By Ralph Echtinaw If you drive down Michigan Avenue and see a flashing red light on the little building at Cheesman Road you can be sure that the most troublesome sewage pumping […]
Sewage pumping station to be replaced
Ralph Echtinaw
I am editor and publisher of the St. Louis Sentinel, an online newspaper just for St. Louis, Michigan. I have lived in St. Louis since 2011 and run a window cleaning business called I Feel Your Pane. My journalism experience is 14 years as reporter, editor and copy editor from 1987 to 2001.
City contributes half of what drug busting agency requested
By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis City Council voted Tuesday to make an annual contribution of $3,500 to MAGNET, the State Police-run agency that busts drug dealers in Gratiot and Shiawassee counties, although […]
Turns out a chance to be first in the lunch line can be used to improve student performance
By Ralph Echtinaw A new tactic to incentive punctuality and performance with TS Nurnberger Middle School students is making a difference, said Principal Steve Taylor. It’s called a Data Wall and consists […]
96 trees in school forest slated for harvest after ground freezes
By Ralph Echtinaw The grandson of the couple who donated 20 acres of woods to St. Louis schools in 1968 expressed concern at Monday’s board meeting that this year’s tree harvest is […]
Barbershop quartet visits schools on Valentine’s day
A barbershop quartet featuring Grant Colthorp of St. Louis, Wayne Schidler of Shepherd, Scott Johnson and Steve Johnson of Ithaca made the rounds of several schools on Friday, Feb. 14. At St. […]
