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United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Launches ‘Stuff the Bus’ Campaign

 The United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Counties has launched its annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign, aimed at equipping local teachers with the supplies...

Boom Brothers: Alma Men Light Up Night Sky Every Year in Celebration of the Fourth

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer  It may be in their blood. Growing up in both St. Louis and Alma, Joshua and Nicholas Woodcock always celebrated...

Presidential Gavel Transfer

The Ithaca Rotary Club held its annual Transfer of the Presidential Gavel Ceremony at its regular meeting last week. Incoming President Marci Browne (right)...

Gratiot County Fair For Youth Holds Final Fundraisers in Runup to Opening Day

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer  In just about one month, participants will roll into the Gratiot County Fair For Youth with projects and a multitude...

Ithaca Schools Food Service Director Retires after 21 Years

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer  From his very first job as a teenager at A&W Root Beer in Ithaca, Rick Bongard has served his community...

Honoring Gratiot’s Past

Thinking Out Loud By Lucille Lathrop Gaut St. Louis Photo News - July 8, 1976  When I was a teen-ager Grandpa Bailey lived across from our house...

Over The Back Fence

 I think I’m done “preaching” about the importance of the flying of the American Flag. From the “evidence” I observed over our most patriotic...

Out of The Herald Archives

Queen Julie Stebbins with her attendants, Julie Jenkins and Janeatha Poindexter , as they appeared in the 1974 Breckenridge Old Fashioned Fourth...

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Thomas Giles – Obituary

Thomas Edward Giles, 78, of Naples Fla., (formerly of Alma) passed away peacefully on June 2, 2026 at Avow...
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FOIA Details Fallout After Ithaca Control Issue

Michael MacDonald Herald Editor Ithaca City Council had been moving toward a new police department when the process abruptly stopped, followed...

County Transit Proposal Advances to Ballot

Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent Lively back and forth speculation over voter interest in a millage-financed countywide transit system landed support last...

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