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Washington Township studies water rates

BY STACY SOBOTKA Washington Township is preparing their annual water and sewer study to determine if rates are to go up. The board approved the study at their Aug. 12 meeting. “We have had four…

Feds give fire department grant

BY STACY SOBOTKA Armada Township Fire Chief Christopher Krotche announced at the Armada Township Board of Trustees meeting Aug. 12 that his department will be receiving a federal grant. The fire department received a $46,000…

Older Persons Commission perseveres pandemic

BY STACY SOBOTKA The Older Persons Commission (OPC) is enduring the pandemic and continues to serve Oakland Township with a few interruptions. The Oakland Township Board of Trustees heard a presentation Aug. 11 from the…

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES

A 2020 infrastructure project to extend sanitary sewer from the railroad viaduct on M-53, east to the wastewater treatment plant, is being postponed until spring of 2021. Imlay City DPW Superintendent Ed Priehs said the…

STORM CLOUDS

Three kayakers paddle as storm clouds build over the lake at Stony Creek Metropark in Washington Township. The rainstorm brought relief to recent drought conditions and helped area farmers who are beginning to harvest their…

Summer harvest begins

BY STACY SOBOTKA Ample rains arrived just in time for the beginning of the most bountiful time of the year for area growers. Some much needed rain passed through the Romeo area this past week…

Local parks receive state grants

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR Three local park projects are receiving funding from the Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund. Two parks in Oakland Township will receive funding for bathroom facilities and Stony Creek Metropark will receive…

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES

It had been 16 years since the old Grand Trunk Western Railroad caboose outside the Imlay City Historical Museum had been painted. Enter Jeff Conner, owner of Show Paints by Conner of Greenville, Pennsylvania, who…

CAR SHOW

Ireland Green, 2, of Imlay City, enjoys her time on top of old Ferguson tractor at The Jack Frost Museum’s First Annual Charity Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 1. A 1940 Mark I is parked…

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