Local residents have been detouring around the intersection at Wright and 4th streets in West Branch this week, as rail workers replace ties and rails. North 4th remains under construction, with resurfacing underway north of city hall.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual look at farmland values and cash rents was released. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says cash rents are showing flat value changes year-over-year while farmer’s assessed value of their agricultural real estate increase by 4.3 percent.
Local community leaders gathered to celebrate the partnership of Peak Rehab with The Brook of West Branch.
The National Agriculture Statistics Service has released the annual Farm Production Expenditures report, which NASS’s Lance Honig says tries to cover everything that the name implies.
The Arenac County Road Commission hosted representatives from almost a dozen county road commissions at a district meeting held at Buck’s Hideaway in West Branch last Thursday.
The United States produces a lot of sorghum and is a leading exporter in global markets but opportunities to expand those markets would help U.S. farmers.
Marcia Doss invited the Herald to fall sheep shearing at Dragon’s Meadow Farm, Prescott.
“A little upsetting, our previous animal control officer,” said Jenny David, chair of the Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners. “We paid for him to go to training, which was quite costly.”
In response to several serious traffic crashes on M-33 north of Rose City, an increase in reports of reckless driving incidents on M-33 and an increase in general complaints from the public concerning speeding on M-33, law enforcement officials are taking action to encourage better driving behavior on the local stretch of this state highway.
Labor Day was forged by the labor movement of the late nineteenth century.