News across Gratiot County
A Good Night’s Sleep
The Plank Road Arbor of the Gleaners collected 15 sheet and pillowcase sets at Stylz Hair Styling in Breckenridge for the Gratiot County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The bedding will be given to local children when their new beds are delivered. Pictured from left are Stylz…
Mature Citizen
Alma/St. Louis Senior Center The Filling Station, 415 Park Ave., Alma Sue Waber, Site Manager 989.875.9118 Mondays: 10am -12pm – Sit and Stich Wednesdays: 10:30-11am – EZ Motion Exercise Breckenridge/Wheeler Senior Center Wheeler Township Hall, 8510 E. Monroe Rd., Wheeler Lori…
Quilt Show Thank You
The Ithaca Promotional Committee held its 6th annual Linda Weburg Memorial Quilt Show Saturday, September 19 during the Ithaca Harvest Festival. Forty quilts made or owned by local quilters were on display in the Village Shoppes corridor including a special display of Linda…
B-I-N-G-O!
St. Louis Gleaner Harmony Arbor No. 273 members played bingo, awarded prizes and shared cookies with Pine Villa residents Monday, Sept. 21. Pictured back row, from left: guest Vickie Riley, member Doug Vanhorn, Vice President Leona Vanhorn, Chaplain Anna Sobanski and President…
Gratiot Bunk Bed Build Surpasses Goal
Chris Boshoven Herald Correspondent Nearly 70 area volunteers constructed 33 wooden beds for Gratiot County kids last Saturday as the region’s new Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapter participated for the first time in Bunks Across America. Bunks Across America is a nationwide event…
Scouts Restore Howitzers at County All-Wars Memorial
Members of Alma Scouting America Troop 610 helped Ithaca veterans restore two howitzers displayed at the Gratiot County All-Wars Memorial last month. The Scouts joined members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7805 to clean and repaint the 105 mm artillery pieces Aug. 24. The…
St. Louis Class of 1956 Marks 70 Years
Nine graduates from the St. Louis High School Class of 1956 celebrated their 70th reunion last Wednesday. The event was held at the Blue Shamrock Restaurant in St. Louis, where the classmates have met in recent years. Reunions were once held every five years, but the group has…