STANDISH — Former Standish City Manager Tori Kelly and former City Treasurer Melissa McAllister, who were arrested by officers of the Michigan State Police Post (MSP) in Tawas on Oct. 14 and Oct. 8, respectively, and fired by City Council on Oct. 8, are scheduled to appear in Arenac County’s 81st District Court in the near future. more

STANDISH — For the third straight year, Standish-Sterling Middle School (SSMS) is preparing for a student exchange program with Aichi Middle School, located in Nagoya, Japan. more

AuGRES — Dawn Senior Living, a recently registered non-profit corporation (as of August) out of AuGres, has taken the first steps to bring an assisted/independent living senior citizen complex to the area. more

ARENAC COUNTY — The current AuGres-Sims School District (AGS) K-12 building has been welcoming AuGres area students since 1948. Arenac-Eastern School District’s (AE) K-12 building was built somewhere around 1946 – a combined 122 years of history. But after an Oct. 13 AGS Board of Education meeting, the prospect of the two districts consolidating is growing. more

STANDISH TOWNSHIP — Sally Scheall, 45, of Standish, plead guilty to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns, according to Acting United States Attorney Terrence Berg in a press release issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Oct. 16. more

STANDISH — Former Standish City Manager Tori Kelly and former City Treasurer Melissa McAllister, who were arrested by officers of the Michigan State Police Post (MSP) in Tawas on Oct. 14 and Oct. 8, respectively, and fired by City Council on Oct. 8, are scheduled to appear in Arenac County’s 81st District Court in the near future. more

The two candidates running for the position of 97th District Representative in the Michigan Legislature responded to questions issued from "The Arenac County Independent." more

STANDISH — In an extension of its national efforts that has Weight Watchers International donating $1 per-pound-lost, up to $1,000,000, of its entire nationwide membership in a six week promotion, local Weight Watchers have decided that for each pound its members lose until Oct. 18, they are donating a can of food to the Standish Assembly of God food bank. more

ARENAC COUNTY — October is breast cancer awareness month and two area survivors, Betsy Leadbetter, of Sterling, and Brenda Eymer, Mills Township, will receive recognition for their triumphs over cancer prior to a Saginaw Spirit hockey game on Oct. 18. more

ARENAC COUNTY — Whether it was the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) naming Sheriff Ronald Bouldin the state’s worst administrator last year or an unfair labor claim against Bouldin from the union, the history between the POAM and Bouldin has been far from sweet. more