By Ralph Echtinaw A high-tech traffic ticket system is coming to St. Louis this year after debuting with the county sheriff’s department, Alma Police Department and Breckenridge Police Department four years ago. […]
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 council seats up for grabs after retirement declarations
By Ralph Echtinaw The mid-term elections are history, but St. Louis voters will be asked to replace two retiring city council members in November 2019. Two of the five positions on city […]
Losing money over last 4 years, Dial-a-Ride gets St. Louis help
By Ralph Echtinaw City council doubled the St. Louis financial commitment to local bus service Tuesday, but at least one councilman wants this to be the last year general fund money is […]
Auditor finds much to praise in city’s accounting department
By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis Finance Director Bobbie Marr received high marks Tuesday from Ken Berthiaume, a certified public accountant who just completed an audit of the city’s books. “We encountered no […]
Boarded-up gas station to get environmental assessment
The shuttered and fire-damaged Clark gas station on M-46 at Pine took a step closer to being sold Wednesday, as city council voted to hire AKT Peerless for $26,000 to conduct an […]
Five apartments proposed for downtown St. Louis in 2019
Five downtown apartments may be in store for St. Louis, as Gemini Capital Management of Breckenridge intends to create such on the second floor of the building just north of Main Street […]
Gratiot County students to get help in finding employment
The recently-created Central Michigan Talent Consortium that includes the St. Louis school district, has received $1.3 million from state government to build partnerships between business and education. This was part of a […]
