in accident TRI-CITY AREA — Last week’s first major storm of the season dumped less snow than forecast but still caused lots of cancellations and other typical winter weather woes. All four school districts in the...
Central Dispatch to expand call taking capabilities
LAPEER COUNTY — Soon, Lapeer County Central Dispatch will be adding extra call stations to their current system. Last month, Lapeer County Commissioners approved 911’s dispatch stations project that will use $100,000 in 911 millage dollars for the new equipment. “The...
Move over, Punxsutawney Phil!
Backyard wildlife researchers share ‘A Most Unusual Groundhog Story’ GOODLAND TWP. — Sure, Punxsutawney Phil might be a household name, but this Groundhog Day the spotlight is shining on another Most Unusual Groundhog Story. That’s the name of a new book— ‘A...
DTE Energy exploring local sequestration sites
Company confirms they are evaluating options in and around Lapeer County LAPEER COUNTY — To fight emissions in the air, DTE Energy is looking for solutions underground and their search for carbon sequestration options has led them to Lapeer County. According to...
Business eyes IFT tax exemption
LDC Director presents details of the request from MSI Mold IMLAY CITY — The city is expected to approve a resolution granting MSI Mold an IFT (Industrial Facilities Tax) exemption for its property located at 2045 S. Almont Ave. At the commission’s Jan. 18...
Virus cases start to drop
Criteria created for antibody treatment TRI-CITY AREA — The number of new COVID-19 cases has started to decline. There were 730 confirmed cases in Lapeer County between Jan. 22-28, 253 less than the prior week. In St. Clair County, 1,607 new cases were reported...
Honors bestowed at banquet
Retirees Pat Benson, Bob Tanis acknowledged for fire service IMLAY CITY — The Imlay City Fire Department honored a pair of recent retirees at the department’s annual awards banquet, held at Cedar Lanes on Sunday (Jan. 23) afternoon. The honorees were veteran...
Safe, secure schools on everyone’s minds
Almont district hosts community forum to address student safety ALMONT — A relatively small audience attended the Jan. 19 School Safety Forum at Almont High School. The community forum was scheduled shortly after the recent shooting deaths of four students at...
Mandate set to expire
Masking will no longer be required in St. Clair County schools after Friday TRI-CITY AREA — St. Clair County’s K-12 mask mandate, due to expire on Friday, will not be extended, the health department announced yesterday. Dr. Annette Mercatante, Medical Health...
One road, multiple culvert projects on tap for 2022
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — Other than one resurfacing project, the St. Clair County Road Commission will spend most of 2022 tackling culvert replacement work in Berlin, Mussey and Lynn townships. This summer, the county agency plans to resurface a short portion of Capac Road,...
