The West Branch City Council agreed to move a joint meeting with the DDA and Planning Commission to the West Branch Police Department at their regular meeting Jan. 20. The joint meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Feb. 3.
Ogemaw County Administrator/Controller Tim Dolehanty revealed that the county’s medical examiner could not be found to investigate a recent death in the county at the board of commissioners meeting Jan. 23.
The annual Snow Box Derby, sponsored by Knights of Columbus #8948, will be held Sunday Feb. 2 at City Park in Rose City. Current conditions and forecast look favorable for this year’s event. The event usually attracts 20-30 entrants, but participation was down last year due to lack of snow.
Around 2,200 Consumers Energy customers were briefly without power Monday due to high winds in the area. The company’s outage maps suggested most of the outages were concentrated in Ogemaw County.
The West Branch-Rose City Area Schools Board of Education is calling for a special election to be held Tuesday, May 6, 2025, for a sinking fund millage proposal.
When is it too cold to operate a public school in Michigan? As with so many simple questions, answers are not.
Michigan’s ‘Cage-Free Law’ went into effect Jan. 1. Michigan’s Public Act 132 of 2019, mandates all shell eggs sold in the state must come from cage-free housing systems.
State Rep. Mike Hoadley of Au Gres, was sworn in Jan. 8 for a second term in the Michigan House of Representatives
Last week, Rep. Jack Bergman’s bill, “Gerald’s Law,” was officially signed into law as a part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, closing a loophole that denies certain terminally ill veterans their VA burial allowance if they do not pass away at a VA facility.
A City of West Branch police vehicle was struck from behind by a pick-up truck Thursday morning shortly before 9 a.m.