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Public Safety · Owosso

Owosso tests its vote counters Oct. 13 before Nov. 3 election

The city posted notice Wednesday that the public accuracy test for the November gubernatorial election is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the City Hall conference room.

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  1. Sports · Townships · SEP 30

    Corunna hosts Clio, Owosso plays twice in a 3-game county Wednesday

    Clio visits Corunna volleyball at 6:15 p.m., while Owosso sends its volleyball team to Lake Fenton and its soccer team to Goodrich.

  2. Council Watch · Townships · SEP 29

    Pickleball is coming to Woodhull Township Park near Perry

    Aug. 10 minutes show the park and recreation commission voted 4-0 to buy a portable pickleball net for the playground basketball area and to pay $825 for three ballfield weed sprayings.

  3. Sports · Townships · SEP 29

    Chesaning at Ovid-Elsie soccer tops eight county games Tuesday

    Three county-vs-county meetings headline a Sept. 29 slate of four soccer matches and four volleyball matches, with first serves and first kicks between 5:30 and 7 p.m.

  4. Sports · Ovid · SEP 29

    $500 spectator drag race opens Owosso Speedway's Oct. 3 card in Ovid

    The Ovid track has posted a minute-by-minute schedule for Maximum "O"verload, the destruction show moved off Sept. 19 — buses, trailers, a flag pole race and a closing stunt.

  5. Sports · Townships · SEP 28

    Perry, Corunna, Owosso host in an eight-game county Monday

    Five county schools are home Monday night across soccer and volleyball, with Perry soccer hosting Ithaca at 6:30 and Laingsburg volleyball still looking for a first logged win.

  6. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 28

    Owosso returns Current's Shiawassee River records request a 3rd time

    Owosso Public Safety sent back FOIA request #880 on Sept. 28, again citing missing name, address and contact information, leaving records tied to a Shiawassee River advisory unreleased.

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  8. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 28

    Owosso Township's draft chicken rules cover farm zones, not house lots

    The farm-animals text amendment in the township's February planning commission packet would allow six hens on a half-acre — but only in the A-1 and A-2 agricultural districts, not the residential zoning where code enforcement is ordering flocks removed.

  9. Around the County · Chesaning · SEP 27

    Dead Pedal Dust Up in Chesaning, Oct. 3: dirt track, $10 gate

    A day of car show, dirt track racing, power wheels and trunk or treating at the Saginaw County Fairgrounds raises money for kids with congenital heart defects.

  10. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 27

    Owosso Township chicken owners face removal; permit option drafted

    An anonymous complaint has forced code enforcement on Bock Street flocks, and the planning commission asked its planner on Sept. 23 to draft conditional use permit language that could let some chickens stay.

  11. Business & Property · Townships · SEP 27

    Perry school board is the county's only meeting this week; 25 games

    The Sept. 28–Oct. 4 calendar is light on public business — one school board, one library board — while 25 volleyball and soccer games fill four nights, and the desk still has no confirmed football finals from Sept. 25.

  12. Sports · Townships · SEP 26

    Corunna beats Owosso 28-7; Ovid-Elsie edges Durand 30-27

    Every county football final from Friday night is in: Corunna and Ovid-Elsie won the two in-county games, Byron shut out Mayville, and Morrice lost by two.

  13. Sports · Perry · SEP 25

    Perry football beats Bath 28-3, county's only final at deadline

    Seven other Shiawassee County football games, including Owosso at Corunna and Durand at Ovid-Elsie, had not been confirmed by the score desk Friday night.

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  15. Sports · Townships · SEP 25

    Owosso at Corunna, Durand at Ovid-Elsie headline eight-game Friday

    All eight county football teams play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, with two in-county matchups and New Lothrop the best logged record at 3-1.

  16. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 25

    Owosso returns Current's river discharge records request a 2nd time

    Public Safety sent back the newsroom's Sept. 25 FOIA request for wastewater plant records, again citing missing address and contact information, leaving a reported discharge to the Shiawassee River unconfirmed.

  17. Public Safety · Owosso · SEP 24

    Owosso ties single-hauler trash plan to state recycling law, Oct. 5

    The city's hearing notice says exclusive garbage contracts are meant to meet a 2022 state requirement that 90% of single-family homes have curbside recycling.

