Tuscola County Road Commission board addresses dangers of farm waste on...
Mud, manure a hazard for drivers By Tom Gilchrist Staff Writer CARO — Mud and manure slurry deposited on Tuscola County roads by manure-hauling vehicles have caught the attention of Tuscola County Road...
View ArticleBronner’s counters satanists’ plans for holiday display
By Megan Decker Staff Writer FRANKENMUTH — Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland has loaned a three-piece Nativity scene for display at the Michigan Capitol. The Nativity was placed on the lawn during a...
View ArticleKu Klux Klan sign near Shay Lake investigated as ethnic intimidation
By Mary Drier Staff Writer MAYVILLE — Who would do this? That’s the question law enforcement officials and some residents of Dayton Township are asking after an ethnic intimidation sign was discovered...
View ArticleKatrina M. Buckel Millington
Katrina M. Buckel, age 42, a longtime resident of Millington, passed away unexpectedly on December 18, 2014. She is the beloved wife of Gary Buckel and is survived by her children Bradley Buning,...
View ArticleWalter Jerome Martini Vassar
Walter Jerome Martini, age 82, was welcomed into the arms of his Savior on December 19, 2014. Walter was born on May 13, 1932 to Walter Harold Martini and Esther ViEva (Kinney) Martini. He attended...
View ArticleSebewaing Sportsmen’s Club speaks out about Bay Shore Camp’s proposed land trade
Local club, family members object to Bay Shore plan By Mary Drier Staff Writer SEBEWAING — A local conservation group is supporting efforts to keep a piece of state land in the northwest side of the...
View ArticleVassar Township man charged with making alleged terror threat on Facebook
CARO — Prosecutors accuse a 25-year-old Vassar Township man of making a terrorist threat against the Tuscola County Courthouse on Facebook. Mason A. Lyons would face a maximum sentence of 20 years in...
View ArticleTuscola County Commissioners to open time capsule
By Mary Drier Staff Writer CARO — Was it simply the passage of time or because of security changes at the Tuscola County Courthouse to just using the front door the reason that a time capsule was...
View ArticleDr. Fe Quines of Caro Family Physicians dies at age 77
By Andrea McBride Staff Writer CARO — The familiar laugh that was heard for more than 40 years through the halls of Caro Family Physicians is now silent but not forgotten. Dr. Fe Quines, who co-owned...
View ArticleJASON DOYLE McALLOON Vassar
Christmas should have been a joyous day for our family to celebrate, but instead, we suffered a terrible loss that most will never be able to fully understand. Our baby, Jason Doyle McAlloon, born...
View ArticleDorothy L. Rievert, Sebewaing
Dorothy L. Rievert, age 80, of Sebewaing, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014. She was born December 16, 1934, in Owendale, to the late Roy and Margaret (Cove) Hartman. She married Warren G....
View ArticleRobert J. Buchinger Sr. Reese
Robert J. Buchinger Sr., 79, of Reese, died Saturday evening, December 27, 2014 at McLaren Bay Region in Bay City. He was born November 28, 1935 in Denmark Township, Tuscola County, son of the late...
View ArticleVIRGINIA MARGARET HINTON Sebewaing, formerly of Caro
Virginia Margaret Hinton, age 89, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014 at Medallion Village in Sebewaing, following a lingering illness. Virginia was born April 23, 1925 in Huron County, the daughter...
View ArticleBETTY JANE ONDRAJKA, Gagetown
Betty Jane Ondrajka, age 84, of Gagetown, passed away December 30, 2014, at Vadavilla AFC Home in Unionville. Betty was born January 5, 1930, in Unionville, to the late Jesse and Edna (Wing) Parsell....
View ArticleAuthorities have lead in KKK sign case
By Mary Drier Staff Writer MAYVILLE — As the new year begins, the Tuscola County Sheriff’s Department hopes to soon be able to close one criminal case file. On December 15, a racially intimidating sign...
View ArticleThumb health departments eyeing $450,000 grant
By Mary Drier Staff Writer and Chris Aldridge for the Advertiser THUMB AREA — In a joint effort, the Thumb area’s three county health departments are applying for a $450,000 grant that would be used...
View ArticleRobert C. Lesoski, Gagetown
Robert C. Lesoski, age 60, passed away at his home in Gagetown on Friday, January 2, 2015. Robert was born November 30, 1954 to the late Bernard and Rose Lesoski. He married Kathryn Thompson on...
View ArticleDebra Ann Eremia, Unionville
Debra Ann Eremia, age 59, of Unionville, passed away January 1, 2015, at Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her family as she went to be with her...
View ArticleRobert A. (Bob) Klopf, Vassar
Robert A. (Bob) Klopf, age 74, passed away early Saturday morning January 3, 2015 while at the Covenant Health Care Harrison Campus in Saginaw, Michigan. Bob was born in Fairgrove, Michigan on...
View ArticleVERNON C. “VERN” BATES, Caro
Vernon Charles “Vern” Bates, age 84, died peacefully on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Caro Community Hospital following a lingering illness. Vern was born June 7, 1930 in North Branch, the son of the...
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