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BY STACY SOBOTKA Three residents were selected to join Washington Township’s Ethics Committee at the Washington Township Board of Trustees meeting Aug. 2. The Ethics Committee will work to establish guidelines for ethical standards of…
BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR The windows, shelves and tables at local produce stands are filling up with this year’s bounty of fruits and vegetables. Derek Plotkowski is the Michigan State University Extension Fruit Educator for…
BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A bumper crop of orange construction barrels has popped up all across communities in northern Macomb County this August. “A lot of work is being done this summer. There are a…
The Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services (MDHHS) reports that two Michigan residents have tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a mosquito-borne virus. These two individuals from Macomb and Oakland counties are…
(MIRS News) — Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith pleaded guilty Aug. 1 to three felonies connected with his use of public funds to throw parties, buy a security system at his home and other…
(MIRS News) — The Citizens Research Council (CRC) of Michigan and the Ann Arbor-based Altarum Inc. highlighted the second phase of its state population research today, reporting that Michigan’s population “is less healthy than the…
The 2023 Eastern Michigan State Fair will go down as one to remember. Mostly for weather related issues. For the first time in 25 years, Fair Manager Ian Kempf said the fairgrounds was evacuated just…
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BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR Romeo’s former downtown development authority (DDA) director received $75,000 in severance after her employment was terminated in June. The severance amounts to two years of salary for former DDA Director Elizabeth…