Public Safety
What the departments reported
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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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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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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 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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.