Regional emergency management coordinator Mike Bowers led a simulated search and rescue operation based from the Oscoda County Fairgrounds June 23 that included 10 other human participants and one canine.
The West Branch City Council held a regular meeting July 1.
The Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting June 27 to decide on several matters discussed at their prior meeting June 20, including a request from the building department to update permit fees, paying off the county’s negative cash balance, and to continue the discussion about county animal services.
At the Ogemaw Township Board of Trustees meeting June 19, property developer Bob Stuart presented preliminary designs for a planned unit development intended for an area at the eastern end of Boutell Ranch Road.
The announcement that Ogemaw County’s animal control officer is soon to resign led to a wider discussion about animal control at the county commissioners’ meeting June 20.
The farmers' market has requested a move.
“We all know this county is in a financial crisis and I truly believe that our first step in fixing this is to stabilize our financial position and eliminate our negative cash,” said county treasurer Caren Piglowski.
The board of education for Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools held a regular meeting June 24 to review a number of contracts and consider approving the district’s budget.
Brian Hart, CEO of the company that provides Ogemaw County’s medical examiner services, made a surprise visit to the county commissioner’s regular meeting Thursday, June 13.
The board of trustees for Mills Township held a regular meeting June 11 for a public hearing on the township’s budget and to authorize a road closure for an Independence Day parade.