Rep. Hoadley honors MI first responders on 9/11
Office hours in West Branch Sept. 29
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Council green-lights events, nixes sidewalks
Residents from Fremont Street in West Branch were visibly pleased after the city council agreed not to install sidewalks on their street at the council’s regular meeting Monday. Around a dozen residents came to request that sidewalks not be installed when the road is resurfaced following infrastructure repairs that are presently ongoing.
Michigan Legislature activity Sept. 3–4
2025 House Resolution 160: Adopted in the House on Sept. 3, 2025
WPAS seek new superintendent
The board of education for the Whittemore-Prescott Area School District appointed elementary school principal Bryan Crainer as a long term, interim superintendent at their regular meeting Sept. 8.
Michigan legislature updates
Legislative activity between Aug. 15 and Aug. 26, 2025
Arenac County Road Commission hosts East Central District meeting in West Branch
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.
County commissioners divided on animal control options
“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.”
State legislature votes from August 13, 2025
2025 Senate Bill 435: Passed 32 to 0 in the Senate on Aug. 13, 2025
Ogemaw County again seeking animal control officer
Current officer to resign by month’s end
Back to school prep
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.