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Three Gratiot County Agencies Receive Grant for Healthier Babies

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded three Gratiot County agencies $20,000 each to support mothers and...

Alma Ready to Resurrect Summer Recreational Activities

By Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent Reviving the Alma Summer Parks program will be on the to-do list for a newly hired Parks and Recreation Program Coordinator. City...

Accepting Nominations for the 2024 Athena Award

The prestigious Athena Leadership Award, recognizing individuals who excel professionally, contribute to their communities, and actively support women in leadership roles, is once again...

We Remember: “Television Arrives in Gratiot”

By Jim Goodspeed  Gratiot County’s first encounter with television involved actress Joan Crawford’s face. On September 6, 1934, a newspaper photograph showed Crawford on a...

over the Back Fence

The grandmother said, “Don’t put any more liquid in a container for a child than you want to wipe up off the floor.” How often...

MHSAA honors March

 St. Louis senior Ben March has done a lot of winning as an athlete, whether as a state finalist in wrestling, or as the...

Back Through The Years

10 years ago: 2014 The Fulton Pirate’s boy’s basketball watched Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart celebrate in disbelief on Wednesday, March 12 at Big Rapids High...

Arts United Event Raises Nearly $60K

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer An evening of art, dance, and good humor helped raise nearly $60,000 for local United Way programs last Thursday. The...

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Alma Man Sentenced in Salon Stabbing Homicide

Michael MacDonald Herald Editor An Alma man was sentenced last Tuesday to 20 to 40 years in prison for the 2025...
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Businesses Question Communication

Chris Boshoven Herald Correspondent An unexpected water shutoff last Thursday in downtown Alma added to frustration for business owners already dealing...

Gratiot Airport Lands $1.3M for New Terminal

Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Gratiot Community Airport a $1,289,000 grant to reconstruct the existing...

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