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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…
Survey Shows Scope of County Youth Suicide Risk
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor More than 100 Gratiot County high school students reported seriously considering suicide during the previous year, while 60 seventh-graders said they had contemplated killing themselves at some point in their lives. Those findings come from the…
New Playscape, Fitness Court Planned at Ithaca City Park
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor More than two years after Ithaca tore down Woodland Park’s aging wooden playscape, the city is ready to fill the empty space and extend the fun beyond the playground. A replacement is scheduled for installation next month, while a proposed outdoor…
Riverdale Girl, 13, Youngest Enrollee at Montcalm College
Chris Boshoven Herald Correspondent Like many 13-year-old girls, Audrina Anaya loves singing and dancing and her favorite color is pink. But unlike other 13-year-olds, Audrina is a first-year student enrolled at Montcalm Community College this fall, the youngest ever to be…
Alma Band Hits High Note at Comerica Park
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor Detroit Tigers mascot Paws provided a moment of levity for Alma High School’s marching band by taking a turn on the cymbals in the Comerica Park tunnel before the musicians stepped onto the field to perform the national anthem last Tuesday. The…
Ithaca Eyes $69K Subdivision Housing Deal
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor Ithaca is looking to sell its final six buildable lots in the Westwind Estates subdivision for $69,000 to an Allen Edwin Homes affiliate that would seek reimbursement for development costs from property taxes generated by new houses. The…
Alma Sets Database Fee, Carries Over $7.5M in Projects
Michael MacDonald Herald Editor Alma commissioners established a $1,000 price tag last Tuesday for releasing its complete property assessment database as a single electronic file after receiving a bulk request for all 3,193 parcel records. The city previously had no set cost for…
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…
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…
Quitman Moffett – Obituary
In Loving Memory of Quitman Lloyd Moffett Sr., affectionately known as “Quip,” passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sept. 4, 2026, at Schnepp’s Senior Care & Rehab Center in St. Louis, Michigan. He was born on Sept. 18, 1948, to Quitman A. and Bernice Moffett, and was a…
Timothy Powers – Obituary
Timothy John Powers, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle passed away peacefully in his home, his trusty dog Glengary by his side, on Sept. 9, 2026, at the age of 79. He was born and raised in Escanaba, the youngest of three sons of artist Alice Uren Powers and…
Robert Hall – Obituary
Robert Wayne “Bob” Hall, a beloved dad, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend sadly passed away on July 17, 2026, at the age of 60, at his home in Tennessee. He was born on June 4, 1966, in Alma, the son of Richard and Lanice (Anderson) Hall and was raised at the “Hall…