UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 MAYFIELD TWP. -- For the past five years church members have been selling fireworks in the weeks leading up to the Fourth of July.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 LAPEER COUNTY -- As Lapeer County residents celebrate the Fourth of July today, there's no shortage of communities that will host fireworks displays as well as a few parades.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 ATTICA -- A golf scramble will be held July 26 to benefit 10 Lapeer County Future Farmers of America students representing Michigan and competing at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis on Oct. 21-25.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 LAPEER -- If things get testy at future city commission meetings, Catherine Bostick-Tullis' background in family law may come in handy.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 CLIFFORD -- When Lapeer County Habitat for Humanity Board members told Jason Wright that his family had been selected for the group's 2008 project, "I felt like a great weight had been lifted from me."
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 DRYDEN -- The fifth and final school district in Lapeer County has its 2008-09 budget in place after approval by the board of education in a special meeting last Thursday.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 LAPEER -- Zap -- the jolt of 50,000 volts of electricity surging through your body is an experience most criminals and police try to avoid.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 LAPEER COUNTY -- As America celebrates the Fourth of July today, Lapeer County will have its share of fireworks detonating the skies and a few parades will be held.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 Funeral and burial services for Petty Officer 1st Class Ross "Bud" Toles III of North Branch were conducted Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lapeer and Stiles Cemetery. Toles, 37, a Navy Reservist, was killed June 18 by an enemy rocket attack in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered U.S. flags lowered to half-staff Thursday across Michigan in honor of Toles. He
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 BROWN CITY -- Lunch prices are going up as Brown City schools officials prepare to dip into the fund equity in order to keep the 2008-09 budget balanced.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 MAYFIELD TWP. -- Mayfield Township Clerk Kendra Davis will face a Republican challenge in the Aug. 5 primary from her former deputy clerk Julie Schlaud, whom she recently fired from the position.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 ORTONVILLE -- A group of musicians who combined talents to grant the wishes of children are realizing their own dreams along the way.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 LAPEER -- Ten Lapeer East and West High School students were chosen to attend the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth from July 3 to July 15.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 LAPEER -- Michigan's minimum wage will increase by 25 cents on Tuesday, when it climbs to $7.40 an hour for most workers.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 MAYFIELD TWP. -- There's still time to get tickets for the fifth annual Tea Thyme in the Garden to be held July 13 at the Gardens at Suncrest, but not much.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 LAPEER -- Unemployment rates posted increases in 71 of the state's 83 counties during May. Statewide, the jobless rate rose from 7.9 percent in April to 8.3 percent in May.Ê
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 LAPEER -- Don and Sherry Hooker of Brown City weren't looking for love when they attended the Dare to Dream Again Singles Dance in January 2006, but love came knocking on their doors.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 LAPEER -- Take off the winter gloves and put on the cooking gloves as this year's grilling season is off to a smoking start. The long Fourth of July holiday is next weekend and a good excuse Ð if there needed to be one Ð to dust off the grill and make plans to enjoy a sizzling summer meal.
UPDATED: Sunday, June 29, 2008 Outdoor grilling is a favorite summertime activity for many Lapeer County residents, and increasingly is practiced year round.
UPDATED: Friday, June 27, 2008 ALMONT - It was painful, but the Almont Community Schools Board of Education on Monday adopted its 2008-09 budget resulting in the elimination of one administrative job.
UPDATED: Friday, June 27, 2008 HADLEY -- The Ortonville Recreation Equestrian Association (OREA) will host a "Ride for the Troops " from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the state Department of Natural Resources' Horse Camp and Trails in the Hadley Hills on Fox Lake Road, west of Hadley Road.
UPDATED: Friday, June 27, 2008 LAPEER -- On the 10-year anniversary of the Lapeer County Jail on Wednesday, its keepers were congratulated for a decade of safety.
UPDATED: Friday, June 27, 2008 MARLETTE -- After a stellar four-year high school wrestling career where he became his school's all-time win leader, Marlette's Jon Hayward has decided to continue his career at Central Michigan University for Chippewas' coach Tom Borelli.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 NORTH BRANCH -- Navy Reservist Ross Toles' family met him at Flint's Bishop Airport Tuesday, just not the way they had planned. Rather than a greeting of hugs, the family was there to pick up his body for funeral services and burial.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 NORTH BRANCH -- The North Branch Days Festival is just around the corner, and area residents, businesses and volunteers are busily preparing for the highly anticipated event, which will take place on July 3-6.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 LAPEER -- With the price of gasoline inching ever upward, local law enforcement officials aren't sure what to expect for the Fourth of July weekend, but they plan to be ready.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 ATTICA TWP -- Stephanie Smith broke traditional means of attending school for a career in law enforcement and has a goal of one day being a detective.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 NORTH BRANCH -- Chris Venema of North Branch has been honored for her work with dogs and Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 COLUMBIAVILLE -- During the 20 years Janet Hamm has been with the American Red Cross, she has never seen such devastating weather as what has recently hit seven U.S. states.
UPDATED: Monday, June 23, 2008 LAPEER -- While school boards across the state have been faced with the prospect of massive budget cuts and angry crowds of parents and staff, Lapeer Community Schools' final budget hearing was a quiet affair.
UPDATED: Monday, June 23, 2008 METAMORA -- Operation Care Package Michigan will host an all-day event in July to raise funds for its mission to provide soldiers with a little piece of home.
UPDATED: Monday, June 23, 2008 LAPEER -- Health department officials in Genesee County say a bat brought home by a cat in Grand Blanc earlier this month has tested positive for rabies and in Oakland County a Davisburg woman who was attacked by a dog while hiking in Holly State Recreation Area June 14 is undergoing rabies treatment because the animal couldn't be caught and tested.
UPDATED: Monday, June 23, 2008 LAPEER -- Family, Children and Community Coalition in conjunction with the Lapeer Downtown Business Association has announced their plans to hold the 14th Annual Family Fun Day on Wednesday July 16.
UPDATED: Monday, June 23, 2008 LAPEER -- A television project relating to Lapeer County Community Mental Health received nominations for Michigan Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Ð Michigan Chapter.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Saturday was Flag Day in the United States, and in Lapeer County the day was celebrated with activities at the historic courthouse in downtown Lapeer. At right a member of the American Legion Post 16 posted the colors during the program sponsored by the Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce and the Heritage Research Institute.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 The horror of the Civil War was still three years away when the then village of Lapeer organized its first police and fire protection, but it was still tense times. Less than 20 years earlier, county residents fretted about Indian attacks. Elsewhere in the world in 1858:
