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Memorial says Owosso lab is first in U.S. to use new Alzheimer's blood test
Memorial Health System says it began patient testing Oct. 22 with Roche's FDA-cleared pTau217 test. The test helps doctors evaluate patients with memory concerns, but it can't diagnose Alzheimer's on its own.
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Owosso schools' first bond sale: $12.65M cap, 6% rate ceiling
The Owosso Public Schools board's Oct. 14 committee packet spells out the limits on the district's first borrowing against the $37.9 million bond voters approved in August — and leaves eight other items with no paperwork attached.
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Durand school board meets Monday, first time since $30.29M bond vote
The Nov. 9 agenda lists donations to athletics and Bertha Neal Elementary, a 34-item policy update and the minutes of last month's audit meeting — and nothing about the bond result.
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Perry school board takes up audit, phone policy Monday at 5 p.m.
The Nov. 9 agenda puts the district's 2025-2026 audit, four policy revisions including personal electronic devices, and a 2027 meeting schedule in front of the Perry Board of Education.
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Laingsburg votes Tuesday on winter parking rules, new city attorney
The Nov. 10 City Council agenda lists a second reading of the winter overnight parking ordinance, a vote to pick the city's attorney, a full-time DPW hire and a cash penny-rounding policy.
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Sciota Township adds $91,897 to budget for LSW fire contract
The township board voted 5-0 on Oct. 12 to raise general fund spending to match what Sciota actually owes under its LSW fire millage contract, according to draft minutes.
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Durand: conditional liquor license listed for 111-113 N. Saginaw
The state's weekly license list shows a Class C and a merchant license for MBMJ LLC at a downtown Durand address, both "Conditional," a status the state says lets a new owner operate during a transfer.
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Owosso starts second leaf pass Friday in N1, after finishing N8
The city says crews finished the last two sections Thursday and begin the second of two planned passes Friday, back at the top of the order. Its brochure has the section map.
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Electronics recycling Sunday at Corunna Football Field lot
A Youth Advisory Council takeback day at noon Sunday joins two Friday library craft and storytime sessions, a Friday afternoon tailgate party at the SCOA Owosso Center and Saturday's Gnom-vember! on the county's verified weekend calendar.
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Owosso elects four to council; parks millage fails by 61 votes
Unofficial Nov. 3 returns from all 30 county precincts: Christopher D. Owens finished 31 votes out of Owosso's fourth council seat, Hazelton's recycling millage lost by three, and the Durand and Perry school bonds both failed.
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Owosso closes part of City Hall lot, lower entrance, for tree work
The northwest portion of the 301 W. Main Street lot and the lower level entrance are closed for tree removal work. The city’s notice, posted Wednesday, says the closure is "tomorrow," which was Thursday, Nov. 5.
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Byron school board took up a 5-10 year district vision Nov. 4
The Byron Area Schools board's Wednesday work session listed three discussion items and no attachments, dollar figures or presenters.
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Owosso's last leaf section, N8, gets its first pass Thursday
The city says crews finished S7 and most of S8 on Wednesday and expect to complete the first round of leaf pickup Thursday, six days after the Oct. 30 date in its brochure.
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Owosso tables vacant building ordinance to Nov. 16; two versions
Council did not authorize drafting Monday — it set the item aside until its next meeting — and adopted revised water and sewer connection charges the same night without listing the new amounts in the public synopsis.
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New Lothrop hires attorney Scott Gould, replacing John Ryan Jan. 1
The village council voted unanimously Oct. 14 to change attorneys, approve a full-time DPW contract for Andy Hobson, sell the paint striper for $5,000 and pick a new health plan.
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Owosso library's 'Gnom-vember!' is the county's only weekend event
A Saturday morning craft session at the Children's Library and a Friday afternoon tailgate party at the SCOA Owosso Center are the only community events on the county's verified calendar for Nov. 5-8.
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Owosso council asked Monday to order a vacant building ordinance
Item 4 on the Nov. 2 agenda would turn the city manager and city attorney loose on rules for empty buildings — but the agenda does not say what the rules would require, or when they would come back.
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Owosso leaf crews clear 10 of 16 sections; N6 starts Thursday
The city says public works crews finished through S5 by Wednesday and are nearly done with S6, leaving five sections still waiting for a first pass.
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Owosso council votes Nov. 2 on 'Citizens Loft' at 123 N. Washington
The city would sign a development agreement with Woodworth Investments, LLC to put housing on the third floor of a downtown Washington Street building — the same meeting also starts work on a vacant building ordinance.
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Perry volleyball at Montrose is the county's only game tonight
The Panthers carry a 4-5 logged record into a 6:45 p.m. first serve, and it is the lone Shiawassee County event on Wednesday's slate.
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Ovid-Elsie policy committee meets Nov. 10 in Elsie; no list posted
The notice from Ovid-Elsie Area Schools gives a date, a time and a two-word purpose — "Fall Policy Update" — and no indication of which policies are being rewritten.
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Owosso to canvass early votes in City Hall basement Nov. 3
The city posted notice Wednesday that the public may watch the precinct canvass of early votes at 301 W. Main Street after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.
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New Lothrop at St. Charles, Laingsburg at Stockbridge tonight
Two county volleyball teams are on the road Tuesday, with New Lothrop carrying the better of the two logged records at 6-2.
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Morrice school board approved a varsity golf team on Sept. 9
Trustees voted 6-0 to start golf with the 2026-27 school year, with costs coming out of the athletic budget, fundraisers and a request to the Athletic Boosters.
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Morrice school board took up elementary well, youth football Oct. 14
The agenda for the Oct. 14 regular meeting listed votes on well work at the elementary school, the 2025-26 audit, a state mental health opt-in and seventh- and eighth-grade football and cheer; no outcomes have been posted.
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Durand school board hears audit Wednesday, 6 days before bond vote
The Oct. 28 committee-of-the-whole agenda lists an audit presentation and a "votes and resolutions" block with no items named, a week before voters decide a $30.29 million building bond.
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Memorial employee writes piano tribute to Owosso hospital staff
Joshua Voorhies, a patient care secretary at Memorial Healthcare in Owosso, wrote an original piano piece and poem called "The Gift of Healing" after regaining his ability to play in 2020.
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Owosso: trash pickup is not ending today under Ordinance 854
The city posted a notice Monday knocking down what it calls a false report that collection stops Oct. 26, and says residents should keep using their current hauler.
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Owosso school board: new bus, audit report up Wednesday at the PAC
The Oct. 28 agenda puts a bus purchase, a building automation contract and the district's audit report in front of the board as first reads, with the votes waiting until a later meeting.
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Shiawassee Arts Center opens holiday class signups in Owosso
Registration pages are up for a wreath making class and a fused glass "Winter: A Holiday S Curve" piece — but the listings we have carry no date, time or price.
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Owosso library board is the week's only posted meeting; 3 games
The Oct. 26–Nov. 1 calendar is nearly empty of public business, with Halloween parties, a week of pumpkin crafts and three volleyball matches filling the days instead.
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Corunna 36, Chesaning 30; seven county football finals still out
Corunna held off Chesaning by six in the only county-vs-county game on Friday's card, while results from seven other Shiawassee County football games had not reached the score desk.
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New Lothrop loses 55-54 to Cheboygan; 8 county games still out
A one-point final was the only confirmed score on the county's Friday night football board, with eight more games — including Byron's season finale at Marlette — unresolved at deadline.
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Owosso Township battery storage draft: M-2 only, 300-foot setback
The ordinance text the township didn't post with its agenda is now public: big batteries would be confined to general manufacturing land, capped at 20 feet tall and 50 decibels, with a 125% removal bond.
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Owosso Township sets battery storage hearing for Oct. 28
The planning commission will take public comment on rules for battery energy storage systems, then look at sample data center ordinances and pick up the backyard chicken question again.
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Downtown Owosso trick-or-treat noon Saturday; 9 football games Friday
Halloween comes early downtown, a Trunk or Treat follows at 5 p.m. on East Main, and every county football team plays Friday night.
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Morrice hosts Bentley; Byron, Ovid-Elsie on the road Thursday
Three county volleyball matches Thursday night, starting with Ovid-Elsie at Calvary Baptist Academy at 5 p.m., and the only home gym in use is Morrice's at 6:30.
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Byron village site posts 'Fall Festival' — no date, time or place
The Oct. 21 item on the Village of Byron's news page carries only the two-word headline, the second empty village post in eight days.
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Woodhull's Rolling Hills rezoning returns to county board tonight
Commissioners also take up a $1,965,996 state public health grant, $30,525 in animal shelter work and a new Veteran Service Officer position at the 5 p.m. meeting.
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Owosso nurse Deven Morel wins DAISY Award for a chapel wedding
Memorial Healthcare says a 2-North/ICU registered nurse pulled together a wedding in the hospital chapel for a patient whose diagnosis had put the day out of reach.
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Memorial in Owosso names Amber Ariss employee of the month
A medical assistant at Memorial Healthcare's King Street family medicine office was recognized for September 2026, the hospital said Tuesday.
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Owosso leaf crews finish N1, S1 and S2; N2 is next
The city says public works crews completed three sections Tuesday and move into N2, then N3 on Wednesday, working through a fixed 16-section order.
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Owosso OKs single trash hauler 4-3; camping ban tabled to spring
Ordinance 854, adopted Oct. 5 after more than two hours of public comment, lets the city sign one exclusive contract for residential trash and recycling — but no hauler has been chosen and no rates set.
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Chesaning at Byron leads 4 county volleyball matches tonight
The county's only all-Shiawassee match of the night starts at 6:45 p.m. in Byron, with New Lothrop at Birch Run and Potterville at Perry also on the slate.
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Ovid-Elsie audit got a 41-minute review by one committee member
Minutes show only Chair Mary Thompson attended the Oct. 14 Ovid-Elsie finance committee meeting that reviewed the district's 2025-26 audit before Monday's board vote.
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Ovid-Elsie board censures Sue Greer, removes her as vice president
Minutes from the Sept. 21 meeting show a 4-3 vote stripping the vice presidency, two failed attempts to remove other officers, and a unanimous waiver of attorney-client privilege over a retaliation investigation.
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Corunna asked to add $68,000 to water tower engineering work
An engineering letter dated Monday fills in the blank left by the council agenda: Amendment #7 would pay C2AE $68,000 to design chlorine monitoring, tank heating and electrical fixes, and valve replacements tied to the city's drinking water project.
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Vernon council weighs housing grant, free parking permits Wednesday
The Oct. 21 agenda at Village Hall also lists a DDA resignation, a budget amendment with no dollar figure attached, and a neighbor complaint between two West Main Street addresses.
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Owosso ER's top complaint July–September was abdominal pain
Memorial Healthcare's emergency medicine director says belly pain brought more people to the Owosso emergency department than anything else over the summer quarter, and lists the symptoms that should not wait.
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Memorial ER director in Owosso lists flu signs that need the ER
Dr. Renee Patsy says most flu cases are ridden out at home, but a fever past three or four days, confusion or signs of dehydration should be seen.
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Owosso, Corunna boards meet Monday; 9 football games Friday
Four public boards sit Monday night, Chesaning follows Tuesday and New Lothrop Wednesday, and all nine county football teams close out the week of Oct. 18-25.
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Freeze warning for Shiawassee County, 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday
The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac says temperatures could drop to 30 degrees early Saturday, cold enough to kill garden plants left outside.
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Chesaning takes up data center ban, $645,000 OHM deal Tuesday
The village council's Oct. 20 packet sets a Dec. 1 hearing on a moratorium that would freeze data center applications until Oct. 31, 2027, and puts an engineering contract for the 2027 water main work on the table.
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Ovid-Elsie 42, Chesaning 35; Perry wins 38-12 in Friday roundup
The only county-vs-county football game on Friday's card came down to a touchdown, and every Shiawassee County final but three is now confirmed.
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Durand 28, Mt. Morris 10; Byron falls 55-7 on Friday
Two county football finals were in from Friday night, with five more county games still unfinished at deadline.
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New Lothrop board votes Monday on mental health funds, safety opt-out
The Oct. 19 agenda asks trustees to take state Section 31aa mental health money and decline the companion school safety and security money, with no dollar figure posted for either.
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Ovid-Elsie board revisits censure, weighs releasing attorney letter
Monday's agenda in Elsie puts a censure resolution back in front of the board and asks it to waive privilege on an Oct. 6 letter from Thrun Law.
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Perry's 15% water hike loses two votes at Oct. 1 hearing
No vote was taken after the public hearing, and two of the four council members present said they can't support the full 15% increase their board sent to hearing in September.
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New Haven Township OKs 4-year Corunna ambulance deal, 5-0
Minutes from a Sept. 21 special meeting show the township board accepted a Corunna Area Ambulance Service agreement running Oct. 1, 2026 through Sept. 30, 2030 — without a dollar figure in the record.
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New Haven Township holds ambulance fee hearing, amount still unknown
Fourteen residents sat in on the Sept. 14 public hearing on a Corunna Area Ambulance Service assessment increase; the minutes never state what the new charge would be.
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Bancroft sets 6-8 p.m. trick-or-treat, closes Warren Street Oct. 31
The village council also authorized a $65,201.25 bond payment to Huron Community Bank and signed off on two new DDA appointments at its Oct. 14 meeting.
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Corunna board takes final vote Monday on student cell phone policy
The Oct. 19 agenda puts the student phone rule up for second reading along with 10 other policies, a resignation, an audit presentation and updates on the pool building and the bond.
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Corunna votes Monday on parks plan, stop sign at Parmenter Road
The Oct. 19 agenda sets a 7:10 p.m. hearing on a five-year parks plan and a vote on Traffic Control Order 243, which the council packet shows is a stop sign at Development Drive and Parmenter Road.
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Byron posts a Habitat for Humanity notice — but not the details
The village's Oct. 13 item under Village News carries only the headline in its text, with no build address, work dates or way to sign up.
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Tesla’s thruster-equipped Roadster finally breaks cover, with 2028 production promised (again)
Tesla showed its long-promised Roadster — and a thruster “Rocket” version — at Thursday night’s event near Waco, Texas. Final specs are still unpublished, and production is now promised for 2028.
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Corunna sets 7:10 p.m. parks hearing Monday, no Nov. 2 meeting
The Oct. 19 agenda at the Community Center pairs the five-year parks plan hearing with a traffic control order and water-fund amendments, and lists the next meeting as Nov. 16.
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Ghoul's Night Out in Owosso, 7 county football games Friday
Downtown Owosso turns Halloween on Friday evening, the Children's Library runs two craft mornings, and all seven county football teams play Friday night — though nobody has given us kickoff times.
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Laingsburg sets $500 marijuana renewal fee; LSW budget passes 6-1
Minutes from the Sept. 1 City Council meeting fill in the dollar figure that sat blank in the packet and show Mayor Pro Tem Randy Cragg as the lone vote against the LSW budget.
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Corunna at Lake Fenton leads 4 county volleyball matches tonight
All four Shiawassee County volleyball teams playing Wednesday are on the road, starting with first serve at 6:15 p.m. in Lake Fenton and Goodrich.
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Bennington Township sets $140 ambulance charge on winter tax bills
The board voted 5-0 Oct. 5 to levy the per-household SSESA ambulance assessment on the 2026 winter tax bill and approved $22,304.16 in bills.
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Chesaning closes Chapman Street Saturday night for Trunk or Treat
The village council also canceled its Nov. 3 meeting and cleared $334,724 in bills at a 17-minute session Oct. 6.
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New Lothrop at Durand leads five county volleyball matches tonight
The Hornets bring a 6-1 logged record to Durand at 6:45 p.m., one of five Shiawassee County volleyball matches on Tuesday's card.
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Corunna at Laingsburg, Corunna at Owosso: 2 county games tonight
The Cavaliers play twice Monday — soccer at Laingsburg at 5:30 p.m., volleyball at Owosso at 6:15 p.m. — and both are county-vs-county.
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Morrice is taking Halloween donations, but the flyer holds the details
The village posted a donation request for its 2026 Halloween event, with the specifics — what it needs, where to drop it off and by when — locked inside an attached flyer.
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Ovid-Elsie finance committee takes up 2025-26 audit Oct. 14 in Elsie
The board panel meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Administration Office on E. Colony Road for a single purpose: the district's annual financial audit.
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Ananda Yoga ribbon cutting Monday in Owosso; Ghoul's Night Out Friday
Four public boards meet, a new yoga and events center on West Main marks its grand opening, and seven football games close out the week of Oct. 12-18.
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Morrice at Hillman: Oct. 10 final still unreported, Orioles 2-3
The Orioles kicked off at 3 p.m. Saturday carrying a 2-3 logged record, and with two Fridays left in the regular season this desk still has no final from that game or from four Oct. 9 county football games.
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Corunna falls 49-7 at Goodrich; five county finals still out
The Cavaliers' loss is the third confirmed Shiawassee County football final from Friday, Oct. 9 — but New Lothrop at Chesaning, Perry at Laingsburg, Durand at Birch Run and Ovid-Elsie at Montrose still have no score on the board.
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Owosso falls 48-20, Byron 48-28; six county finals still out
Two Shiawassee County football scores came back Friday night — both losses — while the six remaining games, including New Lothrop at Chesaning, had no final at deadline.
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Durand school board takes two donations Monday, three weeks before bond vote
The Oct. 12 agenda lists gifts to the high school art program and the athletic department, a first reading of board policies — and nothing about the district's $30.29 million November ballot question.
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Owosso sets Oct. 19 hearing on nuisance cleanup bills to owners
The city posted notice Friday of a 6:30 p.m. hearing on a $13,820.24 roll covering 33 properties — unpaid costs the city ran up tearing down, abating or removing hazards and nuisances.
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Owosso school board takes up bond resolution change Oct. 14
The one action item on Wednesday's committee agenda is an amendment to the district's bond resolution, with a bus purchase, technology and 2026/27 health insurance also up for discussion.
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Perry at Laingsburg, New Lothrop at Chesaning: 8 county games tonight
Two in-county matchups headline a Friday slate of seven football games and a soccer match, with New Lothrop arriving in Chesaning at 5-1.
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Sciota Township buys $500 election camera; $2,250 grant sits unused
The board voted 5-0 on Sept. 14 to replace a four-year-old election surveillance camera, while a separate grant-funded camera system for the township hall stays shelved.
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Owosso OKs single trash hauler, tables park camping ban until spring
After two public hearings and comment from 40 residents Oct. 5, the city council approved an exclusive residential refuse contract ordinance and shelved a proposed ban on camping on city property.
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Owosso will tow cars with 5 unpaid parking tickets starting Oct. 12
The council adopted Ordinance No. 853 on a 6-1 vote Sept. 21, with Councilmember Christopher Owens voting no over what he called inconsistent enforcement.
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Memorial's Owosso veterans breakfast Nov. 11 needs RSVP by Oct. 28
The free-seating event at the Memorial Healthcare Auditorium on West King Street is open only to veterans, and seating is limited.
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Owosso to start counting absentee ballots Nov. 2, a day early
A notice posted Thursday sets two absent voter counting boards at City Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Monday before the Nov. 3 election, with counting carrying into Election Day.
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Memorial in Owosso adds headache specialist Chelsea Lee
The Owosso health system says the nurse practitioner, credentialed in nerve blocks and Botox for headache, has joined its Institute for Neuroscience and is taking new patients.
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New Lothrop at Chesaning tops nine county football games this weekend
Eight county teams play Friday night and Morrice travels to Hillman on Saturday, while libraries in Owosso and Durand run Halloween crafts and a Winnie the Pooh birthday party.
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Owosso Township board takes up streetlight assessment, TIF Monday
The Oct. 12 agenda at 410 S. Delaney Road lists a streetlight special assessment hearing, new building permit charges, a snow removal bid and tax increment financing for a Dutch Developers project.
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New Lothrop OKs Confer Park game bin, plaque for Dave Schnell
The village council also heard from schools Superintendent Jay Larner about community conversations on a bond proposal, with no amount or election date in the Sept. 9 minutes.
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Memorial urgent care in Owosso, Durand sends chest pain to the ER
Memorial Healthcare published a guide Oct. 7 listing what its walk-in clinics on East Main in Owosso and East Lansing Road in Durand will not treat — including chest pain of any kind, major trauma, auto accident injuries and mental health issues.
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Perry votes 3-1 to take a 15% water, sewer increase to hearing
The council settled on the number at its Sept. 3 meeting rather than a range, then set the public hearing for Oct. 1 — with Kamal Ghazi the lone no vote.
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Byron's Aug. 28 final, 7 county football results missing from our log
Five weeks after Byron's home opener against Mesick, we had not logged a final for the game, and seven of eight Oct. 2 county football results were unconfirmed.
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Corunna council meets tonight on parks plan, land purchase option
The 7 p.m. agenda at the Community Center sets an Oct. 19 hearing on the city's five-year parks plan and asks the council to extend an option to purchase — which the agenda does not describe.
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Laingsburg set to adopt e-bike rules Tuesday; winter parking next
The Oct. 6 City Council agenda lists final adoption of the e-bike and scooter ordinance, a first look at overnight winter parking rules, and street closures for Boo in the Burg and Winterfest.
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Byron falls 84-66 to Dryden in Saturday's 8-player game
The Eagles gave up 84 points in the county's only verified final from Saturday, Oct. 3, while two volleyball matches were still unresolved at deadline.
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Corunna loses 53-50 to Lake Fenton; 7 county finals still out
The only verified final from Friday, Oct. 2 in Shiawassee County was a three-point football game; seven other county games had no result at deadline.
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Pivot Energy's 159-acre Beard Road solar plan: Perry hearing Oct. 15
Perry Township's Planning Commission will take public comment at 7 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Township Hall on a request to rezone roughly 159 acres of Beard Road land for a solar energy project.
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Woodhull Township sets ambulance levy Oct. 7; park costs still unsaid
The township board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the hall on West Beard Road to spread the special ambulance assessment, accept the roll, award a snowplow bid and hear a park report that has owed residents numbers since August.
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Corunna hosts Clio, Owosso plays twice in a 3-game county Wednesday
Clio visits Corunna volleyball at 6:15 p.m., while Owosso sends its volleyball team to Lake Fenton and its soccer team to Goodrich.
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Owosso tests its vote counters Oct. 13 before Nov. 3 election
The city posted notice Wednesday that the public accuracy test for the November gubernatorial election is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the City Hall conference room.
