Lapeer County News

The Michigan Department of Community Health has immediately suspended the license to practice veterinary medicine of Kurt A. Henkel, D.V.M., based on his convictions in the 40th Judicial Circuit Court, Lapeer County, Michigan.

Car enthusiasts live for the arrival of summer each year, and almost any vehicle event is eagerly looked forward too.

North Branch Days Planning Committee Chair Mary Oliver said there's a simple reason why North Branch Days are an important tradition.

Four months from now Lapeer County could be part of a water partnership instead of a water customer, and five years from now at least four communities could be getting their water from a Lapeer County treatment plant.

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

Lapeer Community Schools rolled out a series of budget cuts and a one-time dip into district savings at Thursday's board meeting to wipe out an expected $4.19 million revenue shortfall for the 2009-10 school year.

What do Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills and Grosse Point have in common with Lapeer? They all have high schools on Newsweek magazine's annual Top U.S. High Schools list.

There was no singing in the pelting rain that stormed the community Wednesday. Motorists sunk in collapsed roadways; residents mopped up saturated basements; fish swam in flooded lakeside yards and a sloshed driveway forced firefighters to reach a barn fire on foot.

County departments are trimming their budgets about $368,404 across the board for the remainder of the year and may have to slash up to $700,000 in 2010 to combat the nose diving economy.

This mornings thunderstorm caused minor damage, such as trees branches knocked down in Genesee County.

Several area roadways are flooded and parts of roadways are washing away, according to Lapeer County Dispatch.

The Park and Read program is coming to three Lapeer County libraries. The Lapeer District Library, North Branch Township Library, and Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library in Imlay City will participate in the program that allows valid library cardholders to check out a vehicle parking pass for any of Michigan's state parks.

Another Mid-Michigan car dealership is on the chopping block. Now the Lapeer community is buzzing as it prepares to lose half of its General Motors Corp.

The Lapeer Master Gardener Program is looking for entries for its second annual garden photo contest Aug.

The 4,500 vehicles commuting each day on the portion of Morris Road, north of Peppermill Road, could be rerouted for up to two months.

COUNTY: Lapeer HIGHWAY: M-90/M-24 CLOSEST CITY: North Branch STARTING DATE: Monday, July 13, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Mid-August 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin chip seal and resurfacing work along 15.7 miles on M-90 in Lapeer County.

Ada Jarmosevich, 62, of Dryden Township, was just 7 years old when she left the Netherlands and moved with her family to Detroit, where her dad opened a bakery.

The American Cancer Society has Relay For Life events coming up in several local communities during June: Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, 10 a.m. - 10 a.m. June 6-7. Lake Fenton Middle School in Fenton, 2 p.m. - 2 p.m. June 12-13. East Michigan Fairgrounds in Imlay City, 8 a.m. - 8 a.m. June 13-14. Flushing Riverview Park in Flushing, 2 ...

Every 12 minutes, Michigan loses a family to a more economically stable state. Since 2001, out-migration has cost Michigan 464,000 people, the equivalent of the combined populations of Grand Rapids, Warren and Sterling Heights -- the state's second-, third- and fourth-largest cities.

The law enforcement community is rallying around one of their own as a deputy battles for his life against a deadly disease that struck without warning.