The crippling effects of the recent financial recession are evidence of the growing number of foreclosures across the state and the nation. While some would say no area is immune, one may find fewer victims in Isabella County. Steve Pickens, county treasurer, said Isabella saw just 12 foreclosure filings in 2009.

The Mount Pleasant Commerce Center was sold to Citizens Bank Thursday for $2.04 million at a public auction at Isabella County Courthouse, 200 N. Main St.

The Commerce Center building at 711 W. Pickard Ave. faces a bank foreclosure if its property owner fails to sell the building by Nov. 12, according to documents obtained by Central Michigan Life.