News
The Pinconning-Fraser Fire Board held their bi-monthly meeting on Thursday. Pinconning City Manager Rebecca Lakin was absent. After the routine opening of the meeting, Chief Dave Ramsay reported to the Board. He covered community activities, testing and training. The Department has worked out an...
At 6:45 pm on September 12th the Gibson Township Board of Trustees met in a Public Hearing to set the rate to be collected under the Special Assessment District to support the Volunteer Fire Department. All Board members were present and after opening ceremonies the motion was made and approved to...
Access to quality, affordable child care is essential to both working families and employers, but finding the right option can be difficult for families in rural communities. Thanks to a partnership between the Arenac County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and First Children’s Finance, a...
Join us - Sunday, September, 18, 2022, at 3 pm - along with Dan Kempin, a local mushroom aficionado, to explore our forests for examples of both edible and deadly species. This program will be held rain or shine and will begin in our large pole barn with a presentation on basic mushroom information...
Shelly is married to her husband Greg, and they have two children - Kaitlyn, 24 and Chase, 22. Their family has recently been struck with news none of them wanted to hear. Shelly is currently at Stage 5 kidney failure and is in need of a kidney transplant, a very expensive surgery. She will be...
The Pinconning Area Schools Board of Education held a special meeting last Tuesday, with the only item on the Agenda to approve the hiring of Dalton Bycraft as the new Middle School and High School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director, replacing Duane VanDrese who left in August.
Bycraft is a...
Pinconning High School will be celebrating Homecoming next week, with a full calendar of events. There will be dress-up days all week long, Powderpuff Football and a bonfire on Tuesday, the vote for queen on Thursday, and a big day on Friday starting with a Pep Assembly, and running right through...
Upcoming Events
Saturday, September 10,
Pinconning Yesterday &
Today Book Signing
In recognition of the 150th birthday of the City of Pinconning, the Pinconning Arts Council set out to capture some of yesterday and today’s life in the city. A special committee was formed, and work began to...
What’s All This Fine Print, and Why Am I Seeing Stuff from Townships on the Other End of the County?
We often get questions like: What’s all this fine print? Why do you publish these foreclosures, aren’t those people having a hard enough time without seeing their name in the paper? Why do you print stuff from the other end of the county?
The short answer: State Law. Michigan laws require...