  18. Public Safety · Owosso · SEP 24

    Owosso sets Oct. 5 hearing on banning camping on city property

    The city posted notice Thursday of a public hearing on an amendment to its parks ordinance that would prohibit camping on any property Owosso owns or controls.

  19. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 24

    Kelly's Refuse owner asks Owosso to drop single-hauler trash plan

    Minutes of the Sept. 8 council meeting record pushback from a local hauler and his customers, and a council member saying the city wrote off $15,000 in unpaid parking tickets.

  20. Council Watch · Owosso · SEP 24

    Owosso OKs towing cars over unpaid parking tickets, 6-1

    The council adopted the towing ordinance Sept. 21 after a public hearing, and set an Oct. 5 hearing on the single-hauler trash ordinance and on a ban on camping on city property.

  21. Business & Property · Townships · SEP 24

    Owosso Nationals in Ovid, Owosso at Corunna lead county weekend

    Two nights of racing at Owosso Speedway, eight football games Friday and a Ball Street market fill the Sept. 25-27 weekend across Shiawassee County.

  22. Sports · Townships · SEP 24

    Chesaning, Corunna host in a six-game county Thursday

    Five soccer matches and one volleyball trip fill the Sept. 24 slate, with Chesaning and Corunna the only county teams playing at home.

  23. Around the County · Owosso · SEP 24

    Memorial Healthcare in Owosso adds general surgeon Gavin Ambrosi

    The hospital said Thursday that Dr. Gavin Ambrosi, a board-certified general surgeon who most recently ran a trauma program in northern Wisconsin, has joined Memorial Healthcare Surgical Associates and is taking new patients.

  24. Council Watch · Chesaning · SEP 23

    Chesaning sets Oct. 20 hearing to abandon part of Railroad Street

    The village council also cleared $157,901.69 in bills, refunded $933.13 to a West Broad Street property owner and approved wood duck sculptures downtown for a Friends of the Shiawassee fundraiser.

  25. Sports · Townships · SEP 23

    Owosso hosts Goodrich volleyball in a six-game county Wednesday

    Five volleyball matches and one soccer game fill the county slate tonight, with Owosso (2-1) home against Goodrich at 6:15 p.m. and the Trojans' soccer team at Linden at 6:30.

  26. Sports · Ovid · SEP 23

    Owosso Nationals camping filling fast; gates open at noon Friday in Ovid

    Owosso Speedway says campsites for the Sept. 25-26 season finale are still available but going quickly, and it has spelled out gate times, pit parking and the paperwork drivers should bring.

  27. Council Watch · Vernon · SEP 22

    Vernon calls special meeting Thursday on Maple St. crossing grant

    The village council's only item at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Village Hall is whether to file an application for a Grade Crossing Improvement Project at the Maple Street railroad tracks.

  28. Sports · Townships · SEP 22

    Ovid-Elsie at Chesaning headlines a nine-game county Tuesday

    Four soccer matches and five volleyball matches fill the county slate Tuesday night, with the only in-county meeting kicking off at 6 p.m. in Chesaning.

  29. Schools · Ovid · SEP 22

    Kids Early Education Zone gets Ovid-Elsie lease; terms not public

    The school board approved leases for two child care operators on Aug. 19, but the posted minutes do not say which buildings they take, what they pay or when they open.

  30. Schools · Ovid · SEP 22

    Ovid-Elsie schools weigh a bond vote for May or November 2027

    Minutes from the board's Sept. 9 work session show financial advisers laid out two ballot windows, and the district has since hired an architect and a construction manager to build the case.

  31. Public Safety · Townships · SEP 22

    M-21 down to one lane near Owosso Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

    MDOT's Mi Drive map shows the left lane of M-21 between Escott and Wren roads closed during the day Tuesday and Wednesday, then again Thursday — the same stretch that has been under shoulder tile work since late August.

  32. Council Watch · Corunna · SEP 22

    Corunna held fire assessment hearing, weighed police F-150 Monday

    The council's Sept. 21 agenda put a Public Act 33 fire special assessment district, a budget amendment, a Historical Commission loan and two equipment buys in front of members at the Community Center; the city has not yet published the outcomes.

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