Second meth bust in Sandusky





A routine traffic stop led to the second methamphetamine bust in just over a week in Sandusky. Police Chief Brett Lester said the driver and the passenger were arrested June 7, after a police officer stopped the car in the Speedy Q parking lot at the corner of East Sanilac Avenue and Fulton Street. The stop, for a minor traffic […]

Digging in for health

D’ville hospital cook plants community garden

DECKERVILLE — She decided that growing one’s own wholesome food is one of the best ways to promote good health. “Doctors recommend fresh air and exercise,” said Kari Kennamer, a cook and certified nurse’s aide at Deckerville Community Hospital. “There’s no better way to get that than to have a garden.” So Kennamer, along with a handful of helpers, has […]

County land values on rise

Ag property now up 11 percent


Total equalized real property values are still rising in Sanilac County, largely due to agricultural property values and a slight up turn in residential values. However, equalized personal property values, which had been jump-starting county values, have started to drop. The total equalized real and personal property valuations are now over $2.25 billion, up 5% over $2.142 billion last year, […]

Here comes the parade



The Thumb Soybean Festival parade marches down Main Street in Brown City on Saturday afternoon.

Sanilac County schools to get state aid boost

Lawmakers OK $50-$175 per pupil



“We are grateful for any new dollars that we can get,” said Douglas Muxlow, superintendent of Brown City Community Schools, regarding last week’s passage of the Michigan school aid budget that boosts per pupil aid. The compromise legislation, between the state House, Senate and governor, provides a minimum to $50 to $175 per pupil “to close the equity gap between […]

Emergency personnel, citizens receive awards



Two emergency medical service workers and a 9-1-1 dispatcher were among those honored Saturday, at the Sanilac County Police and Firemen’s Awards program. Paramedic Cecil Byrnes and EMT Melissa Govea received the EMT of the Year Award, for their actions at an accident scene in April when a man was trapped under a forklift. Byrnes’ decision on how to carry […]

Former corrections officer pleads in sex case



A former Sanilac Sheriff Department corrections officer has pled no contest to charges that he had a sexual relationship with a woman on probation. John A. Bergman, 32, Fort Gratiot, pled in circuit court June 9 to common law offense (commit an indictable offense) and to an added charge of aggravated assault. A no contest plea is not a guilty […]

Sandusky man, 32, charged in meth lab bust



The 32-year-old Sandusky man charged in the operation of a mobile methamphetamine lab has been bound over to Sanilac County Circuit Court for trial. Brad G. Creech was arraigned June 5 in 73rd District Court on charges of operating-maintaining a laboratory involving methamphetamine second offense, possession of meth second offense and maintaining a drug house. Creech waived his preliminary exam […]

Comedic thriller “Corpse” on stage at Barn



Jennifer McNamara and Justin Mackey rehearse a scene in The Barn Theatre’s new production of the comedic thriller, “Corpse”. This play is about a pair of twin brothers in 1936 London, one of whom plans to murder the other in the most foolproof of plans. However, as with most foolproof plans, things soon begin to go awry. This second show […]

2 pinned between tractor, wagon



WATERTOWN TWP. — A Sandusky woman and a Marlette man were seriously injured when they were pinned between a tractor and a hay wagon Sunday. The accident occurred while Jason Krause, 37, and Amanda Smith, 28 were hooking up a loaded hay wagon to the tractor, according to the Sanilac County Sheriff Department. Central Dispatch received a “frantic phone call […]