The following is reprinted from the Department of Public Works monthly report. By Mark Abbott; DPW superintendent Public works has been operating on a reduced staffing level since the middle of March. […]
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.
Hemlock attorney questions Gov. Whitmer’s authority to restrict freedom regarding virus
By Philip L. Ellison, MBA, JD, Esq COVID-19 has hit Michigan, hard. In these times, leaders have emerged to direct the state’s response to the crisis. However, the authority to act is […]
Westgate paving project approved even though two city councilmen live there

By Ralph Echtinaw Westgate subdivision homeowners will get new pavement this year despite reservations of two councilmen who live there. Tom Reed and George Kubin reside on West Essex and aren’t entirely […]
Dial-a-Ride millage in St. Louis and Ithaca will be on November ballot… if all goes as planned
By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis voters must wait until November now to say yea or nay to a proposed millage to support the Alma Transit Center’s Dial-a-Ride bus service. Although Dial-a-Ride buses […]
Maple Street reconstruction is on again after Malley Construction reverses decision to quit

By Ralph Echtinaw Malley Construction’s decision to stop working on the Maple Street reconstruction project has been reversed, and the crew was back in action on Monday, April 20. The decision to […]