By Ralph Echtinaw After successful decontamination of a one-acre patch of the Velsicol Chemical site last year, the EPA now turns its attention to Site Two, which is so big it must […]
EPA gets busy with Area Two on Velsicol contamination site
St. Louis schools trustee Gregory Walterhouse resigns
By Ralph Echtinaw The St. Louis Board of Education is short one member, as the resignation of Greg Walterhouse was accepted on Monday, April 15. Walterhouse was elected as a write-in candidate […]
Churches to skip services, clean up St. Louis instead
By Ralph Echtinaw Fresh off their Hope House homeless shelter success, a group of six St. Louis churches will conduct a volunteer spring cleanup on Sunday, May 5, in lieu of church […]
Retail sale of marijuana now prohibited in St. Louis
By Ralph Echtinaw City council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of stores that deal in recreational or medical marijuana. St. Louis resident Walter “Shady” Seyka, 69, provided […]
FFA students compete in leadership development event
By Kacie Allen Seventeen members of the St. Louis Future Farmers of America chapter spent their Valentine’s Day competing in the Region III Leadership Development Event at Michigan State University on Feb. […]
Road reconstruction and water main work on tap for 2019
By Ralph Echtinaw City council voted Tuesday to apply for a $250,000 grant that would make the reconstruction of Maple Street more affordable. The city hopes to tear up the existing road, […]
Pine River, Arcada townships want out of Airport Authority
By Ralph Echtinaw Supervisors of Pine River and Arcada townships sent letters to the Gratiot Community Airport Authority announcing intent to withdraw from that organization as of March 31. “Ten years ago […]
