Brown City News

The first word that pops to mind as you walk through the doors of the Brass Lamp Villa is Spartan.

MARYSVILLE -- Richard H. Burns, 83 died April 24, 2009. Survivied by a daughter, Cindy Beaudua, son Dan Burns and stepchildren, Pam Beier, Brian Burns and Susan Valiquett.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for southern Sanilac County and northern St.

The Brown City Green Devils advanced to the Division 3 softball regional finals only to come up short against host Frankenmuth, 7-2. Brown City finishes the season at 32-5. The Green Devils routed Montrose 15-3 in five innings in the semifinals as they pounded out 20 hits.

MARLETTE - For the second time this week, Leah O'Connor stole the show at a meet.

The Sanilac County Road Commission will repair 33.25 miles of primary road this season.

Projected state revenue cuts mean Brown City may lose about $5,798. City Manager Clint Holmes said that amounts to roughly 3.7 percent of the city's budget, according to the Michigan Municipal League.

I would like to thank all of the residents of the Brown City Community School District for their overwhelming support of our school millage renewal and Headlee override.

ALGONAC -- Dominick Mayle had two hits and three RBIs Monday to lead Algonac to a 10-7 upset win against Richmond in Blue Water Area Conference action.

BROWN CITY -- Brown City junior Kristen Greene struck out eight batters Tuesday in a 9-0 nonconference win against Croswell-Lexington. Greene , Jennifer McClelland , Katlyn Petitipren, Ashleigh Blovsky and Sandi Oligney each had two hits for the Green Devils , who play Saturday in the Imlay City Invitational.

The crash that claimed Nathan Bower's life was witnessed by at least two people, one was a friend who did his best to offer aid and comfort.

ALMONT -- Algonac and Almont split a Blue Water Area Conference doubleheader Thursday with the host Raiders winning 10-9 before falling 4-3 in six innings.

Six candidates filed for the school board in the North Branch Area Schools and five filed in the Imlay City Community Schools in what will be races in the annual May 5 school election.

Taxes of any kind are unpopular these days, but that doesn't solve a basic problem: Public schools depend on property taxes to operate effectively.

Connor Burton may have gone to school in Marlette, but he was a fixture at Brown City varsity basketball events where his aunt and uncle, Cindy and Tony Burton, coach the girls' and boys' teams.

FORT GRATIOT -- June B. Colwell, 91, died February 28, 2009. Survived by her sister Winifred Young.

A trio of local artists are not only having their creations featured in the same art exhibition in East Lansing, but they're all teachers at Lapeer West High School.

In the early '90s after three decades of getting up at the crack of dawn to milk cows and shovel cow exhaust, Brown City dairyman John Hollenbeck thought he might try his hand at something a little different.

Police and bank staffs joined forces Tuesday to nab a Detroit trio suspected of defrauding thousands of dollars from financial institutions in Almont Township, Brown City, Imlay City, Marlette and North Branch.

Editor's note: The following article is the first in what will be an ongoing series to be published in The County Press titled "Going Green" that will feature stories on how local companies, farmers, consumers, educators and residents are embracing the "green revolution." Our goal is to offer forward-thinking articles to bring to light people and ...