LAPEER — The motto of The Lapeer Optimist Club is “Friend of Youth.” The 57-member organization demonstrated that commitment to Lapeer-area children again Thursday afternoon when it made a $35,000 donation toward the purchase of new More...

IMLAY CITY — Downtown Imlay City will once again be an artistic hotspot this fall.  The Imlay City Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Lapeer Art Association (LAA) are once again joining forces to be host to Art in the Rough, in d More...

LAPEER — After nearly 15 months of bargaining, 230 nurses at McLaren Lapeer Region (MLR) voted Tuesday to give their leaders the ability to authorize a strike.  More...

Lapeer Police Dept. Incidents are compiled from reports over the last several days  FRIDAY  When: 4:58 a.m. Where: S. Main Street Incident: Traffic stop   More...

A motorcycle rider was injured Thursday afternoon on M-24 at Mayfield Road (just north of Davis Lake Road) in Mayfield Township after crashing into a utility trailer towed by a pickup truck. More...

LANSING — Now that it’s July and the beginning of summer, the Michigan Dept. More...

The people of Lapeer need a new library. This town deserves a better library, and for this reason and many others, we need to build a new one.  More...

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Insurance companies base their business on looking for ways to minimize risk. For example, a life insurance company will ask you whether you smoke cigarettes, rock climb, or else scuba or sky dive. More...

Since its founding by Clara Barton on May 21, 1881, the American Red Cross has been dedicated to serving people in need.  More...

LAPEER — Lapeer County residents worship every week in nearly 100 churches from tiny rural churches with a couple dozen people seated on the pews every Sunday to the mega churches that draw hundreds from many miles around.  More...

CLIFFORD — St. Patrick’s Chapel will be hold its 28th Heritage Days festival Aug. 12, but Catholics have been gathering in this tiny north Lapeer County community for a lot longer.  More...

DRYDEN — At St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dryden, a house of worship that’s existed in the town for more than 100 years, faith is a “three-legged stool.”  More...

JUDITH ANN COLLINS, 54, of Emmett Township, died Sunday, July 8, 2018, at home following a courageous battle with cancer.  She was born Monday, March 9, 1964, in Almont, the daughter of Ronald and Patricia (Kalisz) Campbell and was a 1982 Almont More...

ROBERT SEIDELL, 85, of Imlay City, died suddenly Thursday, July 12, 2018 at McLaren - Lapeer Region Hospital.  Robert Allan Seidell was born January 4, 1933, in Imlay City. He is the son of the late Floyd and the late Dorothy (Smith) Seidell. More...

NELSON “STONY” STONE, 87, of Lum, died Thursday, July 12, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family.  More...

ALMONT TWP. — For the first time in months, Michael Cicchini and Richard Anderson left an Almont Township meeting smiling and the owners of Southern Truck got a little breathing room.  More...

Godwin’s Furniture & Mattress celebrated their grand opening with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, welcoming dozens of attendees. More...

BROWN CITY — Crop Production Services at 7121 S. Maple Valley Road has announced a name change.  As of July 1, the longtime agri-business will be known as Nutrien Ag Solutions.  More...

LAPEER — The Lapeer varsity football team hosted a 7-on-7 scrimmage against Kearsley Tuesday. The passonly scrimmage allowed both teams to get a feel for their offense and pass defense with the upcoming season fast approaching.  More...

Just when I thought the area league shakeups were all finalized, I get word that the Flint Metro League is pouring over the applications from Goodrich, Corunna and Lake Fenton to join the Metro League.  More...

METAMORA — A kinder, gentler approach to dealing with animals was on full display at Fair Play Farm last weekend as members of the Metamora Hunt Club welcomed world-renowned octogenarian and animal expert Linda Tellingston-Jones.  More...

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