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Pickleball is coming to Woodhull Township Park near Perry
Aug. 10 minutes show the park and recreation commission voted 4-0 to buy a portable pickleball net for the playground basketball area and to pay $825 for three ballfield weed sprayings.
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Chesaning at Ovid-Elsie soccer tops eight county games Tuesday
Three county-vs-county meetings headline a Sept. 29 slate of four soccer matches and four volleyball matches, with first serves and first kicks between 5:30 and 7 p.m.
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$500 spectator drag race opens Owosso Speedway's Oct. 3 card in Ovid
The Ovid track has posted a minute-by-minute schedule for Maximum "O"verload, the destruction show moved off Sept. 19 — buses, trailers, a flag pole race and a closing stunt.
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Perry, Corunna, Owosso host in an eight-game county Monday
Five county schools are home Monday night across soccer and volleyball, with Perry soccer hosting Ithaca at 6:30 and Laingsburg volleyball still looking for a first logged win.
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Owosso returns Current's Shiawassee River records request a 3rd time
Owosso Public Safety sent back FOIA request #880 on Sept. 28, again citing missing name, address and contact information, leaving records tied to a Shiawassee River advisory unreleased.
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Owosso Township's draft chicken rules cover farm zones, not house lots
The farm-animals text amendment in the township's February planning commission packet would allow six hens on a half-acre — but only in the A-1 and A-2 agricultural districts, not the residential zoning where code enforcement is ordering flocks removed.
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Dead Pedal Dust Up in Chesaning, Oct. 3: dirt track, $10 gate
A day of car show, dirt track racing, power wheels and trunk or treating at the Saginaw County Fairgrounds raises money for kids with congenital heart defects.
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Owosso Township chicken owners face removal; permit option drafted
An anonymous complaint has forced code enforcement on Bock Street flocks, and the planning commission asked its planner on Sept. 23 to draft conditional use permit language that could let some chickens stay.
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Perry school board is the county's only meeting this week; 25 games
The Sept. 28–Oct. 4 calendar is light on public business — one school board, one library board — while 25 volleyball and soccer games fill four nights, and the desk still has no confirmed football finals from Sept. 25.
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Corunna beats Owosso 28-7; Ovid-Elsie edges Durand 30-27
Every county football final from Friday night is in: Corunna and Ovid-Elsie won the two in-county games, Byron shut out Mayville, and Morrice lost by two.
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Perry football beats Bath 28-3, county's only final at deadline
Seven other Shiawassee County football games, including Owosso at Corunna and Durand at Ovid-Elsie, had not been confirmed by the score desk Friday night.
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Owosso at Corunna, Durand at Ovid-Elsie headline eight-game Friday
All eight county football teams play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, with two in-county matchups and New Lothrop the best logged record at 3-1.
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Owosso returns Current's river discharge records request a 2nd time
Public Safety sent back the newsroom's Sept. 25 FOIA request for wastewater plant records, again citing missing address and contact information, leaving a reported discharge to the Shiawassee River unconfirmed.
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Owosso ties single-hauler trash plan to state recycling law, Oct. 5
The city's hearing notice says exclusive garbage contracts are meant to meet a 2022 state requirement that 90% of single-family homes have curbside recycling.
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Owosso sets Oct. 5 hearing on banning camping on city property
The city posted notice Thursday of a public hearing on an amendment to its parks ordinance that would prohibit camping on any property Owosso owns or controls.
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Kelly's Refuse owner asks Owosso to drop single-hauler trash plan
Minutes of the Sept. 8 council meeting record pushback from a local hauler and his customers, and a council member saying the city wrote off $15,000 in unpaid parking tickets.
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Owosso OKs towing cars over unpaid parking tickets, 6-1
The council adopted the towing ordinance Sept. 21 after a public hearing, and set an Oct. 5 hearing on the single-hauler trash ordinance and on a ban on camping on city property.
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Owosso Nationals in Ovid, Owosso at Corunna lead county weekend
Two nights of racing at Owosso Speedway, eight football games Friday and a Ball Street market fill the Sept. 25-27 weekend across Shiawassee County.
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Chesaning, Corunna host in a six-game county Thursday
Five soccer matches and one volleyball trip fill the Sept. 24 slate, with Chesaning and Corunna the only county teams playing at home.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso adds general surgeon Gavin Ambrosi
The hospital said Thursday that Dr. Gavin Ambrosi, a board-certified general surgeon who most recently ran a trauma program in northern Wisconsin, has joined Memorial Healthcare Surgical Associates and is taking new patients.
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Chesaning sets Oct. 20 hearing to abandon part of Railroad Street
The village council also cleared $157,901.69 in bills, refunded $933.13 to a West Broad Street property owner and approved wood duck sculptures downtown for a Friends of the Shiawassee fundraiser.
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Owosso hosts Goodrich volleyball in a six-game county Wednesday
Five volleyball matches and one soccer game fill the county slate tonight, with Owosso (2-1) home against Goodrich at 6:15 p.m. and the Trojans' soccer team at Linden at 6:30.
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Owosso Nationals camping filling fast; gates open at noon Friday in Ovid
Owosso Speedway says campsites for the Sept. 25-26 season finale are still available but going quickly, and it has spelled out gate times, pit parking and the paperwork drivers should bring.
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Vernon calls special meeting Thursday on Maple St. crossing grant
The village council's only item at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Village Hall is whether to file an application for a Grade Crossing Improvement Project at the Maple Street railroad tracks.
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Ovid-Elsie at Chesaning headlines a nine-game county Tuesday
Four soccer matches and five volleyball matches fill the county slate Tuesday night, with the only in-county meeting kicking off at 6 p.m. in Chesaning.
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Kids Early Education Zone gets Ovid-Elsie lease; terms not public
The school board approved leases for two child care operators on Aug. 19, but the posted minutes do not say which buildings they take, what they pay or when they open.
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Ovid-Elsie schools weigh a bond vote for May or November 2027
Minutes from the board's Sept. 9 work session show financial advisers laid out two ballot windows, and the district has since hired an architect and a construction manager to build the case.
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M-21 down to one lane near Owosso Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
MDOT's Mi Drive map shows the left lane of M-21 between Escott and Wren roads closed during the day Tuesday and Wednesday, then again Thursday — the same stretch that has been under shoulder tile work since late August.
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Corunna held fire assessment hearing, weighed police F-150 Monday
The council's Sept. 21 agenda put a Public Act 33 fire special assessment district, a budget amendment, a Historical Commission loan and two equipment buys in front of members at the Community Center; the city has not yet published the outcomes.
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Owosso soccer hosts Kearsley tonight in a three-game county slate
The Trojans (2-1) kick off at 6:30 p.m., with Clare at Ovid-Elsie soccer and Genesee at Perry volleyball both starting at 7.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso names home health nurse Darren Rumery
The Owosso health system honored Darren Rumery, a registered nurse with its Home Health service, as its August 2026 employee of the month.
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Owosso adds $12,473 patrol car camera swap to Monday agenda
A late addition to the Sept. 21 consent agenda would waive competitive bidding and hire a Holt company to pull the old Axon cameras out of all ten Owosso Public Safety patrol cars and install the new ones.
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Owosso school board meets Wednesday at Performing Arts Center
The regular meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at 765 E. North St., and the notice the district posted carries no agenda.
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Owosso school board gets Venture update, votes on Willman Field sound
The district posted its Sept. 23 agenda after the meeting notice went out blank: an update from the developer of the former middle school, a Willman Field sound system vote, the tax levy and a Wilkinson Road property decision.
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Laingsburg schools opened short-staffed, shut School of Choice early
Approved Aug. 18 minutes show the district closed School of Choice in early August to staff its buildings, and started the year down paraprofessionals, custodians and teachers after seven staff left over the summer.
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Durand votes on Vinewood pump bill; Sept. 3 discharge unexplained
The council meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday to pay Kerr Pump for an emergency repair at the Vinewood Lift Station that has already been done — with no cost, no cause and no stated link to the raw sewage discharge the city reported to the state on Sept. 3.
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Five county boards meet Monday; Owosso at Corunna football Friday
Owosso, Corunna, Durand, New Lothrop and Ovid-Elsie all put boards in session Monday night, and 25 school games fill the week of Sept. 21-25.
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Durand council takes up Amtrak lease, Vinewood lift station repair
Monday's 6:30 p.m. agenda lists an Amtrak lease extension, an emergency pump invoice for the Vinewood Lift Station, a new police incident-reporting system and 218 bills — with no dollar figures attached to any of it.
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Sciota Township cuts deputy clerk's $500 election pay on 4-1 vote
The Aug. 10 minutes, approved Sept. 14, also record a third reported interference with the township's election-box camera and residents' objections to a gravel pit water withdrawal permit.
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Owosso edges Clio 8-7; Ovid-Elsie blanks Mt. Morris 56-0
Eight of the county's 10 football finals are in from Friday night, with Corunna's and Durand's games not available at deadline.
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Vernon Township sets $142.47 ambulance assessment, up from $125
The township board approved the per-household charge Sept. 14 after a public hearing in which residents questioned the rates and the wording of the notice, and written protests were entered into the record.
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Vernon Township levies fire millage hike, sets $200 land-split fee
The township board's Aug. 10 synopsis shows it voted to levy the fire operating increase voters approved, renew the fire equipment millage, and charge $200 plus $50 per split to divide a parcel.
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Owosso bills $116,107 for three demolitions; 4-2 vote on Exchange St.
Council confirmed the assessments Sept. 8 after the owner of the collapsed West Exchange Street building said the roughly $5,400 annual payment could push him to walk away; a towing ordinance hearing and two first readings come Monday.
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New Haven Township pays $108,295 to Road Commission; residents press on roads
Newly posted minutes from the township board's Aug. 10 meeting show three Shiawassee County Road Commission invoices approved 5-0, and three residents speaking about road conditions.
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Bennington Township moves $4,000 from parks to keep SATA buses running
The township board's Sept. 8 meeting also set a 2026 tax levy of 0.8728 mills for operating and 1.25 mills for fire, and approved $1,300 in brine for newly graveled roads on a 4-1 vote.
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Durand: crews sent to Saginaw Street area for pedestrian struck by van
Dispatch traffic Friday afternoon described a personal-injury crash involving a pedestrian hit by a van in the roadway; no agency has confirmed details and no condition has been released.
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Clio at Owosso tops a full 10-game county football Friday
Every Shiawassee County football team plays tonight at 7 p.m., with seven at home and no county-vs-county matchups on the board.
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New Lothrop school board: 2025-26 audit, baseball drainage bid Monday
Outside auditors from Maner Costerisan present the district's 2025-26 financial audit at the 6 p.m. meeting, where trustees also vote on a baseball field drainage bid, a furniture purchase and overnight FFA trips — none with a dollar figure posted.
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Ovid-Elsie board's only action Monday: closed session on legal opinion
The Sept. 21 agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board lists one item of new business — a vote to go into closed session over an attorney opinion letter, with no subject given.
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County board in Corunna refills 2 road deputies, 2 prosecutors
Draft minutes of the Sept. 16 Shiawassee County board meeting also record $247,712 in court grant money, a jail phone contract renewal and the end of the county's PayIt agreement.
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Corunna school board opens cell phone policy debate Monday
A first reading of a student cell phone and electronic device policy leads the Sept. 21 agenda, along with 21 policies up for final approval, five personnel moves and a bond update.
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County health dept. in Corunna sends sewage questions to FOIA
Environmental health director Casey D. Elliott told The Current on Sept. 17 to file a formal records request, and said he cannot process it until he is back in the office Monday.
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Bennington Township met Sept. 8, not Sept. 7; clerk says no notice list
Clerk Donna Ash told The Current the September board meeting moved off Labor Day, that the board adopted a budget amendment and one appointment, and that the township keeps no standing list for sending out agendas.
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Candidate for Michigan lieutenant governor due in Corunna court Sept. 23 in felony case
The Libertarian nominee for Michigan lieutenant governor, on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot, has an open felony case in Shiawassee County's 66th District Court; the charge is not listed on the court's public hearing docket.
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Woodhull Township's Rolling Hills rezoning tabled to October
Shiawassee County commissioners voted 5-0 Wednesday to hold the Rolling Hills zoning change for another month, rezoned a Bennington Township parcel and approved $11,825,043.09 in bills and payroll.
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State records: Durand, not Owosso, reported Sept. 3 sewage discharge
EGLE's public sewage-discharge database lists the City of Durand's wastewater plant releasing an estimated 110,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater into the Holly Drain after heavy rain on Sept. 3.
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Texas Air National Guard F-16 crashes in Grand Traverse County; pilot ejects
Grand Traverse County Emergency Management ordered everyone within a mile of County Road 633 and Jefferson Place to evacuate Thursday afternoon, and the 149th Fighter Wing said its pilot ejected and is in stable condition.
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Owosso council takes up camping ban on city property Monday
A first reading Monday would bar overnight camping on city-owned land, and the same agenda carries a public hearing on towing cars with unpaid parking tickets plus $92,581 in repairs at Curwood Castle.
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New Lothrop volleyball at Ovid-Elsie leads 8 county games tonight
Eight Shiawassee County soccer and volleyball games are scheduled Thursday, Sept. 17, with a three-way volleyball night in Elsie and Durand home at 6:45 p.m.
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ArtWalk, Historic Home Tour fill downtown Owosso this weekend
Downtown Owosso has an art walk Friday afternoon and a home tour Saturday morning, the farmers market opens at 9 a.m., and all 10 county football teams play Friday night.
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Owosso Nationals: CRA 100 goes green 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Ovid
Owosso Speedway has posted minute-by-minute schedules for both nights of its season finale — features only, no heat races, and 100-lappers for the CRA Pro Series and the Outlaw Super Late Models.
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Corunna council meets Monday in Community Center lower level
City Manager Joe Sawyer's notice sets a 6:30 p.m. pre-council session and a 7 p.m. regular meeting for Sept. 21, with the full packet posted online.
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Corunna fire assessment hearing set Monday; cost not in packet
The City Council will take public comment at 7:05 p.m. Sept. 21 before voting on a fire special assessment district, and the agenda lists no dollar figure or district boundaries.
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Owosso declines Current records request on reported sewage discharge
Owosso Public Safety returned the request Sept. 16 without records, citing a missing mailing address and contact information under Michigan's FOIA; the reported 110,000-gallon partially treated wastewater discharge remains unconfirmed.
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Update: M-52 near Perry closes for one hour Sept. 25 — not through the week
MDOT's detailed closure record shows the total closure of M-52 between Bath Road and West Britton Road runs 6:00 to 7:01 PM on Friday, Sept. 25 — a one-hour closure, not a continuous one. The road is open until then.
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VA garage in Corunna awaits city approval, county board told
Final minutes of the Shiawassee County board's Aug. 12 meeting, posted this month, say the veterans garage project needs a sign-off from the City of Corunna before a groundbreaking is scheduled — and that September's closed session was described as a workers' compensation matter.
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Owosso Speedway moves Destruction Overload to Oct. 3 in Ovid
The track's event page now lists the demolition-style show on Saturday, Oct. 3, with pits at 2 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m. — and calls it a reschedule from a Sept. 19 rainout, a date that has not arrived yet.
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Owosso at Corunna volleyball leads 5 county games tonight
The county's only in-county matchup Wednesday sends 1-1 Owosso to Corunna for a 6:15 p.m. start, with Durand, Perry and Laingsburg also in action.
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Woodhull Township's Rolling Hills rezoning goes to county vote tonight
The Shiawassee County board's 5 p.m. agenda also carries a closed session on the Henderson v. Shiawassee County lawsuit, $64,115 in new boilers and a three-year audit contract.
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Durand at Chesaning soccer leads 7 county games tonight
Durand's teams draw two in-county opponents Tuesday night — soccer at Chesaning at 6 and volleyball at Ovid-Elsie at 7 — on a seven-game county schedule.
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Perry posts early voting notice for Nov. 3 — no site or hours listed
The city put up its early voting precinct and hours notice for the Nov. 3 general election on Tuesday, but the page carries only file names — the second Perry election-or-utility notice this month whose details are not readable online.
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Perry, New Lothrop Sept. 11 football finals still unreported
Four of the seven county football games played Friday, Sept. 11 have no confirmed final at this desk — and the backlog now stretches back to Byron's Aug. 28 opener.
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Vernon votes Sept. 16 on mixed-use, mobile repair shop zoning rules
Three ordinances get public hearings at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Village Hall, and the council is also set to approve minutes from the Aug. 26 special meeting on the DPW superintendent's raise and a three-year audit deal.
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Owosso volleyball hosts Clio in county's only home game Monday
Six Shiawassee County teams are in action Monday night, and five of them are on the road — Owosso's 6:15 p.m. volleyball match with Clio is the lone home date.
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Durand, Perry school boards meet Monday; Chesaning council Tuesday
Three public meetings, 25 school games and a week of library and senior-center programs fill the county calendar from Sept. 14 to Sept. 20.
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Byron football loses 36-8 to Deckerville; Morrice final still out
The only confirmed Shiawassee County score from Saturday, Sept. 12 was Byron's 28-point loss, with Morrice's football result and four Laingsburg games unavailable at deadline.
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Durand 49, Chesaning 14; Owosso wins 24-20 at Lake Fenton
All seven Shiawassee County football finals from Friday, Sept. 11 are now confirmed, including Durand's win in the night's only county-vs-county game and Owosso's four-point road win.
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Morrice football at Portland St. Patrick leads 2 county games tonight
The Orioles are 1-1 heading into a 7 p.m. road kickoff, and Laingsburg soccer opens the county's Saturday at 3:15 p.m. at Swartz Creek.
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Chesaning gets clean audit; 709 W. Broad tenant still unnamed
Auditors from AHP told the village council on Aug. 18 that Chesaning's 2026 books came back clean, but the minutes leave the village's other open questions — including what business is going into 709 W. Broad St. — unanswered.
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Corunna football beats Clio 30-14; six county finals still out
The Cavaliers' 30-14 win was the only verified final on the county scoreboard at deadline Friday night, with six more Shiawassee County football games still unreported.
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Chesaning to refund $933 site-plan fee for 709 W. Broad St.
The village council's Sept. 15 agenda shows a site plan review at 709 W. Broad has finished — but nothing in the packet says what is going into the building.
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Chesaning water rate study underway; school-route work set for 2027
Full minutes from the Aug. 4 village council meeting show OHM is working on a water master plan and rate study, with Safe Routes to School construction slated to start in June 2027.
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Morrice OKs $8,500 gas line to park building, sets Oct. 31 Halloween
The village council voted 5-0 on Aug. 25 to have Consumers run gas to the park building in October, part of a roughly $20,000 heating and cooling job, and approved an $835 library window.
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Durand school board votes Monday on staff pay scale, FFA trips
The Sept. 14 agenda lists a non-affiliated employee salary schedule, two FFA travel items and two months of financial reports — but no descriptions of any of them.
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Chesaning to set hearing on abandoning part of Railroad Street
The village council's Sept. 15 agenda also carries a $933.13 site plan fee refund for 709 W. Broad St. and $157,901.69 in bills.
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Owosso Speedway lists school bus figure 8, motorhome race in Ovid
A page labeled "Timing and Scoring Testing" on the Ovid track's site finally spells out the Destruction Overload classes — and shows a six-car feature won by Lansing's Gavin Anspach.
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Hazelton, Middlebury road millages land on Nov. 3 county ballot
The county clerk's official proposal language sets a 1.5-mill road renewal in Hazelton Township and a 2-mill road levy in Middlebury Township that would raise an estimated $124,282 in its first year.
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Owosso's last brush pickup of 2026 starts Sept. 30 — then nothing until spring
City crews make one final citywide sweep beginning Wednesday, Sept. 30, and won't return for brush until March 31, 2027 — with no second trips down a street once it's been done.
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Chesaning at Durand leads 7 Friday football games in Shiawassee County
Seven county football teams play Friday night, the Durand library runs craft day and a family movie, and Saturday brings the Owosso farmers market and championship night at Owosso Speedway in Ovid.
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Laingsburg at Perry soccer leads 3 county games Thursday
Perry, unbeaten at 2-0, hosts Laingsburg at 5:30 p.m., with Durand soccer at Lakeville and Morrice volleyball home against Beecher filling out the night.
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Owosso sets 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 hearing on towing for unpaid tickets
The city posted formal notice Thursday of the public hearing on a new Sec. 33-54 that would let Owosso tow the vehicles of repeat offenders with unpaid parking tickets, and spelled out three ways to comment.
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Perry posts water and sewer rate hearing notice — but no date on file
The city has noticed a public hearing on utility rates, the decision the council pushed off in August; the posted PDF does not give a readable date, time or proposed rate.
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Owosso schools keep 4.7-mill debt levy; bonds to sell in $12M rounds
August board packets show what the bond win means for taxpayers and classrooms: a levy that stays put, a negotiated bond sale before Dec. 1, two new teachers and 228 kindergartners.
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M-21 lane closure near Owosso listed only through today; Wren Road still shut
MDOT's Mi Drive map posts the M-21 left-lane closure between Wren and Escott roads as running through Sept. 10, while the Shiawassee County Road Commission has kept Wren Road itself closed for the same shoulder tile work with no announced reopening.
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Owosso Speedway sets 50-lap modified finale Sept. 12 in Ovid
The track's run-of-show for Championship Night 2 puts the modified feature at 50 laps, street stocks at 30 and the sport compact A main at 25, with mini wedges racing at noon and the front gate opening at 4 p.m.
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Owosso wrote off $15,000 in parking tickets; towing hearing Sept. 21
Council members took a first reading Tuesday on an ordinance letting the city tow repeat offenders, approved three nuisance assessments and heard trash haulers and residents object to a single-hauler system.
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Morrice will tow Main Street cars after 5:30 p.m. Saturday
Two celebrations — the village's 150-Year Celebration & Homecoming and St. Mary's Fall Festival — close Main Street, W. Davis Street and the community park across Saturday and Sunday.
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Perry blocks data center approvals for 180 days
The city council voted Aug. 20 to freeze every permit, rezoning and water or sewer hookup a data center would need while it rewrites its rules — and filled its vacant council and planning commission seats the same night.
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Morrice school board votes tonight on golf for spring 2027
The only action item on the Morrice Area Schools board's 6 p.m. agenda is a vote on golf for the spring 2027 season, with no supporting material attached.
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SEDP opens home repair grants; Corunna sign-up day Sept. 17
The Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership is taking applications for a county homeowner rehabilitation grant covering roofs, furnaces, water heaters and accessibility work, with three application help days in Corunna, Durand and Perry.
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Perry volleyball, 2-0, hosts Saranac in 5 county games Wednesday
Perry is the only county team with a winning record on tonight's five-game slate, which also sends Corunna to Clio and brings Lake Fenton to Owosso.
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Owosso finance director Brad Barrett leaving, city manager says
Minutes of the Aug. 17 council meeting, approved Sept. 8, also record a 7-0 vote to clean up 1405 W. Main St. at an estimated $5,000 and bill the owner.
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Chesaning amends Sept. 1 minutes, sets next meeting for Sept. 15
An amended synopsis of the Chesaning Village Council's Sept. 1 meeting fixes the next-meeting date and leaves the $5,600 Rootnote invoice unexplained.
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Rugged Liner to close both Owosso plants, cutting 90 jobs
The truck bed liner maker told the state it will shut its Aiken Street and Universal Drive sites on March 19, 2027, and gave no reason in the filing.
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Woodhull Township mails ambulance assessment notices; hearings Oct. 7
Sept. 2 proposed minutes show postcards going out this week, two hearings set for 6 and 6:15 p.m. Oct. 7, and the Rolling Hills project now in front of the county board of commissioners.
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Chesaning sets trick-or-treat hours at 5:30 to 8 p.m.
The village council's Sept. 1 synopsis minutes show the Halloween hours set and $292,171.69 in bills cleared in a 30-minute meeting.
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Ovid-Elsie at New Lothrop leads 7 county games; Durand at Byron too
Two of tonight's seven Shiawassee County games are county-vs-county volleyball matches, both starting at 6:45 p.m., with New Lothrop unbeaten at 2-0.
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Owosso school board weighs more public comment, Willman Field sound
The board's committee of the whole meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Conference Room 112 at the Washington Campus, with 2027 health insurance rates and a closed session with attorneys also on the agenda.
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M-52 shut both ways near Perry after crash between Beard, Bath roads
MDOT's Mi Drive map listed the state highway closed in both directions between Beard Road and Bath Road, with no injury count, no cause and no reopening time attached to the alert.
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Perry, Bancroft, Laingsburg back on Consumers outage map again
Eight new entries covering about 860 customers put the same four communities back on the utility's map five days after the Sept. 3 storm line — and two Bancroft outages carry the identical customer count with different causes.
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Consumers logs 2,600 more outages, Lennon to Perry to Elsie
Nine more storm-damage entries on Consumers Energy's outage map covered the same towns hit Thursday, several with no restoration estimate at all — and the utility still has not given a county-wide total or an explanation.
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Owosso council takes up $116,107 in cleanup bills Tuesday
Owosso and Corunna councils meet Tuesday and Ovid-Elsie's school board Wednesday, followed by seven county football games Friday, including Chesaning at Durand.
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Laingsburg lost power in five spots; Consumers hasn't said why
Consumers Energy's map logged five separate Laingsburg-area breaks from Thursday's storm line, with restoration estimates running from 11 p.m. to 11 the next morning — and no explanation from the utility for why one town's circuits failed in so many places.
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Wren Road shut a second week for M-21 tile work, still no end date
The Shiawassee County Road Commission keeps reposting the same one-day closures between Escott and Wren roads — with no detour, no contractor and no finish date — and has now added Copas and Byron roads to the list.
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683 lose power near Byron, Lennon; cause listed only as 'equipment issue'
Days after Thursday's storm knocked out power to about 3,300 customers across Shiawassee County, Consumers Energy's map logged a fresh round of outages with no storm attached to them.
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Shiawassee road commission reposts M-21 closures daily, no end date
Shoulder tile work between Escott and Wren roads has taken a lane of M-21 and closed Wren Road entirely, one day at a time, with no posted finish date, cost or contractor.
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New Lothrop 29, Durand 14; Perry wins 38-6 at Detroit Osborn
Three county football finals were confirmed from Thursday night's 14-game slate; results from the other 11 games, including Owosso, Chesaning, Ovid-Elsie, Byron, Laingsburg and Morrice, were not available at deadline.
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60 mph storm cuts power to about 3,300 in Shiawassee County
A severe thunderstorm warning crossed the whole county Thursday afternoon with 60 mph gusts and penny-size hail, and Consumers Energy logged outages in at least 10 communities — 735 customers near Lennon, five separate breaks around Laingsburg.
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Owosso to bill three properties $116,107 for city cleanups Sept. 8
Hearings Tuesday cover unpaid nuisance work at 117 W. Exchange St., 321 E. Williams St. and 326 S. Dewey St.; the same agenda names Detroit Salt Company as the vendor behind the city's $142,766 salt order.
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Durand at New Lothrop, both 1-0, tops 14 county games tonight
Two unbeaten county football teams meet in New Lothrop at 7 p.m., part of a 14-game Thursday that also sends Owosso, Corunna, Chesaning, Ovid-Elsie, Laingsburg, Byron, Perry and Morrice out on the field.
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Durand library book sale, Owosso market fill Cruisin' Saturday
The Friends of the Library sell books on the Durand Memorial Library lawn at 10 a.m. Saturday while the building itself is closed for the Labor Day weekend, the farmers market opens at 9 a.m. in downtown Owosso, and Morrice plays euchre at 5 p.m.
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NWS: Shiawassee County under severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m.
The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 648 at 2 p.m. Thursday for 15 Michigan counties, including all of Shiawassee.
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Owosso weighs towing cars over unpaid parking tickets
A first reading Tuesday would add a section to the city code letting Owosso tow repeat offenders, with a public hearing set for Sept. 21; the same agenda carries $142,766 in road salt.
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Perry planning commission seat open; Mayor Hammond to appoint
The city posted the vacancy Sept. 3, three weeks after the council accepted planning commissioner Gerrad Leitelt's resignation; the term runs only to January 2027.
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NWS: 50 mph gusts, nickel hail cross county from Laingsburg to 11 a.m.
The National Weather Service in Detroit/Pontiac says radar tracked a strong thunderstorm near Laingsburg at 9:59 a.m. Thursday, moving east at 35 mph toward Perry, Corunna, Owosso, Durand and Byron.
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MDOT: I-69 eastbound left lane closed to Nov. 17, Goodall to M-13
The state's Mi Drive map lists the restriction running for roughly 10 weeks on the freeway Shiawassee County drivers use to reach Flint — and says nothing about why, who is doing the work, or what it costs.
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Byron school board weighs middle school boiler, energy bond tonight
A 6:30 p.m. work session lists two discussion items — whether to replace or repair the Byron Middle School boiler, and an energy bond the district has not yet described in public.
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Laingsburg tables LSW budget until board hands over documents
Minutes from the Aug. 11 City Council meeting show a unanimous vote to hold off on the 2027-28 LSW budget, $4,914.34 approved for SATA transit and a new $50 minimum for DPW emergency call-outs.
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Ovid-Elsie volleyball hosts a quad in Elsie; 8 county games tonight
Freeland, Valley Lutheran and Powers Catholic all come to Ovid-Elsie at 5 p.m., and Owosso is the county's only home soccer team, hosting Holly at 6:30.
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12 file for 4 Owosso council seats; 10 county offices drew nobody
The Shiawassee County clerk's unofficial candidate list for the Nov. 3 ballot shows a crowded Owosso council race, empty lines for the Laingsburg mayor and three village presidents, and Judge Matthew J. Stewart running unopposed.
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Durand schools seek $30.29M bond in 15 Shiawassee ballot proposals
The county clerk's unofficial list for Nov. 3 includes a Durand Area Schools building bond, three Corunna charter changes, two SATA transit levies and a mandatory recycling fee in Hazelton Township.
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Perry, Laingsburg host soccer at 5:30; four county games Tuesday
Two home soccer matches, a road trip to East Lansing and a Perry volleyball match at Lansing Christian make up Tuesday's county schedule.
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Corunna hosts Holly at 6:30, county's only home game tonight
Three county teams play Monday — Corunna soccer at home, Owosso soccer at Swartz Creek and Laingsburg volleyball at Portland — and all three come in 0-1.
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Ever thought about starting your own business? An Owosso service makes it official for $89
Michigan LLC Service files your LLC with the state — $89 all-in, state fee included — then builds the website and watches the deadlines. A Sponsor Spotlight on the county's shortcut from side hustle to real company.
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New Lothrop 54-0, and two county teams lose Aug. 27 openers by two
Thursday's seven-game slate produced a shutout in New Lothrop, blowouts for Chesaning and Perry, and two-point losses for Ovid-Elsie and Laingsburg.
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Owosso football opens with 42-20 loss at Pinckney
The Trojans' season opener is the only Friday final logged by our score desk; results from Mesick at Byron and Ovid-Elsie at Lowell were not available at deadline.
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Shiawassee week ahead: six football games Thursday, two councils meet
Chesaning and Laingsburg councils meet Tuesday, six county football teams play on Thursday because of the holiday weekend, and both public libraries close Saturday.
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Chesaning council asked to OK $292,171.69 in bills, no itemization
The Sept. 1 consent agenda carries the village's largest payables total since at least mid-June, and the packet does not say what any of it buys.
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Laingsburg's marijuana renewal fee sits blank in Tuesday's packet
The City Council votes Sept. 1 on a fee whose dollar amount is a blank line in Resolution No. 2616, and on a request for proposals that could replace the city attorney.
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Byron at Perry volleyball, 6:45 tonight, is the county's lone game
One match on the Saturday card: two Shiawassee County programs meet in Perry, with live scores on our scoreboard all night.
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Chesaning council to set Halloween trick-or-treat hours Tuesday
The only action item on the Sept. 1 village council agenda is Halloween hours; the consent agenda carries $292,171.69 in bills.
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Byron hosts Mesick in football opener tonight; Owosso at Pinckney
Three county teams play Friday night, with Byron the only home game — and every score updates live at shiawassee.news/scoreboard.
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Laingsburg sets marijuana fee vote, e-bike rules for Sept. 1
The City Council agenda for Tuesday lists final adoption of the marijuana permit renewal fee ordinance, a first reading of new e-bike and scooter rules, and a request for bids on the city's legal work.
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Bancroft's Ryan Cords wins truck feature at Owosso Speedway in Ovid
Results posted for the Aug. 8 North South Shootout show Cords coming from 14th to win the 25-lap Truck Series feature, while Birch Run's Dan Leeck took a 50-lap late model race that chewed up half the field.
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Owosso Speedway's Destruction "O"verload set for Sept. 19 in Ovid
The track has the date on its calendar, but its event page carries no class list, no start times and no ticket prices — and the text on the page describes a Sept. 16 open practice instead.
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Durand 14, Corunna 13 in county football opener; 8 games still out
The only final score in from Thursday's opening night was a one-point Durand win over Corunna; results in eight other county games were not available at deadline.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities panel takes up assessment Sept. 9 in Elsie
The board committee steering the district's building work meets at 4 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Ovid-Elsie High School student lounge for a "Facilities Assessment Discussion," with no supporting material posted.
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Vintage Motorcycle Days fills downtown Owosso Friday and Saturday
The festival takes over Washington Street on Saturday, the farmers market opens at 9 a.m., Owosso Speedway starts its championship nights in Ovid, and 13 school games fill the weekend.
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Caledonia Township seeks $1.5M federal grant for 17 new homes
The board also accepted an $87,600 Brick Plant Causeway grant, awarded a $19,550 siding bid and split a departed building official's remaining salary between two staff, all on 7-0 roll calls Aug. 17.
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Corunna at Durand leads six football openers across the county
Ten Shiawassee County teams play Thursday night, starting with the county's only high school football matchup of the evening: Corunna at Durand, 7 p.m.
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Six rail cars derail in Owosso; Main, Cedar, Chipman reopen
A six-car Great Lakes Central train carrying soybeans derailed early Thursday; the blocked intersections have reopened and cleanup is underway, according to ABC12 and WNEM.
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Owosso Speedway sets 40-lap late model finale for Aug. 29 in Ovid
The track's run-of-show for Championship Night 1 adds feature distances — 40 laps for Late Model Sportsman, 25 for trucks and pure stocks, 20 for dwarf cars — with the front gate at 4 p.m. and racing at 6.
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Owosso Speedway says Sept. 12 decides four titles in Ovid
The track's event page for Championship Night 2 puts street stock, sport compact, mini wedge and modified points championships on the line, with pits open at 11 a.m. and racing at 6 p.m. — but mini wedges are still listed on the Sept. 25 Nationals card, too.
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Lechota, Moore, Taylor take Bike Night features at Owosso Speedway
Owosso Speedway's posted results from Marie Smith Kids Bike Night on Aug. 15 show 86 cars entered across three divisions, with wins from ninth and eighth starting spots.
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Michigan State Police, drone at Corunna's McNeil Street Market
A reader reported multiple state police vehicles and a drone over the market late Wednesday night; police have released nothing.
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Morrice president Todd Scott off Nov. ballot, will run as write-in
The village council also approved $20,000 to chip seal Britton Road and reviewed roughly $109,000 in large projects still to be paid this budget year.
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Owosso Speedway: mini wedges are not racing Aug. 29 in Ovid
The Ovid track says an early-season editing error put the class in the description for Saturday's Championship Night 1; the only mini wedge race left is Sept. 12.
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Woodhull Township park board weighs raising $10 ballfield rental fee
June 9 minutes from the park and recreation commission, posted this month, show a three-member quorum approved the budget 3-0, delayed the recreation plan hearing to late July and discussed charging more to rent the ballfields near Perry.
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Woodhull park board still waiting on ROWE rec plan, plans ballfield spraying
July 20 minutes from the park and recreation commission near Perry show three of five members met, approved the budget 3-0 pending a $1,620 question and moved to spray the baseball fields for about $200 to $250.
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Morrice says new transfer station dump fees took effect July 1
The village posted a notice telling residents to check the new rates before their next trip — but the price list itself is an attachment, and the date conflicts with what the council approved in June.
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Owosso Nationals is a two-night finale Sept. 25-26 in Ovid
The speedway has posted the missing Day 1 page — Late Model Sportsman, Street Stocks, Trucks, Sport Compact and Mini Wedges on Friday, Sept. 25, ahead of the CRA card the next night.
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Chad Finley wins Ron Hauser Memorial 100 at Owosso Speedway in Ovid
The St. Johns driver came from eighth to take Saturday's 100-lap Outlaw Super Late Model feature in Ovid; Owosso's Bo Smith ran third in Late Model Sportsman and eight of 21 late models did not finish.
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Keelan Harvick first entry for tonight's Michigan 300 at Owosso Speedway
The son of NASCAR Cup champion Kevin Harvick is confirmed for the 300-lap ASA STARS National Tour race in Ovid, with the front gate open at 3 p.m. and the green flag at 7:35 p.m.
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Owosso Speedway sets Sept. 26 Nationals card with CRA in Ovid
The track's event page lists Champion Racing Association cars plus Pure Stock, Modified and Outlaw Super Late Model classes for Day 2 of the Owosso Nationals — but no times, prices or entry list yet.
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Owosso Speedway starts championship nights Aug. 29 in Ovid
Points titles in Late Model Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Trucks and the wedge/dwarf class are on the line Saturday on the 3/8-mile asphalt oval, with gates at 4 p.m. and racing at 6.
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Chesaning commission reviews 709 W. Broad St. site plan tonight
A site plan for the West Broad Street property is the only item of new business on the village planning commission's 7 p.m. agenda. The application comes from Boland's Best One Tire and lists the use as retail storage.
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Stach's Moto Cave cleared for 804 W. Main St. building in Owosso
A do-it-yourself motorcycle repair shop won special land use approval for a large vacant Westown building, with conditions barring engine revving and outdoor parts storage, according to Owosso Planning Commission minutes.
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Owosso planning commission approves 44-unit Bradley Street apartments, 6-1
The Quonset-hut-style development on a 129,196-square-foot site near the railroad tracks won site plan approval with 10 conditions, according to draft June 22 minutes.
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Venture seeks more time on Owosso's former middle school housing deal
The developer wants to turn the closed Owosso middle school into 53 affordable apartments, but its purchase agreement with the district was set to expire Aug. 1 and no extension vote appears in the board's July packet.
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Consumers Energy logs three more Owosso, Lennon outages this week
The utility's outage map listed two "equipment issue" outages and one planned shutoff affecting roughly 62 customers, days after overnight substation work near Lennon.
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Chesaning village council OKs $204,403.59 in bills, hears clean audit
Six of seven council members were present Aug. 18 for a 30-minute meeting that took no action items beyond the consent agenda.
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Perry council OKs $63,210 in DPW work, accepts two resignations
At its Aug. 6 regular meeting, the Perry City Council approved four unanimous spending items, accepted resignations from council member Larry Lambert and planning commissioner Gerrad Leitelt, and pushed water and sewer rate decisions to Sept. 3.
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Durand council agenda set park plan vote, closed session on Union Station suit
The Aug. 17 agenda listed one item of business — a resolution adopting the city's five-year parks and recreation plan — followed by a closed session on litigation strategy in Durand Union Station Inc. v. City of Durand.
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Owosso school board meets Aug. 26 at Performing Arts Center
The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education posted notice of a regular meeting set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the district's Performing Arts Center on East North Street.
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Owosso school board to vote on bond authorization resolution Aug. 26
The Owosso Board of Education's Wednesday agenda pairs a bond authorization resolution with first looks at a tax levy, a Wilkinson Road property proposal and FFA travel.
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Week Ahead in Shiawassee County: Vernon council, Vintage Motorcycle Days, football opens
A verified rundown of public meetings, community events and school games in Shiawassee County from Aug. 23 to Aug. 30, 2026.
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Consumers Energy lineman dies after electrocution in Henderson, Rush Township
The 48-year-old journeyman line worker was doing overhead electrical work on Henderson Road on Aug. 13; MIOSHA is investigating.
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Consumers Energy: Overnight Lennon substation work to cut power to 1,350
UPDATE: the utility postponed this work for Labor Day — the overnight outage is off for now.
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Ovid-Elsie policy committee advances draft board operating procedures
The three-member committee met July 30 to revise a working document on how the school board runs its meetings, with a recommendation to the full board due in August.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews Clark, Christman for construction management
Two of the three committee members met for nearly three hours Aug. 10 to hear presentations from two construction management firms, according to minutes posted by Ovid-Elsie Area Schools.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities panel shortlists Christman, Clark for construction management
Minutes from the Aug. 3 committee meeting show four construction management firms and three architecture firms submitted qualifications, with two of each picked for interviews.
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Bancroft council OKs up to $7,000 Beach Street drain repair
The village council also approved up to $3,500 for road gravel and sand and heard an audit finding tied to the purchase of the new municipal complex, according to the Aug. 12 minutes.
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Ovid-Elsie board names Doug Long Track, splits 4-3 on bond loan
Minutes from the July 20 regular meeting show the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board renamed its high school track for a longtime coach and narrowly approved a School Bond Qualification and Loan Program application.
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Ovid-Elsie board reviews enrollment decline, restructuring concept
At an Aug. 5 work session, Superintendent Mark Horak presented five-year projections showing falling enrollment and outlined a possible change to grade configuration; no action was taken.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews GMB, Kingscott for architect work
Two of three committee members met Aug. 11 in the high school student lounge for back-to-back architectural services interviews that ran just over two hours.
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Owosso Speedway sets Ron Hauser Memorial card Aug. 22 in Ovid
The Ovid track's tentative schedule puts a 100-lap Outlaw Super Late Model feature at the center of Saturday's program, with gates open at 4 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.
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Vernon council sets Aug. 26 special meeting on DPW raise, audit deal
The posted agenda for the 6 p.m. session at Village Hall lists an employee raise for DPW Superintendent Trevor Graves, a March 31 audit review and a three-year audit proposal from Berthiaume & Company.
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Bancroft council adopts Ordinance 316-26 to sell 108 Warren St.
Six council members voted yes at a 10-minute special meeting on Aug. 18; three were absent and the minutes list no sale price.
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Laingsburg school board suspends athletic fees, extends superintendent deal
July 15 minutes show the board dropped middle and high school athletic participation fees for 2026-27, extended Superintendent Matt Shastal's contract and approved $1.5 million in June warrants.
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Corunna council cancels Sept. 8 meeting for Labor Day weekend
A notice posted by the Corunna City Council says its 7 p.m. Sept. 8 meeting at the Community Center will not be held.
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Owosso council awards $984,420 public safety building bid, orders single-hauler trash draft
All seven council members were present Aug. 17 as Owosso approved the Public Safety Building Improvements contract and directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance authorizing one trash hauler citywide.
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Owosso council accepts $1M USDA grant, OKs $239,160 WWTP change order
Minutes of the Aug. 3 regular meeting, approved Aug. 17, record unanimous 6-0 votes on a public safety building grant, a wastewater plant change order and three nuisance-cost assessment rolls.
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New Lothrop school board OKs debt levies, $108,497.92 reading buy
July 20 minutes show the board set 2026-27 tax levies, approved four new preschool and classroom hires, and extended Superintendent Jay Larner's contract through June 2029.
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Memorial Healthcare adds neuroscience physician assistant in Owosso
The Owosso hospital said Nasima Omar, PA-C, has joined the active medical staff at its Institute for Neuroscience and will see patients in Owosso and Okemos.
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Perry school board calls Aug. 19 special meeting on three purchase orders
The Perry Board of Education's noon special meeting agenda lists possible action on single purchase orders from the district's bond, general and building funds.
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Byron school board to act on 14 hires, energy bond report Aug. 17
The agenda for tonight's 6:30 p.m. regular meeting lists an energy bond presentation, 14 employments, five resignations and a van purchase.
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Morrice school board to act on K-12 nurse, cafeteria prices Aug. 19
The Morrice Area Schools board's regular meeting agenda lists votes on renewing the K-12 nurse, hiring an elementary teacher and raising adult cafeteria prices, plus discussion of a bond update.
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Vernon village council to take up DPW raise, 3-year audit proposal Aug. 19
The agenda for the Vernon Village Council's Aug. 19 regular meeting lists a raise for DPW Superintendent Trevor Graves, a review of the March 31, 2026 audit and a multi-year audit proposal from Berthiaume & Company.
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New Haven Township board OKs second brine application on 46.12 miles of gravel road
The five-member board voted unanimously at a June 18 special meeting that lasted eight minutes, according to the clerk's minutes.
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Bennington Township board OKs vet clinic rezoning, $3,612 SATA deal
The Aug. 3 meeting also approved $147,004.33 in bills and raised the mileage reimbursement rate to 76 cents per mile, according to the minutes.
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Bennington Township sends 0.3333-mill SATA levy to Nov. 3 ballot
The township board voted unanimously July 6 to put a two-year transit funding proposal before voters and approved $80,608.77 in bills.
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Perry Township board OKs $30,450 Beard Road crack sealing bid
Trustees also approved about $12,075 for Britton Road, adopted amended Roselawn Cemetery rules and heard the Community District Library's annual report at the Aug. 5 meeting.
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Perry Township board OKs $3,556 SEDP pledge, names Nick Miller to planning panel
Three of five board members were present July 1 as the Perry Township Board approved an economic development pledge, a $700 electrical repair and two Planning Commission changes, according to the meeting minutes.
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New Haven Township board OKs $4,500 cemetery tree removal, $13,241.76 in bills
The five-member board approved both items on unanimous roll call votes at its July 13 regular meeting, and reported $1,188,281.58 across all township funds.
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Woodhull Township board raises custodian pay, buys $655 assessor sketching license
July 1 minutes show the five-member board approved $42,486.73 in bills, set custodian pay at $755 a month and sent a district library agreement to the township attorney, each on 5-0 votes.
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Woodhull Township board backs Rolling Hills PUD, $172,186.96 in bills
Proposed minutes from the Aug. 12 meeting near Perry show 5-0 votes on the planned unit development, the monthly bills and the LSW fire and ambulance budget, plus October public hearings on the ambulance assessment.
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Woodhull Township planning commission took up Mackenzie rezoning Aug. 11
A special meeting agenda shows the commission scheduled conditional rezoning request CPREZ26-001 from E.T. Mackenzie Company under both old and new business.
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Woodhull Township board agenda listed Rolling Hills PUD, ambulance assessment hearings
The Aug. 12 agenda for the Woodhull Township Board included a planned unit development application, snowplow contract bids and the scheduling of ambulance assessment public hearings.
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Corunna council to weigh fire assessment district, budget amendment Aug. 17
The Corunna City Council's regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Community Center includes a fire special assessment district resolution, a 2025-2026 budget amendment and a pension division merger.
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Shiawassee County week ahead: four public meetings, PFC Cantu 5K, 18 games
Owosso and Corunna boards meet Monday, Chesaning on Tuesday and Ovid-Elsie on Wednesday, with a library relocation talk, a downtown 5K and 18 school games filling the rest of the week of Aug. 17-22.
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Morrice council accepts J. Howard resignation, OKs transfer station coupon
The village council voted 5-0 on July 28 to put a $1-off transfer station coupon in its next mailer and accepted a resignation from the board, according to minutes approved Aug. 11.
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Chesaning village council to take up $204,403.59 in bills, 2026 audit Aug. 18
The agenda posted by the Village of Chesaning lists a consent-agenda payables total and an audit report presented for discussion only, with no action items scheduled.
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Corunna school board to fill vacancy, act on principal resignation
The Aug. 17 agenda includes appointing a trustee through Dec. 31, acknowledging Corunna High School principal Ron Jacobs' resignation and approving an ice hockey cooperative.
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Ovid-Elsie board to pick construction manager, architect Aug. 19 in Elsie
The agenda recommends hiring The Christman Company and Kingscott, with one board member set to abstain over a family tie.
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Owosso's Steam Railroading Institute cancels Virginia fall excursions
The Owosso-based museum said it could not secure arrangements to move its steam engine and is working on alternative excursion options.
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Caledonia Township board approves $243,244.70 in bills, Martin Road culvert
The Caledonia Charter Township Board of Trustees voted 7-0 on June 15 to pay May payroll and June invoices, including a $173,110 ambulance check, and to buy a new culvert for the Martin Road dead end.
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Caledonia Township board awards $20,000 roofing bid, approves $290,917.63 in bills
The Shiawassee County township's board voted 6-0 on July 20 to hire Cleveland Contracting for the roof and to pay code enforcement officer Jim Delaney $3,300, according to the draft meeting synopsis.
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Corunna: 10 new homes break ground at Crestview Heights
The Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership said officials and partners marked the groundbreaking of 10 single-family homes on July 20, with two reserved for households earning up to 120% of Area Median Income.
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Centennial Woodworking breaks ground on Perry Township plant, showroom
The cabinetry maker, now operating in Laingsburg, held a ceremonial groundbreaking June 15 for a manufacturing facility and showroom at 2720 W. Lansing Road.
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Chesaning village council approves $207,962.86 in bills at nine-minute meeting
The July 21 meeting ran from 7:30 p.m. to 7:39 p.m. with no action items, and the police chief reported a 63% clearance rate.
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Chesaning council approves Candle Walk M-57 closures, $135,493.98 in bills
The village council met Aug. 4 with all seven members present, cleared accounts payable and approved a two-night state highway closure for the Candle Walk in November.
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Memorial Healthcare adds dermatologist in Owosso
The Owosso hospital said Dr. Wyatt Boothby-Shoemaker has joined its active medical staff and is accepting new patients.
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Owosso council to weigh $984,420 public safety building bid Aug. 17
The Aug. 17 agenda also includes software renewals totaling about $70,000, a nuisance abatement on West Main Street and direction on a single-hauler trash ordinance.
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Shiawassee County board approves $6.7M in bills, adds vital records clerk
Commissioners voted 6-0 on every roll call at the Aug. 12 meeting in Corunna, clearing a $113,600 records system, a $54,040 LACASA contract and an $8,607.25 animal shelter resurfacing bid.
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bealls banner goes up at Owosso East Shopping Center
The Florida-based off-price department store chain has posted a "coming soon" sign on a vacant storefront on East Main Street, but has not announced an opening date.
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Shiawassee County board sends senior services millage renewal to Nov. 3 ballot
Commissioners voted 6-0 on July 15 in Corunna to put a 0.4942-mill, five-year renewal before voters, and approved $7.16 million in bills and a $122,055 technology contract.
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Judge Stewart: Owosso water, sewer connection fees are an unlawful tax
The Shiawassee County Circuit Court ruled Aug. 7 that the city's 2024 connection-fee increases are unconstitutional taxes, the Home Builders Association of Michigan announced — with direct stakes for new housing in Owosso.
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Owosso council sends 0.5-mill parks renewal to Nov. 3 ballot
Council members voted 7-0 on July 20 to place a two-year parks millage renewal estimated to raise $170,000 a year before voters, and approved a consent agenda carrying more than $120,000 in water, sewer and legal contracts.
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Shiawassee County board takes up $113,600 records system at Aug. 12 meeting
The county commissioners' agenda for the 5 p.m. meeting lists three spending items, a new Vital Records Clerk position and a $54,040 LACASA contract.
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Laingsburg council adopts master plan, sets Summerfest street closures
Minutes from the July 7 meeting show unanimous votes on Resolution 2613, a district library agreement and up to $2,500 for trees at the kayak launch.
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Owosso seeks environmental assessment bids for Citizens Loft project
The City of Owosso posted a request for proposals Aug. 12 for an environmental assessment of a mixed-use property, with bids due Aug. 26.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso names Jessica Sargent July employee of month
The Owosso-based health system recognized a medical assistant at its Institute for Neuroscience in Howell after nine coworker nominations.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews two architects Aug. 11 in Elsie
The Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board facilities committee scheduled interviews with GMB and Kingscott for architectural services at a 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday in the high school student lounge.
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Ovid-Elsie football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 27 vs. Tri County Area
The verified nine-game schedule gives the Marauders four home dates and three in-county matchups, starting with a Thursday night opener in Elsie.
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Byron football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 28 vs. Mesick
The Eagles' verified nine-game 8-player schedule includes four home dates and five road trips, closing Oct. 23 at Marlette.
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Laingsburg football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 27 vs. Vandercook Lake
The Wolfpack's verified nine-game schedule includes four home dates and an in-county meeting with Perry on Oct. 9.
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New Lothrop football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 27
The verified nine-game schedule gives New Lothrop five home dates and three in-county matchups, starting with Muskegon Catholic Central on Thursday, Aug. 27.
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Morrice football opens 2026 season Aug. 27 at Brown City
The verified nine-game schedule for the Morrice 8-player football team includes five home dates, with the opener on the road Thursday, Aug. 27.
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Owosso football opens 2026 season Aug. 28 at Pinckney
The Shiawassee Current's verified schedule shows the Trojans playing eight games — three at home, five on the road — with an away trip to Corunna on Sept. 25.
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Corunna football opens 2026 season Aug. 27 at Durand
The verified eight-game schedule gives the Cavaliers five home dates and three in-county matchups, starting with a Thursday night trip to Durand.
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Chesaning football opens 2026 season at home Aug. 27 vs. Standish-Sterling
The verified nine-game schedule gives Chesaning five home dates and four in-county matchups, closing at Corunna on Oct. 23.
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Durand football opens 2026 season at home vs. Corunna on Aug. 27
The verified nine-game schedule gives Durand five home dates and four in-county matchups, starting with a Thursday night opener against Corunna.
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Perry football opens 2026 season Aug. 27 at Addison, six road games
The verified nine-game schedule gives Perry just three home dates and sends the Ramblers to Laingsburg on Oct. 9 for the season's in-county matchup.
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Owosso school board sets Aug. 12 committee meeting on Alger Street
The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education posted notice of a regularly scheduled committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Washington Campus Administration Building.
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Memorial Healthcare adds family medicine physician at Perry office
Hannah Bowman, MD, joins two existing providers at Memorial Healthcare Family Medicine in Perry and is accepting new patients, the hospital announced Aug. 3.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso wins ZERO Prostate Cancer grant
The Owosso hospital said the one-year grant will fund prostate cancer education, outreach and help connecting people to screening and follow-up care.
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Memorial Healthcare adds internal medicine physician in Owosso
Ali Al-Waili, MD, has joined Memorial Healthcare Family/Internal Medicine in Owosso and is accepting new patients, the hospital announced July 7.
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Owosso Speedway to host free Memorial Healthcare skin screenings Aug. 26
Memorial Healthcare's mobile health unit will offer free skin cancer screenings at the speedway from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with advance registration required.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso names Darlene Dameron employee of the month
The Owosso hospital recognized a public safety associate as its June 2026 employee of the month, citing a nomination that praised her work at the front desk.
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Owosso physician shares leukemia treatment story to urge blood donations
Memorial Healthcare says Dr. David Huff, a primary care physician being treated for a returned blood cancer, is speaking publicly about the transfusions keeping him alive.
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Steam Railroading Institute names Randy Paquette interim director in Owosso
The Owosso nonprofit that operates the Pere Marquette 1225 said a founding member of its predecessor organization will lead it after the resignation of Executive Director Ashley Deming.
