Stockbridge
Looking Back – January 2019
Closing out 2018 the microfilm reader at Stockbridge’s Library is in for repair so no film copies of old papers are available to view. As a result this months column covers more recent history. Our library has been saving print versions for about thirty years and they are the source for this column. Twenty years ago […]
Death Notices – Gladstone and Lavey
Donna Lavey, Lansing. Died December 23 2018, visitation Dec. 27 Caskey-Mitchell. Margene Gladstone, Stockbridge. Died Dec. 27, 2018. Funeral arrangements pending.
STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING MINUTES
December 17, 2018 Stockbridge Township Supervisor CG Lantis called the Regular Stockbridge Township Board Meeting to order on December 17, 2018 at 7:35 pm at the Stockbridge Township Hall. Members present at the Stockbridge Township Regular Board Meeting; Supervisor CG Lantis, Clerk Becky Muraf, Treasurer Kris Lauckner Trustee Terry Sommer, Trustee Ed Wetherell Member absent […]
Ways to work toward a new, improved me for 2019
by Tina Cole-Mullins As the calendar turns the page to the new year, it’s time to make a fresh start. This will be the year we begin living a happier, healthier life. We’ve set some resolutions to guide our way and decided what to stop doing over the next 12 months. But instead of giving […]
Community Spotlight: Munith farmer Dean Katz lives life of family and faith
by Cindy Lance “And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God made a farmer.” These words of Paul Harvey, delivered in a speech to the FFA in November 1978 in Kansas City, Mo., aptly describe lifelong Munith resident Dean Katz. Dean has spent his […]
Death Notice – Allen
Justin Wayne Allen, Stockbridge, died Dec. 17, 2018. Services Friday, December 21, 2018, visitation at 10:00 a.m, mass at 11 a.m. Visitation Thursday, Dec. 20 from 6-8 pm Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home. Contributions to Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian Catholic Church, Stockbridge Church of Christ, or American Legion Mackinder-Glenn Post 510.
Police Blotter by Police Chief Johnnie W. Torres Jr.
Stockbridge Police responded to the following complaints this week: 11/28/18, 12 am: Traffic stop near Main and Clinton for expired plates. Upon contact with the driver and his passenger, Stockbridge police discovered the passenger had a warrant for his arrest. Thomas Klein, 28, of Stockbridge was arrested and lodged in the Ingham County Jail […]
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Recently I had the misfortune of needing several auto repairs. I went to a local auto parts store to attempt to find out what parts were needed. A staff member came outside in the cold to test my car with a machine that would print out the problem(s). To my despair, […]
Happy birthday, Michigan: 182 years old and still scrapping with Ohio
by Ron and Arlene Kaiser What do Toledo, Ohio, Michigan Statehood, Robert E. Lee, the Upper Peninsula, Lake Michigan and the Maumee River have in common? Answer: the Toledo War, also known as the Michigan–Ohio War. This little-known conflict back in 1835 and escalated to the two state governors each deploying about 1,000 militiamen. Armed […]
Stockbridge InvenTeam travels to nation’s capital to debrief and present its findings
by Katelyn Knieper, Sylvia Whitt, Hailey Howard and Michelle Zemke From Dec. 10 to Dec. 13, Katelyn Knieper, Michelle Zemke, Sylvia Whitt and Hailey Howard traveled to Washington, D.C. to debrief and present their team’s findings from their trip to American Samoa. Day one after their arrival in Washington, D.C., the students visited Sen. Gary […]