Attica News

A church's one-acre plot of earth is growing wholesome vegetables to curb a community need for healthy vegetables.

FAIRMOUNT - Three Canadians were injured in a three-vehicle accident that kept the northbound lanes of Interstate 69 closed for two hours Friday.

This mornings thunderstorm caused minor damage, such as trees branches knocked down in Genesee County.

Several area roadways are flooded and parts of roadways are washing away, according to Lapeer County Dispatch.

Editor's note: The following are more Frugal Living suggestions on ways to save money during these penny-pinching times.

The fast action of three Lapeer East High School students helped save a male student Tuesday who was choking on a piece of string cheese.

Brandon Howe, a student at Weston Elementary School in Imlay City, is hugged by his mother Jenny Howe, both of Attica Township.

Classic car fans will be able to kick off the summer cruising season Saturday with the second annual Eastern Michigan Auto Fest at the Eastern Michigan Fairgrounds in Imlay City.

Police are hunting for a parole absconder suspected to be supplying cocaine to young adults in Lapeer County.

Rather than buying new vehicles during the dismal economy, many people are keeping their older cars longer and maintaining them.

When Attica's Angie Burgess was spending a lot of time traveling around the country as a contract engineer doing ergonomic evaluations of assembly lines, she spent a lot of time hanging out in coffee houses.

A local man is suspected of collecting large down payments from two area businesses, then failing to build the $10,000 barns he promised.

Terry Babbitt responded the way an educator might when he first heard that the air around one of the elementary schools in his west Michigan town of Norton Shores might be tainted with toxic chemicals: He wanted to know more.

Editor's note: This is the 13th in an ongoing series on the occupational training programs offered at the Lapeer County Education and Technology Center in Attica Township.

People commonly mistake Doug Wright's mechanical building class at the Lapeer County Education and Technology Center as something involving robots, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

A plethora of activity took place in a building trades class on a recent Friday as sawdust hung in the air from a student-operated router.

Firefighters from both Attica Township and Dryden Township responded to a reported structure fire that incinerated an Atwell Road house trailer around 7:15 a.m. Saturday.

For those who still refer to it as "The War of Northern Aggression," CSA means Confederate States of American, but for a growing number of people it's come to mean Community Supported Agriculture.

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 at 4:07 a.m. There are job fairs this week in Mid-Michigan. The first one starts Tuesday March 3, 2009 at the Huron Area Tech.

The U.S. Post Office that serves the 48412 zip code is getting a new building at Lake Pleasant and Imlay City roads that's expected to open June 1. Attica Postmaster Denise Silvermale said the new post office ...