News across Greater Alma
Deadline Extended in Tax Foreclosure Class Action
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor Former Gratiot County property owners who lost land to tax foreclosure may be owed money, and a federal judge has given them more time to claim it. A proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit would repay people whose real estate sold at auction…
Honoring Gratiot’s Past
Annie Reid Knox Gratiot Farm Girl to Philanthropist By Elizabeth VanDyke Anna Reid was born in Gratiot County in 1875, the third daughter of Gratiot County pioneer and farmer Darius Reid and his wife Jennie Lawrence. She was always called Annie and was remembered as a…
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor: Your recent feature story regarding youth mental well-being, while both sad and alarming, was a welcome exposure to the challenges facing families and communities. I would never claim professional training or expertise in such matters but I would like to offer the…
Card of Thanks
Church, We were happy to see many of you attend our 10th Anniversary party. Thank you for coming! Sincerely, Phyllis & Keith
Caring for Your Mental Health After 50: Know Your Resources
Last year, nearly 50,000 people died by suicide. CDC data shows the highest suicide rates are with individuals over 50, particularly with men. As mental health awareness and solutions continue to take root with our youth, many older adults are not connected to resources that can…
Alma Nurses Cancel Strike After Reaching Tentative Deal
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor A second three-day strike at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma was canceled after the hospital system and Michigan Nurses Association reached a tentative contract agreement last Wednesday. The walkout had been scheduled to begin Monday morning. The…
Letters To The Editor
To the Editor: Our Next Generation of Farmers Deserves a Chance. This letter is in response to the proposed industrial solar project in Gratiot County’s Sumner & Seville townships. My wife and I operate a specialty crop farm in Sumner Township, and we both come from farming…
Honoring Gratiot’s Past – FORT ST. JOSEPH LEADS TO GRATIOT COUNTY
By Lisa Yoder A three-hour drive from Gratiot County on the first weekend of August offers a journey nearly three centuries into the past—to the era when Michigan’s prehistory became recorded history. Before Detroit was founded as French Fort Pontchartrain in 1701, and Fort…
Grief Support
Children & Grief Death is a natural event. Experts agree that children, even the very young, should not be shielded from the death of a loved one. Children have the capacity to recognize death as an event and the curiosity to ask questions about the event. The general advice is…
Legal Notices (Published September 10, 2026)
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the…