Tuscola County News

While the H1N1 flu has faded from news headlines, it still is very much around and remains a health issue.

A public hearing regarding the Caro Parks and Recreation Department's master plan will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 1, at the Caro Municipal Building, 317 S. State.

The Burtchville Township fire chief says three people in a sport utility vehicle told him they were lost but knew they had to drive east.

Rescuers followed a cell phone signal to the location of five people who fell through the ice on the Saginaw Bay in Tuscola county Sunday, Tuscola Undersheriff Glen Skrent says.

A Michigan State Police bomb squad was called in Thursday afternoon to look into a homemade "explosive" device made by a Caro Middle School student.

A trial date has been set for a Cass City man accused of sexually abusing a person over a span of six years.

Nicole Licavoli, former city of Vassar deputy clerk, was charged in Tuscola County with 21 counts of embezzlement by a public official.

Generally, news out of Lansing lately is "doom and gloom" of dire economic straits and funding cuts.

Nicole Lee Licavoli, Deputy Clerk for the City of Vassar, has been charged with offenses of embezzlement by a public official in a 21-count complaint filed by the Tuscola County Prosecutor's Office.

A former Vassar deputy clerk in Tuscola County has been charged with 21 counts of embezzlement by a public official.

A Tuscola County man and Missaukee County woman continue to recover after a fatal two-car crash in Kalkaska County.

A former candidate for state representative and his wife are awaiting the appeals process for putting their children in "sub-human" conditions, according to prosecutors.

January 23, 2010 - 08:57 a.m. EST Tuscola County Commissioners are expected to approve submitting a joint grant application for federal funds to help clean up the Great Lakes at their 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the Millington Township Hall 8553 State St.

A recent television news broadcast on 9-1-1 emergency dispatching services isn't reflective of all departments.

January 16, 2010 - 08:43 a.m. EST The first performance review in Tuscola County Controller Mike Hoaglanda s 24-year history with the county went well, according to the top two county commissioners.

The drafting of an ordinance to protect the Tuscola Area Airport and the rights of property owners around it is done.

An attorney for one of the students allegedly involved in the Dec. 17 assault at Lapeer East High School said the suspended students are going back to school Friday.

A Vassar couple has filed a federal civil suit against the operator and owner of a tractor-trailer that collided with their vehicle in May.

Heavy snowfall didn't deter a patient at the Caro Center from taking off on foot around 9 a.m. Friday.

A patient from the Michigan Department of Community Health Caro Center has been returned to the facility, after absconding this morning.