SHIAWASSEE TWP. — A man who did not survive a house fire Friday morning has been identified as a 77-year-old male who lived in the home, located in the 7600 block of South Bancroft Road.
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OWOSSO — Seven local businesses are expressing confidence in a post-coronavirus economy by taking advantage of the current shutdown to make improvements to their shops using loans or grants from city of Owosso.
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SHIAWASSEE COUNTY — According to Friday afternoon’s coronavirus update from the Shiawassee County Health Department, the number of confirmed cases in the county has edged up to 36, an increase of three infections since Thursday.
LANSING — Rep. Ben Frederick has sent a letter to Michigan chief medical executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, requesting additional detailed information concerning statistics during the COVID-19 outbreak.
OWOSSO — Organizers announced the first-ever Shiawassee Triathlon (Shi-Tri), originally scheduled for May 31, has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
LANSING — State Rep. Graham Filler Monday called on the governor to allow Michigan golf courses to operate while her stay-at-home order is in place.
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NEW YORK — Blake Snell, Juan Soto and Bo Bichette are among the baseball stars switching over to PlayStation with America’s pastime on hold.
TOKYO — As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with the long delay.
OWOSSO — Organizers announced the first-ever Shiawassee Triathlon (Shi-Tri), originally scheduled for May 31, has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Laingsburg’s Gabe Hawes and Perry’s Caleb Leykauf, The Argus-Press’ All-Area Co-Players of the Year this season, were both named honorable mention All-State by the Associated Press this week.
The Elite Eight is set.
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Traffic in downtown Owosso Friday was much lighter than usual as people apparently heeded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Stay Home Stay Safe order. Argus-Press Photo Josh Champlin
On March 10, 51 eighth-grade students became Shiawassee Scholars during an event at D’Mar Conference and Banquet Center in Owosso. The program is a partnership between the Cook Family Foundation and the Shiawassee Regional Education Service District. Scholars are identified in eighth grade b…
The 2020 Durand Railroad Days royalty includes, from left, Princess Peyton Allred, Queen Hannah Johnson, Attendant Riley Vandendries and Prince Branson Baize. Royalty members were crowned Friday inside Durand Union Station, and will represent the 44th annual Durand Railroad Days festival May 14-18.
Durand firefighters were called Wednesday to 709 Olivet St. at approximately 10 a.m. after a woman who lives at the home apparently placed too much paper into her fireplace and the fire “smoked the house out.” Firefighters said she was the only person home, but didn’t sustain any injuries. T…
The Shiawassee Arts Center is teaming up with Wendy’s restaurant of Owosso for the 18th annual Celebration of Youth Art Month. The “Jungle at Wendy’s,” a multi-media collage project, was created by kindergarten through fourth-grade students during the children’s after school art program at t…
State Rep. Graham Filler, chairman of the Michigan House’s Judiciary Committee, Friday met with White House officials to discuss criminal justice reform. Filler was in the Washington, D.C., area to give a presentation about Michigan’s work in the criminal justice field at the 2020 Conservati…
Morrice Area Schools’ first-grade class, taught by Trish Baggett, was a winner in the Red Wings For Reading program. There were 100 classrooms across the state competing and the Morrice group won tickets to a Red Wings game, a library make-over and a VIP reading experience from Justin Abdelk…
New Lothrop Area Public Schools hosted a family night this past week along with its book fair. Officials said plenty of people braved the snowy weather Feb. 27 to take part. Teacher Krista Ketterer organized the event and Lynn Bishop hosted the book fair.
Argus-Press Photo/Josh Champlin Owosso VFW post members and vets are seen with a check for $9,000 raised by Wheels for Warriors, which was presented by Mike Lepior Wednesday night following a steak dinner at the Shiawassee Conservation Association to celebrate the donation.
Byron third-graders recently drew “monsters” for an art project. Byron High School intermediate art students then took those ideas and recreated them in 3D by using pottery techniques.
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