Renewed Resale brings new life to pre-loved items

GLADWINPlanning to have their opening at their location, 105 W. Cedar Ave., sometime in the summer of 2024, Renewed Resale is a new business in downtown Gladwin that hopes to provide the community with an affordable, high quality thrift shop.

MSU Extension welcomes new Consumer Horticulture Instructor

GLADWINThe Gladwin County Michigan State University Extension Office welcomed their new team member, Danielle Schrock as their Consumer Horticulture Instructor.Danielle grew up in Gladwin County and also interned with Extension in 2009.

Moolenaar bill to stop tuberculosis outbreaks moves forward

WASHINGTON D.C.Congressman John Moolenaar’s bipartisan bill, H.R. 7188, the Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act, was passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee on May 16.

Ohio woman pleads guilty to threatening voicemail left for state representative in 2021

LANSINGSandra Bachman, 61, of Batavia, Ohio, pled guilty in the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County to charges related to leaving a race-based and politically motivated death threat to then-Michigan State Representative Cynthia A. Johnson in June 2021.

Mark Komorowski, MD, to serve as president of MSMS

EAST LANSINGMark Komorowski, MD, a boardcertified Plastic Surgeon who served the community as the Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at McLaren Bay Region, was voted president of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) during the 159th annual meeting of the MSMS House of Delegates held in...

State Police still working to improve troopers’ diversity

LANSINGThe State Police is struggling to diversify as its new academy classes continue to be whiter than the department’s overall force and the people of the state it polices.“We have some work to do,” State Police Director Col. James Grady II said.

Information sources for food safety

At this writing we’re being told on the news that the bird flu that’s popping up across the country is being found in milk we buy. Then days later, no, it’s not. It’s only in raw milk, not the pasteurized we buy at the store. Except yes, there are “viral fragments” in pasteurized milk.

Prevent tick bites this season and stay safe

LANSINGThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) encourages Michigan residents to take steps to avoid tick bites while enjoying the outdoors.Risk of tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease and anaplasmosis, increases across the state as weather warms.

Kids can learn to golf this summer

GLADWINDo you have kids who may be interested in learning the sport of golf? You might think about sending them to a Youth Summer Golf program for kids ages seven to 14-years-old.The Gladwin Heights Golf Course and Big Boys Club of Gladwin County will once again sponsor Youth Summer Golf.