Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Michigan bands to rock Mount Pleasant during four-day festival

via CM-Life

The music scene will be flooded with more than 20 bands from the Midwest as they come to Mount Pleasant for a weekend of local music. Midwest Fest, a four-day long festival, is in its fourth year and is organized by Corey Densmore, owner of Diamonds in the Rough Promotions. It begins tonight and ends Saturday night. “This year is similar to years past, where you can enjoy everyone coming, regardless of what you like,” Densmore said. “You might not know about the bands, but you’ll probably follow them after seeing them.” Each band is set to play at Rubble’s Bar, 112 W. Michigan St., and tickets cost $7 to $10 nightly and $20 to $25 for a pass for all events.

Mardi Gras in downtown Mount Pleasant aims to attract students this weekend

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Jon Joslin has spent a lot of time in previous years decorating downtown Mount Pleasant in preparation for Mardi Gras, but this year Joslin took on a larger role. Joslin, chair of the Mardi Gras committee, is in charge of the entire set up for Mardi Gras this year, taking place Friday. “Mardi Gras is basically an opportunity for the community of Mount Pleasant to welcome Central Michigan students to the downtown community. There’s a wide variety of activities going on,” Joslin said. “The big event will be at 6 p.m. which is the parade with the Central Michigan University marching band. Once the parade is done, the CMU marching band comes back around for a performance for the community at the Town Center, along with the cheerleaders.”

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Former CMU police officer charged with misconduct of office

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A former Central Michigan University police officer was charged with misconduct of office for asking two 21-year-old female students to bare their chests during a ride home. Central Michigan Life and The Morning Sun report Jeffrey Card was arraigned Wednesday in Isabella County Trial Court on a felony that could result in up to five years in prison or $10,000 in fines. The incident was in the early morning hours of Sept. 11, when Card was driving the two women home from a bar. He allegedly drove them to a remote dirt road and said if they took breathalizer tests and had blood-alcohol number's higher than a certain limit they would have to expose their chests, CM Life reported.

35-year-old inmate dies in Isabella County Jail

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An inmate at the Isabella County jail died early Saturday of as yet unknown causes. Bradford T. Gibson, a 35-year-old male from East Orange, New Jersey, was found unconscious, not breathing and without a pulse at 3 a.m. CPR was not successful. This was about an hour after he was arrested by the Mount Pleasant Police Department for disorderly person, two counts of obstructing and resisting a police officer and aggravated assault on a police officer.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

CMU Board of Trustees to discuss new graduate student housing, dining hall renovation

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The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees will hear and independent audit report for the 2010-11 fiscal year on Thursday morning. The board meets for its first of two fall semester meetings at 9 a.m. in the President’s Conference Room in the Bovee University Center. Andrew, Hooper & Pavlik auditing and accounting firm will present the report for the fiscal year that ended on June 30.

Reed City Michigan State Police post to consolidate with Mount Pleasant in October

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On Oct.16 the Michigan State Police post in Reed City will consolidate with the MSP post in Mount Pleasant as a result of budget cuts. There has been a $17.7 million reduction in the state police budget for the 2012 fiscal year. By combining the posts it will help cut the budget without having to lay-off a single trooper, said Lt. Christopher Stolicker, commander of the Mount Pleasant post. “With these changes there will still be enough troopers on the road,” Stolicker said. “We will now be responsible for four counties; Isabella, Clare, Osceola and Mecosta.”

Monday, September 19, 2011

Mount Pleasant, Reed City state police posts to merge

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State police at the Mount Pleasant and Reed City posts plan to consolidate services next month, a media release indicates. The combined departments will serve Clare, Isabella, Mecosta and Osceola counties beginning Oct. 16, the report indicates. As part of the agency’s new regional policing plan, troopers will work from the Mount Pleasant post along with offices in Osceola County’s Reed City and Mecosta County’s Morton Township, officials say.