Fiction writers visit CMU; read to students
(10/04/19 7:46pm)
Students, faculty and Mount Pleasant community members gathered for a night of prose reading by authors Samuel Ligon and Robert Lopez.
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City of Mount Pleasant to present draft of 2050 Master Plan
(10/02/19 9:46pm)
The City of Mount Pleasant will be holding three public meetings on Thursday, Oct. 3 to present the draft for the 2050 Master Plan.
Local comic book shop to host 24-hour comic day
(10/03/19 10:19pm)
Local comic book shop Hall of Heroes is partnering with Art Reach of Mid-Michigan to hold an event as part of 24-hour Comics Day.
Rain causes flooding in Northwest Apartments; city parks remain open
(10/02/19 9:09pm)
Mount Pleasant was battered by heavy rainfall the night of Oct. 1, causing flooding in multiple parking lots and creating a small pond in the courtyard of Central Michigan University's Northwest Apartments.
Absentee ballots offered for 2019 Mount Pleasant elections
(10/02/19 4:29pm)
The City of Mount Pleasant will be offering absentee voting ballots for the city’s 2019 election on Nov. 5.
Mount Pleasant City Commission elections to be held Nov. 5
(10/02/19 3:50pm)
The City of Mount Pleasant is holding a city-wide election where voters will fill two city commissioner seats and decide on regulations for local medical marijuana businesses.
Pisanello's Pizza: 50 years as a local favorite
(10/10/19 6:29pm)
When Jim Jacobs moved to Mount Pleasant from Bowling Green, Ohio in 1969 to run Pisanello’s Pizza on Main Street, CMU students could check shotguns in at their dorms and use them to hunt pheasants south of Broomfield Road, where everything was “country,” he said.
Date rape drugs are difficult to distinguish from alcohol, officials say
(10/02/19 11:54pm)
When a college student only has one or two drinks but feels much drunker, it is possible that they have been drugged.
Library showcases work of past university photographers
(09/27/19 7:02pm)
The walls are covered end to end with history.
City commission discusses potential 2020 census pitfalls
(09/25/19 11:07pm)
A growing concern for participation in the Michigan 2020 Census was addressed at the City Commission meeting on Sept. 23.
Mount Pleasant Police to host 'coffee with a cop' Oct. 16
(10/11/19 7:48pm)
Mount Pleasant Police Department will be hosting “Coffee with a Cop” from 2-3 p.m on Wednesday, Oct. 16. at Robaire’s Bakery at 1903 S. Mission Street.
Mount Pleasant superintendent says schools are focused on vape education
(09/26/19 10:34pm)
A student leans against a bathroom stall inside Mount Pleasant High School and inhales flavored vapor. Not far from where they stand is a poster plastered on the stall warning students of electronic cigarette side-effects. Others are not as timid and smoke from desks situated in the back of a classroom.
WMU police: 'Be a Chip, be responsible' at CMU-WMU game
(09/25/19 9:40pm)
This weekend, hundreds of Central Michigan University students will be traveling to Kalamazoo for one of the school's biggest rivalry football games: Western Weekend.
Community member raising money to honor his veteran relatives
(09/26/19 9:49pm)
Robert Armstead spent 19 months exhausting himself, and his savings, caring for his ill father who died in December. For the last nine months, Armstead has been corresponding with the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs and multiple cemeteries to fulfill his father’s final wish.
City Commission funds research for mayor election processes
(09/24/19 7:36pm)
City Commissioners unanimously passed a budget amendment to provide $4,000 to the Center for Research and Rural Studies (CARRS) to research the election process of mayors at the Sept. 23 meeting.
Isabella County Soup Kitchen launches capital campaign for renovations
(09/27/19 6:22pm)
With the number of guests continuing to rise, Executive Director Sarah Adkins said it’s time for renovations for the Isabella County Soup Kitchen.
San Diego State University professor to give presentation about the "smartphone generation"
(09/25/19 4:26pm)
Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University is coming to Central Michigan University to talk about young people and technology.
Two CMU students selected to join Secretary of State youth voting task force
(09/24/19 8:07pm)
Two Central Michigan University students were selected Sept. 19 to be part of the Secretary of State’s Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force – a “first-of-its-kind effort to empower the next generation of voters.”
OPINION: Noting the importance of voting at all levels
(09/24/19 3:53pm)
This is a column from Katie Prebelich, Student Government Association press secretary. She is a junior from Troy, Michigan.
CMU participates in global climate strike, community demands action
(09/20/19 10:17pm)
“Our house is on fire” is the rallying sentiment as millions of protesters gather worldwide to demand political, international action against climate change. This movement, "Fridays for the Future," was spearheaded by 16-year-old environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Greta Thunberg.
