Algonac News

An Algonac man won $250,000 in the Oct. 30 Mega Millions drawing, according to information from the Michigan Lottery.

Registration for winter semester classes at St. Clair County Community College begins Monday.

It's no surprise that public libraries are as strapped for cash as everyone else.

CLAY TWP. -- Melissa Kleckner had her hands full Monday as she readied her children to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

About 300 residents are in line for H1N1 influenza vaccines at Algonac High School this afternoon.

Vaccines for the H1N1 flu have arrived in St. Clair County and will be given to the public starting Monday.

Numbers are back from student count day Sept. 30 and have confirmed what many school district officials said they already knew: There are fewer students.

Acting with prudence and common sense, the Michigan Legislature has slammed the brakes on a proposed $3 billion bridge across the Detroit River.

October 15, 2009 Dateline Clay Township, MI A new health food store for pets has opened in Clay Township on Pointe Tremble Road near the Algonac High School.

The purpose of the federal funds advanced to Chrysler and General Motors was to allow them to survive -- not to cement their uncompetitive costs in place.

Nine area bands took part in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association tonight at Memorial Stadium and all of them received high marks for their performances.

It's not a bad looking plant. A stand of phragmites, with their wispy flowers and long, swaying stems are relatively attractive at first glance. But when the non-native grass begins to crowd out local plant life, growing and spreading into dense 15 foot-high clusters and threatening to dominate entire ecosystems, they take on a whole new look.

ALMONT -- Aleece Force had 16 kills, 13 service points and three blocks Wednesday to lead Croswell-Lexington past Almont in Blue Water Area Conference action, 25-20, 25-14, 20-25, 25-17. Kaitlin Barrett added 30 assists and nine points for Cros-Lex , while Nikki Turcott had 22 digs and 10 points, and Taylor Reagan had 10 kills.

During his 48 years with the Algonac school district, Bill Foster always had a presence at Algonquin Middle School, Principal Abe Leaver said.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has sent a letter to Algonac Community Schools, telling the district the single-gender fourth-grade program at Millside Elementary School is unconstitutional and 'harms, rather than helps educational experience.' The school's fourth grade has one class of boys and one class of girls.

Michigan drivers may soon be able to hang air fresheners and other unobtrusive items from their rearview mirrors without fear of getting a ticket.

Comcast Corp. is in preliminary talks to take a 20% to 50% stake in NBC Universal and increase its ownership of the TV shows and movies it distributes to its cable subscribers.

Legislators will get a bit of a break after passing an interim one-month budget early Thursday morning, but that doesn't mean the work is done.

Heading toward the final hours of a deadline Wednesday to enact a state budget in Lansing, local lawmakers said they stuck to their guns -- often toeing the party line.

Pete Beauregard Sr. realizes marinas have to do their part to keep Michigan's Great Lakes and inland waters pristine.