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Child Advocacy Offers a Series of Events During National Suicide Prevention Month

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48,183 people died by suicide in the United States in 2021....

County to Replace Emergency Management Coordinator

By Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent Gratiot County Emergency Management is searching for a new leader as Mike Soltis has submitted his resignation as coordinator. The job opening...

Alma College Offers Master of Arts in Special Education

By Tim Rath Alma College Communications  Students will learn the skills needed to become special education teachers in Alma College’s new Master of Arts in Special...

Honoring Gratiot’s Past

The Murder of Bernice Blank - Part Two By Elizabeth VanDyke Early in 1936 George Blank was in the Gratiot County jail, charged with the murder...

Out of the Herald Archives

Gratiot Area Jaycees took calls and pledges totaling $7,328 from local residents during the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy on Labor Day, 1973....

over the Back Fence

 One of the advantages of having some Michigan newspaper publishers exchange papers with us each week is that we can use (steal) their ideas...

Local Artists Complete St. Louis Pool House Mural

By William Meiners Herald Staff Writer Under cloudy skies early Saturday afternoon, Theresa Jewell checks her phone for incoming weather. With final touchups planned for a...

Alma Commissioners Embrace Likelihood of Joint Police Force

By Rosemary Horvath Herald Correspondent  Creating a new authority to oversee a combined Alma and St. Louis public safety department was brought before Alma city commissioners...

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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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