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MONROE COUNTY — Local businesses and organizations share recent news about their employees. Kate Hall receives state credit union award Kate Hall, vice president of strategic management at Monroe Community Credit Union, was awarded the 2024 Young Professional of the Year Award at Michigan Credit Union League's annual convention and exposition in Traverse City. ...
Pride month concludes with Monroe County Pride 2024
MONROE — Colors of the rainbow filled St. Mary's Park on June 30 as eventgoers celebrated Monroe County Pride 2024. This year’s theme, “There's No Place Like Home," was organized and hosted by Embrace and Prism. A rainbow arch welcomed guests. Perched under canopies were more than 20 vendors and artists. Several...
New technology allows Monroe County Health Department to offer more hearing, vision screenings
MONROE COUNTY — Monroe County children age 3 and older who are entering preschool and kindergarten in the fall are required to have hearing and vision screenings. Here's what parents need to know about the free screenings, including the Monroe County Health Department's new technology — Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) and the Spot Vision Screener — which allow the department, for the first time, to screen nonverbal children and those with some other disabilities.
Michigan deputy saves man who struggled to stay afloat after crashing vehicle into pond
(CBS DETROIT) - A Michigan deputy saved a man who crashed his vehicle into a pond after someone in the area heard his calls for help, officials said.At about 12:04 a.m. on Tuesday, Monroe County dispatch received a 911 call from a resident who lived on Lulu Road near S. County Line Highway. The resident reported hearing someone yell for help and saying they couldn't swim. The caller said the yells were coming from the rear of their property, near a pond.Monroe County Deputy Shawna Hester was the first to arrive, and he discovered a man in the pond 20 feet...
Out-of-the-Way Michigan Pizzeria Gets Love For its Well Worn Exterior
There's something about a faded exterior of a pizza place that screams, "the pizza is so good and we've been around so long, don't worry what it looks like, just get inside." That may be the case with Detroit Beach Pizza north of Monroe on the shores of Lake Erie.
Longtime local Boy Scout leader Art Bomia dies
The Monroe man became a Boy Scout at age 13 and stayed in the organization, serving as an adult leader and remained active until his death. He was involved in Troop 597, Monroe County Fair Service Troop 1948 and Scouting for Food. “He did a lot in scouting. He touched...
Monroe County deputy rescues person from pond after crash
MONROE COUNTY, Mich. — A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office helped rescue a person from a pond after a crash around midnight Tuesday in Summerfield Township. The sheriff's office said they received a 911 call from a resident on Lulu Road near S. County Line Highway at 12:04 a.m. reporting hearing an unknown person yelling for help from the back of their property near a pond.
Deputy pulls man to safety following crash into pond
DEERFIELD, Mich. — A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from the backyard pond of a Summerfield Township home early Tuesday morning. According to authorities, Deputy Shawna Hester responded at 12:04 a.m. to a report from a resident on Lulu Road near County Line Highway that someone was yelling for help from the rear of the caller’s property. When the deputy arrived, she found an unidentified man in distress, struggling to stay afloat in about 20 feet of water. Deputy Hester entered the pond and pulled the man to safety. Crews then found fresh tire tracks coming from a field to the north of the property and into the pond. With the help of the Lenawee County sheriff’s dive team, the Monroe County sheriff’s dive team located and pulled a Jeep Wrangler out of the pond. The man who was pulled from the water gave conflicting information as to whether or not anyone else was in the vehicle. No one else was found. The man who was rescued was transported to ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital for treatment.
Monroe County deputy rescues man who drove car into pond overnight
A Monroe County sheriff's deputy saved a man who drove into a pond overnight in Deerfield Township. According to the sheriff's office, dispatch received a 911 call from a resident on Lulu Rd. near S. County Line Highway around 12:04 a.m. saying that they heard a person yelling for help and saying they couldn't swim from the back of their property near a pond.
Monroe County sheriff's deputy rescues man after SUV goes into pond
SUMMERFIELD TWP. — A Monroe County sheriff's deputy rescued a man from a pond after a small SUV crashed into it early Tuesday. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment, and the dive teams from the Monroe County and Lenawee County sheriff's offices were able to remove the Jeep Wrangler from the pond, Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough reported.
Monroe County agriculture: Birkey offers tips for healthy lawns, insect control
Weather forecast for agriculture, by the National Weather Service’ Climate Predication Center, is calling for a highly likely probability for above normal temperatures in their eight- to 14-day outlook for July 2-8, updated June 24, and is leaning to above normal chances for precipitation. Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions has one 14-day forecast of June 24 to July 8 that is calling for slightly above normal precipitation. He has one 30-day computer model predicting below normal temperatures for July and another computer model calling for above normal temperatures.
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