West Branch News

An evening of jazz music will feature the works of Sammy Nestico, Alfred James Ellis, Thad Jones, Randy Brecker, Tito Puente and others when the Alma College Jazz Ensemble performs its annual fall concert.

A Gladwin motorcyclist is dead after a crash. A Michigan State Police in Gladwin report 49 year old Joseph Andrew was heading southbound on M-30 when his motorcycle exited the roadway, rolled several times, and landed in a ditch.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal motorcycle accident Saturday evening in Gladwin County.

In November 2010, voters in northern Michigan can vote for a Sheltrown - once again.

The group "Send Santa to Baghdad" held a bake sale today in West Branch and were collecting money to help cover the costs of sending Christmas gifts to Michigan men and women serving overseas.

The Michigan State Police Bay City Post's Canine Team lent a hand in the apprehension of a man suspected of assaulting an acquaintance with a shotgun in Ogemaw County.

A Midland man is facing charges in Ogemaw County after allegedly assaulting a man with a shotgun Thursday night.

Chris Russell not only plays Beat the Pros, he's getting his family involved. 'I've got my fiancee into it, her family, my mom, my brother, a good friend of mine,' the Pinckney resident said.

Hide Video An Ogemaw County man will appear in court for the second time today, accused of trying to kill a woman.

Yet another Sheltrown brother has his eyes set on a job in the Legislature. Van Sheltrown , 54, hopes to take the torch from his elder sibling, Rep.

The folks over at the Mudchuggers Four-Wheel Drive Club have announced the dates for the 16th Annual Sno*Blind Expedition.

One Mid-Michigan resident said he was growing marijuana within guidelines set by the state, but police came and confiscated the stash anyway.

Fast-selling travel documents speed return from Canada, Mexico Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today that the popular enhanced driver's license and state ID card now are available at the West Branch branch office.

A preliminary hearing for an Arizona man suspected of transporting drugs through mid-Michigan has been pushed back to mid-October. Marshall W. Johnson faces charges of delivery or manufacture of a controlled substance, delivery or manufacture of marijuana and driving on a suspended license.

Counterfeiters are making the rounds of area businesses, police said. Six merchants in Iosco, Ogemaw and Gladwin counties have fallen for the ruse to the tune of at least $1,500 in the past two weeks, investigators claim.

Police need your help in finding a man believed to be forging payroll checks then cashing them at area businesses.

A cold case murder in Midland County is now closed. It was back in 1977 when Doris Arndt went missing.

An autopsy is scheduled for this afternoon to determined how a Flushing native died after she was found dead in her car in Bay County's Monitor Township.

An autopsy has confirmed that 29-year-old Emily J. Plouffe-Simunic was the woman who died in a one-car crash in Bay County.

MARLETTE -- Annabell McCready, 74, died Sunday June 14, 2009. Survived by her husband Erwin McCready.