Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Pickup truck slams into woman’s home


WORTH TWP. –Donna Cook of Wildcat Road got a dinner-hour surprise Thursday evening. At 6:35 p.m., a 2011 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 18-year-old Hunter Martin of Applegate left the icy pavement of snow-covered Wildcat Road and slammed into her house. The 77-year-old Cook was inside the residence but was not injured. “I was sitting at my dining room table […]

Giving back

Foster grandparents program gives support to area children


When Bella Gonzalez became a widow six years ago, she found she had too much time on her hands. But Gonzalez, of Sandusky, found a new purpose, thanks to the Thumb Area Foster Grandparents program. Today, she works four days a week at Sandusky Elementary, helping teachers and providing additional support for youngsters. “If the kids can’t do a problem, […]

Help Wanted

200 apprentice jobs go begging


Sanilac County Intermediate School Superintendent Duane Lange says he’s willing to do anything to put Sanilac students in touch with employers and skilled trade training programs looking for workers. Lange’s commitment was evidenced by the recent well-attended recruiting session hosted by the Sanilac Career Center on January 25. “Representatives from the C.A. Hull Construction Company of Walled Lake came to […]

Family members charged in marijuana bust



DECKER — Three family members have been arraigned in last fall’s drug bust in which several hundred pounds of marijuana were seized. Preliminary exams in 73rd District Court are tentatively set for Feb. 9 for Laura, Jason and Michael Peters of Decker. Members of the Sanilac County Drug Task Force raided their residence in the 2000 block of Lamton Road […]

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Worth man sentenced in road rage case



Kevin Peterson, 44, of Worth Township was sentenced last week in a July 2015 road rage case. Sanilac County Circuit Judge Donald A. Teeple sentenced Peterson to 270 days in the county jail, with credit for 15 days served, after pleading no contest to one count of assault with a weapon and one count of reckless driving. Peterson was arrested […]