OWOSSO — The Shiawassee Prevention Network (SPN) is hosting a drug take back event from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Village Pharmacy, 427 W. Main St. in Owosso.
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SHIAWASSEE AREA — It’s been nearly 11 years since Michigan enacted its smoke-free law, barring individuals from smoking in bars, restaurants and other workplaces statewide.
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OWOSSO — Thanks to a local women’s group, the Shiawassee Family YMCA can expand scholarships to children and families most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
OWOSSO — Memorial Healthcare Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine recently received Adolescent Champion Gold-Level certification as an adolescent-centered medical facility through the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM).
OWOSSO — The Shiawassee-Owosso Kiwanis Club is launching its second year of the fundraiser Flags Over Shiawassee.
OWOSSO — St. John’s United Church of Christ and the Shiawassee Hunger Network Food Pantry will distribute food from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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POTTERVILLE — Morrice won two games to claim the Potterville Invitational championship Saturday, including a seventh inning rally in the title game versus Potterville.
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ITHACA — Levi Maier won the 400-meter dash in a personal-record 55.81 seconds and Chesaning’s boys track finished third at Friday’s Blue and Gold Invitational at Ithaca.
OWOSSO — Owosso couldn’t dig out of an early hole Friday, dropping a doubleheader to Goodrich 14-0 and 10-2.
OWOSSO — Macy Irelan allowed one run in 12 innings of work Thursday as Owosso swept Goodrich, 10-0, 11-1.
Obituaries
Age 52, of Morrice, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at …
Age 81, of Bancroft, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021, at Me…
Age 63, of Owosso, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021.
William “Bill” Brooks passed away on the morning of April 14, …
Age 48, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
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A backhoe digs through the rubble of the former Jumbo’s Burger Bar in downtown Owosso Wednesday morning. Jumbo’s burned recently; the building was knocked down within days.
Arthur Andres, of New Lothrop, has had a leucistic robin visiting him for the past few weeks. Leucism is a condition that causes partial loss of pigmentation in a animal, which causes patchy coloration on skin, hair feathers or scales.
Alexis Stone, of Owosso, was the 2021 Bunny With the Money winner. The annual promotion, from March 5 to 28, included 24 different local businesses. Stone registered at Hometown Markets' Westown location at Chipman Street and M-21. She won $100.
Destroyed by a fire Thursday night, the vacant building that formerly housed Jumbo's Burger Bar, 200 S. Washington St. in downtown Owosso, is shown still smoldering while it is demolished Friday afternoon by crews led by city of Owosso Public Safety Director Kevin Lenkart. Parts of streets i…
Owosso Middle School Builders Club, a Kiwanis-sponsored leadership organization, recently completed a two-week long International Women’s Day service-learning experience. Club members encouraged Owosso staff and students to wear purple or “Empower” shirts, provided everyone with purple Women…
Tye and Anthony Karhoff, owners of Karhoff Farms outside Bancroft recently welcomed a new litter of piglets from a special pig. In 2020, when the Shiawassee County Fair was canceled, the Karhoffs helped 4-H and FFA members by purchasing a pen of guilts raised by the Hendzel Family of Perry. …
State Rep. Graham Filler, R-DeWitt, right, a member of the Michigan House Agriculture Committee, last week listened to testimony from 4-H participants and community fair organizers about the impact COVID-19 restrictions could have on young people if fairs and 4-H programs are not allowed to …
Joey McKinnis was named Corunna Public Schools’ February Employee of the Month. He was honored during the Feb. 16 Board of Education meeting conducted virtually. McKinnis was hired in September 2011 as a sub bus driver. McKinnis and his wife, Pat, have one son, Josiah.
A heart pattern was left in the snow in front of the courthouse in Corunna late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The words “Be Kind” were also written in the snow
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