Michigan Board of State Canvassers certifies the 2024 General Election
The bipartisan Board of State Canvassers voted unanimously to certify Michigan’s 2024 General Election results last Friday.
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County jails work together through evolving conditions
The Ogemaw County Correctional Facility began operating in September 2010. In more recent years, the inmate population has fallen and the costs per inmate have risen. Meanwhile, Ogemaw County’s finances became the worst in the state. Something had to give.
34th Circuit Court of Ogemaw County activity in Nov. 2024
Recent judgments issued by the circuit court
Mills Township board passes torch
The board of trustees for Mills Township held a brief meeting Nov.
Last meeting of sitting Logan Township board
The Logan Township Board of Trustees’ regular meeting Nov. 6 got off to a rocky start
Police seize drugs and $4,000 cash in early-morning West Branch traffic stop
“A $4,000 narcotics seizure is significant in this county.”
Commissioners censure sheriff
The Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to censure Sheriff Brian D.
Down-ballot up-date
Municipalities are certifying election results all over the country for the next month but results released by the Ogemaw County Clerk’s office the morning after the polls closed make most of the county’s down-ballot outcomes clear.
Legislature votes, adoptions and laws: early November 2024
024 Senate Bill 813: Passed 24 to 11 in the Senate on Nov.
Sheriff and commissioners at odds over jail transition
Jail transition continues to be somewhat fraught, as Ogemaw County Sheriff Brian Gilbert abruptly left the county board of commissioners’ committee of the whole meeting last week.“I’m done,” he said evenly, rising from his chair at the board’s meeting table.