George Ronan and Mary Alsager were elected as Mount Pleasant city commissioners on Nov. 4 and will start their new roles at the start of 2020. Both have a background in education and campaigned together to become commissioners.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/q-a-alsager-ronan

President Davies confers degree to injured student in Beaumont Hospital

(12/07/19 11:18pm)

A broken leg may have prevented him from attending the ceremony, but it didn’t keep Troy senior Walter Tufts II’s commencement from being a day to remember.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/walter-tufts-davies-graduation-hospital

Mount Pleasant comes together for 2019 Christmas Celebration

(12/09/19 6:27pm)

For 26 years, the Mount Pleasant Christmas Celebration has always aimed to showcase the city's true potential; utilizing holiday spirit, lights and live reindeer, a "college town" adapts itself into a frost-tinted fantasy.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/christmas-celebration-2019

Lunch Buddies program searching for spring semester mentors, co-mentors

(12/09/19 10:32pm)

Lunch Buddies is searching for new mentors and co-mentors for the spring 2020 semester.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/lunch-buddies-program-searching-for-spring-semester-mentors-co-mentors

Streets downtown closing for Christmas Celebration

(12/06/19 2:44am)

Downtown Mount Pleasant will be subject to street closures this weekend due to the Christmas Celebration.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/christmas-street-closures

Year in Review: The most important stories of 2019

(12/06/19 5:38pm)

As the decade came to a end, so did a lot of issues at Central Michigan University.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/year-in-review-2019

Local preschooler raises money to buy every schoolmate a book

(12/11/19 3:19pm)

Zoey, a four-year-old who attends the CMU Child Development and Learning Laboratory Preschool, proved that an act of kindness can be made at any age.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/preschool-book-cute-money-kind

Park Library encourages de-stressing during exam time

(12/04/19 10:55pm)

University Libraries is providing support to students as they battle through final exams.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/library-exam-scedule-activities

MMPD to support Toys for Tots, host 'Visit with Santa'

(12/03/19 11:00pm)

Mount Pleasant Police Department is hosting a "Visit with Santa" event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 at Mount Pleasant’s Division of Public Safety at 804 E. High St..

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/mmpd-to-support-toys-for-tots-host-visit-with-santa

Smoothie King to open in Mount Pleasant Dec. 3

(12/02/19 11:33pm)

Smoothie King plans to open for business in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday, Dec. 3, Christopher Klebba of Northern Diamond Management said.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/smoothie-king-to-open-in-mount-pleasant-dec-3

City of Mount Pleasant to address snowplow damage to homeowners' lawns

(12/03/19 10:08pm)

Some Mount Pleasant residents are frustrated with recent damage done to their lawns from sidewalk snowplowing that won’t be fixed until the spring.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/12/snow-plow-damage

City commission sets third leaf collection date

(11/29/19 9:16pm)

Mount Pleasant City Commissioners approved another leaf pickup next week, named a field after a local community member and heard a speech from Central Michigan University President Bob Davies on Nov. 25.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/city-commission-nov-25

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe distributes around $2.3 million in Isabella County

(11/25/19 9:15pm)

Census preparations, after school programs and more were funded from casino gaming revenues on Thursday.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/tclv1z11pduqfxw

Annual Christmas Celebration to take place Dec. 6-7

(11/21/19 11:59pm)

Bright lights, giant floats and holiday festivities will be returning to Mount Pleasant this December during the city's annual Mount Pleasant Christmas Celebration.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/abdnw95fouitcf2

City leaf collection postponed until spring

(11/22/19 7:58pm)

Leaf collections scheduled for next week will be postponed until spring of 2020 due to winter conditions.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/leaf-collection

Crime Log: Man, 20, tries to hide cocaine in patrol car during trespassing arrest at Wayside

(11/20/19 10:26pm)

The following incidents were among those handled by the Central Michigan University Police Department and Mount Pleasant Police Department from Nov. 11-18.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/crime-log-mount-pleasant-police-arrest-man-for-trespassing-at-wayside-and-stashing-cocaine

PETA: CMU 'did the right thing' by limiting circus

(11/19/19 10:24pm)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released a statement thanking Central Michigan University for ending its engagement with Jordan World Circus on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/peta-cmu-did-the-right-thing-by-limiting-circus

Police arrest 2 men involved in Union Township armed robbery

(11/18/19 9:54pm)

A 28-year-old Mount Pleasant man and 25-year-old Jackson man were arrested after an armed robbery involving a stolen gun in Union Township early Saturday morning, according to the county sheriff’s office.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/two-men-arrested-after-union-township-armed-robbery-involving-stolen-handgun

Tribal gaming revenues fund Mount Pleasant programs

(11/19/19 6:40pm)

There will soon be another round of funding distribution from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, something that some programs in Mount Pleasant rely on to function.

https://www.cm-life.com/article/2019/11/2-percent-funding