Local Business

OWOSSO — Covenant Eyes has been approved for a 12-year local tax break on a $350,000 building project planned at the company’s 1525 W. King St. property.

OWOSSO — The new owners of the Matthews Building have struck a deal with the city of Owosso, promising to either rehabilitate or demolish the building.

CHESANING — This week the Chesaning Board of Education recognized the October Employee of the Month, Gloria Sedlar.

OWOSSO — Internet accountability company Covenant Eyes recently received a Business Development Program Grant from the state to expand its operations.

OWOSSO — Essential Massage has an open house coming up to celebrate their new location.

The former Pleasant View site is shown.

CORUNNA — The city is expanding the reach of its adaptive reuse ordinance to include residential buildings in an effort to draw more attention toward vacant infrastructure.

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY — Construction on the $250-million Assembly Solar Project — a 1,200-acre solar farm spread across parts of Hazelton and Venice townships — could begin in a matter of weeks, representatives from Ranger Power, the developer of the project, said Tuesday.

LANSING — Local members of the United Auto Workers say there is a lot more at stake than higher wages for themselves in the current union strike against General Motors.

DURAND — Not long after Maxine Kramer started working at Jon Michael Jewelers, she decided one day to try soldering a charm onto a bracelet. How hard could it be?

LaClair Sales and the mid-Michigan Chevrolet dealers announced this week that Tracy Brian, right, was the winner of a 24-month lease for a 2019 Chevrolet custom crew cab truck. Twenty-five mid-Michigan Chevy dealers participated in a sweepstakes in August.

CORUNNA — The city is taking the next step in marketing the approximately 190-acre industrial park along Parmenter Road, which has been undeveloped for more than a decade.

OWOSSO — Ludington Electric has been approved for a 12-year tax abatement by the city in support of a planned $1.3-million renovation of the building where the business is housed, 152 E. Howard St.

OWOSSO —Three buildings in downtown Owosso are wrapping up work on their facades, thanks to grants provided by the state.

OWOSSO — Having previously approved medical marijuana and the use of recreational marijuana in private, the Owosso City Council is now deciding whether to allow recreational marijuana businesses in the city.

CORUNNA — The ongoing towing battle in Shiawassee County took another turn Tuesday morning, as M-21 Towing and Recovery owner Brandon Vejcik was arraigned on three felony counts in 66th District Court.

DURAND — Bart Harris’ newly remodeled State Farm Insurance office offers customers a walk downtown and it’s just what he and his wife were envisioning when they undertook the project.

FLINT — An Owosso business owner pleaded guilty to a federal Class A misdemeanor count of theft of government funds Aug. 7 in Michigan’s Eastern District (Southern Division) in United States District Court.

OWOSSO — A cup of coffee at Joe-Lee’s Crosswinds Cafe can run $100 — if you count the cost of fuel and maintenance required to fly in from Chesaning or Lapeer.

CHESANING — Area residents now have a second option for seeking medical marijuana in the village of Chesaning as a second dispensary officially opened Thursday.

OWOSSO TWP. — Robert Bansick bit down on a brittle french fry and messed up his dental bridge.

Zach Schwab has been named August Employee of the Month for Corunna Public Schools. Schwab was honored during Monday’s board of education meeting at Corunna High School. Schwab has been the Corunna Public Schools’ summer swim supervisor for the past two years. He first was hired by the distr…

OVID — Edward J. Arthur, a Modern Woodmen of America financial representative, recently attended the Modern Woodmen Leadership Career Institute, at Modern Woodmen’s home office in Rock Island, Ill.

OWOSSO — Memorial Healthcare recently honored Chelsea Kasik, a specialty pharmacy technician, as its July Employee of the Month.

CORUNNA — Individuals looking to renovate damaged or outdated commercial property in downtown Corunna can now apply for a property tax abatement for up to 10 years.

OWOSSO TWP. — No shirt, no shoes? No problem.

OWOSSO — Attorney Barbara BakerOmerod says business has been great since moving into her new office on M-52.

CORUNNA — Daniel Matthies, the owner of Val’s Pizza in Owosso, recently was sentenced to six months probation and ordered to pay more than $21,000 in fines and restitution for embezzling from Capitol Bowl of Owosso.

OWOSSO — Nelson-House Funeral Home this week announced the addition of Joe Petersen to their staff.

OWOSSO — The owners of The Game Store, 221 N. Washington St., have announced they are purchasing Funny Pages Hobbies and Games, which is located just one block to the south, at 113 N. Washington.

BENNINGTON TWP. — Fortitude Outdoor Fitness & Venue owner Alec Faber is trying to bring a new event to the area: a music festival featuring five bands.

CORUNNA — An ordinance prohibiting recreational marijuana businesses within the city of Corunna failed Monday, leaving officials scrambling to determine their next move.

CORUNNA — City officials are working to provide tax incentives for those interested in redeveloping the downtown.