Marlette News

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 Marlette Community Schools district is upping the amount it intends to borrow to keep itself solvent for the beginning of next school year.

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

Marlette Community Schools' non-homestead millage passed by a comfortable margin during the May 5 election with a vote of 225 yes to 175 no.

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.

A 19-year-old Peck man was killed in a traffic crash at the intersection of Shephard Road and M-90 on Wednesday.

ThumbWorks! has put together a regional '101' course to help area businesses, organizations and school districts understand the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Croswell-Lexington's Ashley Barth and Sandusky's Amanda Jacobs each threw no-hitters tonight, leading their teams to conference victories.

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.

The Sanilac County Band Festival for middle school bands will be at 7 p.m. April 21 in the gym at Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School.

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 ...

PORT HURON -- Audrey J. Miller, 76, died Friday, April 3, 2009. Survived by two sons, Eugene and Michael Miron and three daughters, Roxanne Kleiber, Lori Sutherland, and Shirley Campbell.

IMLAY CITY -- Robert Johnson, 79, died Thursday, March 12, 2009. Survived by his wife, Hazel.

Drug enforcement officers swept up 28 of the 43 suspects they were looking for in Sanilac County Monday in the culmination of a 16-month undercover drug investigation.

County residents should notice a lot less street level drug dealing after a sweep of low level dealers on Monday and Tuesday.

Many of the people arrested during a Monday sweep by the Sanilac Drug Task Force represent a group of drug dealers police don't commonly encounter, task force Director Bill Gray said.

MAPLE VALLEY TWP. - A 42-year-old Capac woman was admitted to Marlette Regional Hospital today after an accident on Maple Valley Road south of Montgomery Road.

Sue Cook and Meredith Lyons have been appointed to the Marlette Regional Hospital Board of Directors.

Local school districts are not seeing the large enrollment declines of the past few years, and some are even noticing slight increases.