Conley on ballot; Redman a write-in?




Meet Don Redman, the new commissioner from District 4. Meet Bob Conley, the new commissioner candidate from District 4. Redman, the former mayor of Marlette, will fill the vacant seat of the late Jim Ruby on the Sanilac County Board of Commissioners. Redman was appointed by the county board on a 3-1 vote during a special meeting on Sept. 7. […]

Giving it their all



Sandusky firefighters used a rope to pull down a large limb from a tree that fell across Jefferson Street just east of the fire hall. The tree fell during a period gusty winds late Saturday afternoon. Front to back – Rich Honaman, George Lasecki, Aaron Hillman.

County expands health benefit




County officials are hoping a change in health care benefits will make it easier to fill management positions in county government. Sanilac County Commissioners, on a 3-1 vote, last week approved providing elected and appointed officials with two-person health, dental and vision care coverage beginning Oct. 1, with the employee option to purchase family coverage. The annual estimated cost of […]

Cros-Lex ‘upheaval’ delays search




CROSWELL — Donna Oser, the consultant to the Croswell-Lexington School Board in its search for a permanent superintendent, put it bluntly: “Beginning a search right now would not be in the best interest of the students. The upheaval in the district is going to affect your candidate pool.” Oser noted that Cros-Lex will shortly have a different school board, with […]

Third school board member quits; recall ends




CROSWELL — With a third person quitting the Croswell-Lexington School Board, a citizens’ group has dropped its recall efforts. Board Vice President Linda France submitted her resignation on Friday, the third person to quit the embattled board in a two-week period. During a special meeting on Sept. 7, the board accepted the resignations of board President John Sprowl and board […]

Holiday weekend break-ins reported




Authorities believe more than one individual, or groups of individuals, are responsible for recent larcenies from motor vehicles and break-ins of houses and garages around the county. The crimes have occurred in Delaware and Wheatland townships in the northern part of the county, in Sandusky, Applegate and Port Sanilac, and in the Croswell- Lexington-Worth area in the southeast section of […]

Port Sanilac man found dead in vehicle



MOORE TWP. — An autopsy has revealed that a medical event caused the death of a Port Sanilac man who was found dead in a van on Labor Day. Sanilac Central Dispatch received a call at 7:20 a.m. Sept. 5 from a homeowner reporting that a vehicle was in a field in the 2500 block of Wheeler Road. The Moore […]

Sandusky OKs outside seating



Those tables and chairs you see on Sandusky’s new downtown boardwalk have been approved by the city council. Council OK’d the outside seating in front of Elk Street Brewery, 3 South Elk, on Sept. 6. The seating was part of the construction plan for the new wall and boardwalk. The plan called for widening the walkway to accommodate customer seating […]

Jeff’s Marketplace raises money for Child Abuse Prevention Council



Jeff’s Marketplace of Croswell and Lexington raised more than $400 at its annual Swinging Bridge Cookout in Croswell. The money will benefit the Sanilac County Child Abuse Prevention Council. Jeff Durecka, owner of Jeff’s Marketplace, thanks the community for supporting the annual event to benefit the Council. Mary Solterman (left), of the Child Abuse Prevention Council, accepts the check from […]

Good Samaritan rescues neighbor



DECKERVILLE — A neighbor rushed into a burning, smoke-filled house Tuesday morning, to rescue a woman in a wheelchair. The rescue occurred Sept. 6, when Mark Garavaglia spotted the fire that spread from the front porch – which caught fire from a gas grill – to the south end of the residence in the 2400 block of Black River Street, […]