COUNTY BUILDING/OFFICES HOLIDAY HOURS

Posted on December 23rd, 2014
The County Building will be closed for several days in observance of the Christmas holiday and the New Year’s holiday. The County Building and its satellite locations will be CLOSED on the following days: Wednesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Thursday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015… Read More

Craig Smolinski, Vietnam

Posted on December 10th, 2014

‘We were there because our country needed us’

By Beth Anne Piehl

Night time can be the toughest for war veterans. Dreams that put them back in the line of fire, amidst unthinkable tragedies and atrocities, are common — even 30, 40, 50 years later. “There’s a saying, that when Vietnam… Read More

Donald Brazones, WWII

Posted on November 10th, 2014

Prisoner of War recalls fateful mission, months in German POW camp

“When it was time for us to get the blue light (a signal from the Operations hut at the end of the runway signaling the pilot to take off) a pang of fright shot through my body at the realization that I was in the war and there was no escape. Read More

Bob Bokram, Navy, WWII

Posted on November 9th, 2014

Bokram joined the Navy, ready to defend his country during WWII

By Tamara Stevens
S
pecial to Emmet County
 
Everyone who volunteered for the military during World War II served their country. But not all who served fought in battle, though they were prepared to do so at any moment. Robert “Bob”… Read More

OCTOBER 22: JOB FAIR: EMTS & PARAMEDICS

Posted on October 20th, 2014
JOB FAIR
For New Emmet County Ambulance Operations

  EMTS AND PARAMEDICS WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 22 9 A.M. – 1P.M. AT COMMUNITY CENTER, EMMET COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 3 P.M. – 7 P.M. AT HEADLANDS GUEST HOUSE, MACKINAW CITY QUESTIONS?  PLEASE CALL EMMET COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES Read More

October Hunter’s Safety Course: Oct. 21-25

Posted on October 19th, 2014
The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office has set the dates and times for the annual fall Hunter’s Safety Courses.  Second FALL Course, October 21-25 Dates and Times: Oct. 21, 2014: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 22, 2014: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 25, 2014: 8:30 a.m. to noon Location: Oct. 21 and 22:Read More

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