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Owosso's Memorial Healthcare names hospice nurse April employee of month
Memorial Healthcare recognized Sheila Austin, a registered nurse in its hospice department, as its April 2026 Employee of the Month.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso adds psychologist to counseling team
The Owosso hospital said Valerie Hooper, Psy.D., has joined Memorial Healthcare Counseling Services and is accepting new patients for therapy and psychological testing.
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Memorial Healthcare in Owosso names Heather Lokinski employee of the month
The Owosso hospital honored a medical assistant in its diabetes and endocrinology office as its May 2026 employee of the month.
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Ovid-Elsie school board met Aug. 5 in Elsie on strategic plan
A posted notice shows the Board of Education held a work session at the high school student lounge for a single purpose: strategic plan discussion.
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Ovid-Elsie board weighed district restructuring at Aug. 5 work session
The agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board work session listed enrollment projections and a possible restructuring concept, with no formal action to be taken.
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Laingsburg school board approves 2026-27 budget with $643,182 gap
Trustees adopted a general fund budget projecting $14.9 million in revenue and $15.6 million in spending, set a 28.95-mill tax levy and approved four hires at the June 24 meeting.
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Ovid-Elsie board agenda set track naming, facilities RFQ for July 20
The July 20 regular meeting agenda carried a recommendation to name the high school track for Coach Doug Long, two MIPS board appointments and authorization to seek architectural and construction management qualifications.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee set contractor interviews for Aug. 10-11
An Aug. 3 committee agenda shows the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board panel reviewed construction management and architectural qualifications and scheduled interviews for this week.
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Ovid-Elsie board to interview construction managers Aug. 10 in Elsie
The school district's facilities committee posted notice of a 6 p.m. meeting Monday at the high school student lounge for construction manager interviews.
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Ovid-Elsie school board took up budgets, track naming at June 15 meeting
The agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board's June 15 regular meeting listed votes on four budgets, a tax levy, a revised emergency operations plan and four employee contracts.
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Corunna council agenda set data center ordinance first reading July 20
The July 20 Corunna City Council agenda listed first readings for a data center ordinance and an RM zoning amendment, plus an MDOT construction amendment for Parmenter Road.
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Corunna council agenda set data center ordinance hearing for Aug. 3
The Aug. 3 agenda listed public hearings on a proposed data center ordinance and an RM zoning amendment, plus a backhoe quote and an MDOT agreement.
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Ovid-Elsie finance committee backed budget plans ahead of June 15 vote
Two of three committee members met June 10 in the high school student lounge and unanimously recommended the final 2025-26 budget revision and the proposed 2026-27 budget to the full board.
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Ovid-Elsie policy committee backs NEOLA updates, keeps current provider
The three-member board committee recommended approval of 20 policy changes on June 11, including new artificial intelligence and staff ethics language, and decided against switching policy services.
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Shiawassee County Fair opens in Corunna today, runs through Aug. 15
The fair's posted schedule lists Draft Horse Day, two nights of rodeo, a demolition derby and a truck and tractor pull at the Hibbard Road grounds.
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Laingsburg council agenda sets marijuana fee change, blues fest closure Aug. 11
The Tuesday agenda lists a first reading of a marijuana permit renewal fee amendment, a $4,914.34 transit funding request and a wastewater budget vote.
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Perry council approves $60,395 in HVAC replacements, $42,160 lift station fix
The July 2 meeting also produced a new mower purchase, an engineer-of-record deal with OHM and a rewritten pay formula for the city's zoning administrator.
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Morrice school board took up tax levy, resource officer deal July 22
The July 22 regular meeting agenda listed resolutions on the property tax levy, the School Loan Revolving Fund and a school resource officer contract, plus a first reading of 16 policies including one on artificial intelligence.
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New Lothrop school board OKs budgets, $1.04M in bills, bond refunding
Trustees at the June 15 budget hearing approved the amended 2025-26 and initial 2026-27 spending plans, a resolution to refinance part of the district's 2014 bonds and financing for three new buses.
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New Lothrop school board agenda listed 10 staff moves, superintendent extension
The July 20 agenda for the New Lothrop Area Public Schools board included four resignations, eight hires, a non-homestead tax levy vote and a one-year contract extension for the superintendent.
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Bancroft council releases draft master plan, adopts hunting and weeds ordinances
The village council also approved $612 for three years of website malware protection and heard a pitch for a 1.5-mill fire millage that would raise $163,966 in its first year.
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Bancroft council cuts Community Hall asking price to $110,000
At a special meeting, village council members voted unanimously to lower the listing price by $10,000 and to open an auto parts account in Corunna after Vernon Hardware closed.
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Byron council minutes: June 8 record posted with no business detailed
The village posted a PDF for its June 8 meeting, but the extracted text contains no motions, votes or dollar figures to report.
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Morrice school board holds 19-minute budget hearing on 2026-27 spending
Four of seven trustees attended the June 24 special hearing, where the district presented its 2026-27 operational budget and took no action on it.
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Morrice school board buys Senior Center for $1, OKs $950,000 note
Minutes from the June 24 meeting show the Morrice Area Schools board approved two budgets, a teachers' contract, a curriculum purchase and baseball field work on a 4-1 vote.
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Corunna school board took up bond resolution, security contracts
The July 20 agenda for Corunna Public Schools listed a 2026 bond ratifying resolution, a six-year social studies textbook agreement and four contracts paid with 31aa grant funds.
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Corunna school board agenda set budgets, $1M borrowing vote June 15
The Corunna Public Schools board's June 15 agenda called for votes on final 2025-26 budgets, a truth-in-taxation resolution, next year's budgets and state aid borrowing of up to $1 million.
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Durand school board took up bond election, interim Bertha Neal posts Aug. 3
The agenda for the Durand Area Schools board's Aug. 3 regular meeting listed a resolution to authorize a bond election, interim leadership for Bertha Neal Elementary, and a full slate of 2026-27 handbooks and course catalogs.
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Byron school board agenda set budgets, coaching hires for June 15
The Byron Area Schools board's June 15 regular meeting agenda listed final 2025-26 and projected 2026-27 budgets, a slate of staff and coaching moves, athletic program changes and $2,900 in donations.
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Chesaning council OKs police union MOU; pension funding hits 78%
Minutes from the July 7 Chesaning Village Council meeting show a memorandum of understanding with the police union approved after a nine-minute closed session, and an administrator report that village pensions are now 78% funded.
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Chesaning council agenda listed $135,494 in bills, M-57 closure ask
The village council's Aug. 4 agenda placed $135,493.98 in accounts payable on the consent agenda and set a Candle Walk street closure request for action.
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Chesaning village council OKs $148,323 in bills, three park and street use requests
The July 7 synopsis minutes show the council also appointed Brandon Thompson to the Zoning Board of Appeals and set a $100 fee for a bounce house event at Showboat Park.
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Chesaning council vacates Lockwood Street strip, OKs $206,501 in bills
The village council's June 16 meeting lasted 11 minutes and cleared a street vacation that the synopsis minutes say may have been left undone earlier because of a clerical error.
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Chesaning council approves $207,962.86 in bills in nine-minute meeting
All seven village council members were present July 21 as the board cleared its consent agenda, including accounts payable and the July 7 minutes, with no other business.
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Elsie council accepts $268,543 in state grants, sets 10.7-mill levy
The June 9 minutes show unanimous roll-call votes on two fire-hydrant and equipment grants, the village operating millage and $35,088.95 in bills, while Elsie remains under a state deficit elimination plan.
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Elsie village council approves $57,191 in bills, holds off on fire authority deal
The July 14 minutes show the council paid its monthly bills, delayed action on a proposed Fire Board agreement on the village attorney's advice, and set an Ordinance Committee meeting for Aug. 6.
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Morrice council raises transfer station prices, fills council posts after resignation
At its June 9 meeting, the village council approved higher dump fees effective July 12, accepted a trustee's resignation and signed off on $4,921 in salter installation costs.
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Morrice council awards South Street sidewalk bid, appoints new trustee
The village council picked SA Smith Paving of Owosso at $23,885 for the South Street sidewalk, seated Jacob Saint Amour on a vacant council seat and shelved the transfer station expansion until 2027 bidding.
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Durand council to meet Aug. 3, with closed session on Union Station lawsuit
The agenda lists four business items and a closed session to discuss trial and settlement strategy in Durand Union Station Inc. v. City of Durand.
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Laingsburg council to weigh master plan, library budget on July 7
The agenda for the Laingsburg City Council's July 7 meeting lists a master plan resolution, a district library agreement, Summerfest street closures and a decision on Treat Street right of way.
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Perry council approves two ordinance changes and $15,281 workers' comp renewal
The June 18 meeting also brought word that the city is exploring placing a water tower on Perry school grounds.
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Durand council calls special meeting on Reed Road bids, fire line
A June 8 special meeting agenda lists two consultant bid awards for the MSHDA Reed Road project, plus a Webcor fire service line and a JB Communications proposal.
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Durand council sets special meeting on OPRA district, union deals, budget
A June 30 special meeting agenda lists two public hearings on an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act district and six approval items, including DPW union negotiations and year-end budget amendments.
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Durand council puts parks millage, charter change on Nov. 3 ballot
All seven council members were present July 20 as the council approved a charter amendment raising the city manager's spending limit to $5,000, a parks and recreation millage proposal and a $10,400 paving contract.
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Owosso posts sign-up directions for new city water portal
A June 29 notice on the City of Owosso website points residents to a document explaining how to register for the City of Owosso Water Portal.
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Shiawassee County board to weigh $122,055 SRESD tech deal July 15
The county board's July 15 agenda also includes the 2025 audit, a housing rehab contract, court staffing replacements and a zoning appeals appointment.
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Owosso council backs $7.16M in water main bids, takes up $12M bond
A five-member council approved the July 6 consent agenda 5-0, tentatively awarding two water main contracts to Glaeser-Dawes, and moved to adopt an ordinance authorizing up to $12 million in drinking water revenue bonds.
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Owosso council accepts USDA grant for public safety building, adds $239K to wastewater project
Monday's meeting moved money on three fronts — a federal grant agreement for the public safety building renovation, a third change order on the wastewater plant, and a $160,000 annual legal services authorization.
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Owosso puts parks and recreation millage on the November ballot
The July 20 meeting also brought a Redevelopment Ready certification from the state, new spending on two water projects, and a long council debate about burnouts at the organic cruise.
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County board sends senior services millage renewal to November ballot
The 0.4942-mill renewal would raise an estimated $1.37 million in its first year. Commissioners also adopted the 2025 audit and approved $7.16 million in bills at their July meeting in Corunna.
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Owosso school board takes up 2026-27 courses, science textbooks and student handbooks
July's agenda packed the year-ahead housekeeping — course offerings, textbook adoption, new hires — plus recognition for all-state softball athletes.
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Owosso police warn of scam calls spoofing the department's own number
Callers posing as officers claim you missed a court date, say there's a warrant, and demand immediate bond payment. The department says verify by calling its non-emergency line directly.
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Owosso monthly brush pickup runs through Sept. 23 — here's how it works
Crews sweep the whole city starting the last Wednesday of each month. Curb your brush by 7 a.m., keep it under 8 feet, and don't put it out before the Sunday prior.
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Five street closures coming for Owosso's late-summer event season
Moonlight Market, a memorial 5K, Vintage Motorcycle Days, the Now & Wow Market and the Walk to End Alzheimer's all got their traffic orders — here's when and where the streets close.