Zoning rules ‘prohibitive’ to windmills

Consultant urges officials to reject proposed changes



WASHINGTON TWP. — Proposed changes in zoning rules for windmills would be “prohibitive” to the development of wind energy projects here. That’s what Tara Corbett, a member of an engineering and management consulting firm to wind energy giant Exelon Corporation, told the Sanilac County Planning Commission last week. Corbett urged county officials to reject the proposed zoning amendments that were […]

2017 budget tight but on track





County Finance Committee Chairman Dan Dean is not one for procrastination. He and his colleagues on the Sanilac County Board of Commissioners Finance Committee intend to have the county’s proposed 2017 budget ready for adoption by Aug. 2. On that day the county commission will conduct a public hearing at 1 p.m. in the commissioners’ room at the courthouse to […]

Firefighters’ flapjack fundraiser



Carol Derby, of Snover, goes through the line at the Saturday morning pancake breakfast fundraiser sponsored by the Moore Township Fire Department during Snover Days. Working the griddles are, front to back, firefighters Roger Martin, Al Gerstenberger and Chief Dan Bush.

Hazardous household waste collection Saturday





Has your spare room turned into a graveyard for antiquated printers, fax machines, phones, digital cameras and microwaves? Has your car been crowded out of your garage by an accumulation of old turpentine bottles, buckets of dried up roof coating, nearly empty spray cans, old kerosene, pesticides, auto fluids, fluorescent bulbs, and containers of used motor oil and antifreeze? If […]

Snover couple to play role at GOP convention





A Sanilac County couple will be in the thick of the action at next week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio (July 18-22). Kathy and Dean Berden, of Snover, will participate in different capacities, but with the same goal: ‘Making America Great Again,’ through the nomination and election of Donald Trump as president come November. Kathy flew to Cleveland last […]

Sanilac’s Polar Bears fought real ‘cold war’

100 soldiers saw action in Russia


(Editor’s note: Local historians, Dick Parr and Tom Regan, write the weekly Did You Know column in the Jeffersonian that features stories about the Croswell-Lexington area). In World War I (1914- 18), Germany was sure they would have to fight a two-front war. On the Western Front France and Britain, and on the Eastern Front, Russia. Germany’s plan was to […]

Tragic comedy at Barn Theatre



Gordon Whitney, Riley Niver, Emilee Caughel, Maria Fracassa and Elizabeth Wentzel rehearse a scene from The Barn Theatre’s new show, “Crimes of the Heart”. This tragic comedy tells the story of the three Magrath sisters who reunite at Old Granddaddy’s home in Mississippi after one sister shoots her abusive husband. The sisters were raised in a dysfunctional family, and each […]

Marriages



Donald H. Boughner, Jr., of Richmond to Stephanie M. E. Wellnitz of Melvin Michael P. Clink of Minden City to Jamie L. Williamson of Minden City Joshua C. Houthoofd of Sandusky to Jessica J. Tedhams of Sandusky David M. Kandler of Croswell to Melissa S. Bannister of Croswell Frank J. Kunc of Lexington to Brenda J. (Miller) Kunc of Lexington […]

Doggone lots of activities at MARLETTE’S DOG DAYS



MARLETTE — Beat the heat and have some summer fun at Marlette’s Dog Days of Summer Festival. The fourth annual event happens Thursday through Sunday, July 14-17. Kicking off festivities on Thursday are the community garage sales, and in the evening, First United Methodist Church will host a Dog Days Picnic at 6 p.m. and Cool Lemon Jazz Concert on […]

Brown appointed public guardian in Sanilac County




Jennifer Brown has been appointed Sanilac County Public Guardian by the board of commissioners. She succeeds Claudia Maedel, who has retired after 25 years of service. “I hope I can continue to help residents and live up to Claudia’s reputation,” said Brown. Brown has a background of working in the medical records department of three Thumb Area hospitals. She and […]