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Ithaca Students Raise $17K in Read-a-Thon Event

Michael MacDonald Herald Editor A Read-A-Thon fundraiser at Ithaca’s North and South Elementary schools brought in $17,032, far surpassing expectations and opening the door to field...

Alma College Honors Day Highlights Community Ties

Megan Neeley Herald Correspondent Alma College celebrated its 28th annual Kapp Honors Day last Thursday, highlighting scholarly and creative achievements within the liberal arts. The event...

Alma High School Student Selected for Prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp

 Alma High School senior Kelsie Koves will look to join young artists from around the world this summer at Interlochen Arts Camp, one of...

Honoring Gratiot’s Past

Digitizing The Gratiot County Herald By Elizabeth VanDyke  Newspapers can be a rich source of information for genealogists. Small town papers, especially, with their emphasis on local...

over the Back Fence

 I’m not a literary nut who can recognize quotations from any number of great writers. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate literary genius, but...

Faculty, Staff, Students Produce Documentary on Michigan Agriculture

 A new documentary produced and directed by Alma College staff and faculty members aimed to shed light into the stories of Michigan agriculture and...

Kathleen Johnson – Obituary

Kathleen Mae (Gross/Tynan) Johnson, 86 of Shepherd, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2025, surrounded by family. She was born Nov. 28th 1938, in Ithaca,...

James Johnson – Obituary

James “Jim” Johnson, lovingly nicknamed “Chuck” by his children, of St. Louis, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2025, after a life filled with...

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Gratiot Animal Scramble Sale Tops $88K

Michael MacDonald Herald Editor More than $88,300 was raised at last...

COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT COSTS QUESTIONED

Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent Gratiot Commissioner Steve Sopocy didn’t hold back...
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