Representatives from the conservation district boards for Ogemaw and Oscoda counties gathered in West Branch Aug. 21 to discuss spending priorities for financial assistance. Other stakeholders joined the meeting from local township boards and road commissions as well.
Next session at noon on Oct. 15 at the West Branch Chamber of Commerce will focus on heart health.
Regional emergency manager Mike Bowers did double duty Sept. 17, attending local emergency planning committee (LEPC) meetings in both Ogemaw and Oscoda counties.
Joel Dean Smith pled no contest to a charge of first degree murder Sept. 25 in the case of the death of his spouse, Angela Renee Smith, last December.
Richland Township Supervisor Dale Bronson and Village of Prescott President Mark Janowski led a discussion Sept. 18 which included other trustees from the township and village as well as two representatives from the Ogemaw District Library. The group gathered to discuss the future of the Prescott Library, which was damaged beyond repair in a fire this past April.
The Whittemore-Prescott varsity boys football team lost an away game in Rogers City last Friday by a final score of 8-40. Aiden Bell scored the points for the Cardinals in the first scoring drive of the second quarter.
The Whittemore-Prescott Area School District has extended by 10 days its time to respond to information requests from the Herald-Independent relating to the sudden exit of the district’s former superintendent, Michael Ehinger, shortly before the beginning of the school year.
Murder suspect Joel Dean Smith appeared by video conference in the 34th Circuit Court of Ogemaw County in West Branch Wednesday
The board of directors for District Health Department No. 2 gathered in Hale Sept. 22 and approved health officer Denise Bryan’s performance evaluation and salary, after two closed sessions.
The diagnosis, following an expensive computed tomography scan, was a small bowel obstruction caused by eating too many raw vegetables.
I had overdosed on salad.