Dryden News

Funnel clouds churned amid the wail of tornado sirens, dime size hail pelted vehicles, thunder clouds loomed while bolts of lightening lit up a barn and tree during an evening of threatening weather Thursday.

Lapeer Community Schools rolled out a series of budget cuts and a one-time dip into district savings at Thursday's board meeting to wipe out an expected $4.19 million revenue shortfall for the 2009-10 school year.

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

Ada Jarmosevich, 62, of Dryden Township, was just 7 years old when she left the Netherlands and moved with her family to Detroit, where her dad opened a bakery.

Perhaps Theresa Pickering's biggest defense against her cancer is attitude. Pickering, 44, of Dryden, is the children's librarian of six years at the Ruth Hughes Memorial Library in Imlay City.

It was deemed a painful decision to have to make, but the Dryden Community Schools Board of Education had to settle a projected $351,000 shortfall in the 2009-10 budget and eliminated four personnel positions at a special meeting Wednesday.

The following Memorial Day weekend events are planned around Lapeer County: There will be an outdoor worship service for Lapeer police, rescue, fire, military, and veterans at 10 a.m. today at St.

TUNES: TANTRUM will appear on the on Lapeer Music Planet Soundstage at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

In celebration of National Trails Day on June 6, the third annual Polly Ann Trail Walk will be held in Imlay City.

Lenny Miller got his start at the age of 12 washing dishes in his hometown of Newton, Iowa.

Imlay City voters will chose four commissioners in the May 5 election and will choose between a field of incumbent Mayor Rod Warner and Commissioner John Lengemann, former commissioner Richard Brinker and newcomers Alan Karwowski, Tim Kaiser, Margaret Guerrero-DeLuca, Bruce Swihart, and Anthony Daversa.

The early childhood class and preschool at the Lapeer County Education and Technology Center was full of giggling children scurrying about playing on a recent Wednesday.

Tea time will be high noon Wednesday on the historic county courthouse lawn in Lapeer to protest a government steeped in debt.

Dryden Community Schools may be the smallest district in Lapeer County, but it could be labeled big in terms of improvements and achievement.

In her 42 years of driving a bus for the Almont Community Schools, Katie Dombrowski transported thousands of kids, maneuvered oodles of rural Almont roads, had one fender bender, hauled two animals, and received no speeding tickets.

Dominic and Sharon Campo of Dryden, accused of using their landfill and waste disposal business to launder money, have copped pleas in Huron County District Court.

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.

I usually try to relax on my lunch hour -- meet up with a friend or take a walk, anything to take a break from my computer.

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.

Lapeer County should be used as a model for how its five public school districts and the Lapeer County Intermediate School District share services.