City budget talks are often a recap of a community’s status quo, achievements, and priority projects for the coming year. However, the ink isn’t dry on multiple big items that arose in discussions over goals and the 2024-25 year budget for Port Huron City Council members this week. The following are three key takeaways from […]
A Port Huron Police Department detective who was recently charged with drunk driving reportedly showed up for work intoxicated. A probable cause affidavit states Thomas Rumley, 57, showed up to the Port Huron Police Department on May 3 at around 7:45 a.m. and appeared to be intoxicated. Rumley reportedly admitted he had been drinking and […]
Months ahead of Port Huron’s election filing deadline, the races for city offices are already shaping out to be a contest — with one extra City Council seat potentially up for grabs and a challenge for Mayor Pauline Repp from a familiar face. Repp first announced her intent to seek re-election on Feb. 19, pulling […]
Things may look dramatically different in a few years for motorists traveling through central Port Huron — namely, the northern half of downtown and north up Pine Grove Avenue — depending on the outcome of two imminent major state transportation projects. Reconstruction of Huron Avenue from the Military Street Bridge to Glenwood Avenue is expected […]
Port Huron officials aren’t sure yet what the solution will be to clean up flood damage around the lake end of the Black River Canal, but they said one thing isn’t up for debate: Saving it. On Monday, City Council members got a rundown of the Jan. 27 floodwaters that ravaged the canal’s Tainter gate […]
PORT HURON — Local school districts received Stop the Bleed Emergency kits through a donation from McLaren Port Huron. The hospital donated 27 of the emergency kits, courtesy of its Trauma Services Department. The kits were distributed to middle and high schools throughout the county’s seven school districts as well as the St. Clair County […]
A Port Huron man who called St. Clair County Central Dispatch threatening to blow up Michigan Works and kill several law enforcement officers was sentenced to prison Monday. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Daniel Damman ordered Kevin Koschnitzke, 37, to serve a minimum of one year and seven months and up to five years in […]
The Port Huron Fire Department is hiring multiple new firefighters in preparation for expected retirements coming this year. “I have been authorized to pre-hire for the likely retirements of three current department members, who will be anticipated to separate service this year,” Fire Chief Corey Nicholson said in an email. “Additionally, we are losing another […]
PORT HURON — In the wake of 26-year-old Joshua Conant’s death Nov. 4 outside the Roche Bar, the demands for justice and support for his loved ones from residents almost seemed omnipresent. Hundreds filled Port Huron’s social media pages and attended a Nov. 11 vigil downtown, voicing their collective grief and calling for action from […]