
Selling MI honey & maple syrup safely
The Michigan State University Extension is offering a free class on food safety next week.

The Michigan State University Extension is offering a free class on food safety next week.

“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.”


Michigan’s Public Act 451 purports to require school to begin after Labor Day. Most Michigan schools do not.

New brews at Highway Brewing Company are celebrating West Branch history and bringing more staff into the creative mix.

Jeep Jam 2025 took place in West Branch the evening of Saturday, Aug. 23.

Current officer to resign by month’s end

Superintendent Gail Hughey gave an update on the construction at Ogemaw Heights High School during the Aug. 18 meeting of the West Branch-Rose City Area Schools Board of Education.

The 2025 Ogemaw County Fair was held Aug. 11 to 16 at the fairgrounds at 2300 Rifle River Trail, east of West Branch.

Moose Lodge 2051-West Branch is hosting its second annual car show from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24.