Community Alert
Art Melendez read the following letter at the special council meeting on October 10, convened to discuss options for reducing the Village's general fund balance deficit, which is so severe that according to Reggie Manville (village president), we may be taken over by an emergency manager if an
Community Alert
By KXJ The stomach flu is making the rounds in the Frankfort area. Crystal Lake Clinic says they are seeing patients with nausea, stomach upset and diarrhea. Because it's caused by a stomach virus (or congressional antics), antibiotics do not help. Staying hydrated helps symptoms. If the nausea
Community Alert
(Not that they're not all important...) Attention Elbertians (and their friends)! Please attend the council meeting tomorrow night (Thursday, October 17) at 7 pm in the Community Building (401 First St.) to hear our council's plan to prevent our being taken over by an emergency manager.
Community Alert
By Glenda Golanda My brother and his significant other, Becky, are visiting from North Carolina. On Friday, October 11, we dropped them off to canoe down the Betsie, and they tipped. The river is dangerous in places, and the water that day was high and fast. The canoe was swamped
Breaking
By Emily Votruba According to Reggie and Laura Manville, the state expects to see a plan that might realistically eliminate our $558K+ deficit within the next 5 years.* If the Village does not come up with an acceptable plan by October 17, it's very likely, again according to
Breaking
By Emily Votruba UPDATED 10/10/13 Look around you, in our green (and now red and orange and golden) Village. What do you see? Trees, bluffs, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, parkland, and a few small but important business concerns. If you're a
Community Alert
What's Going Around is the Elberta Alert's semi-regular column on human and pet health. Have a tip on what might be going around in the human or pet community, or an idea for a health story? Send an e-mail to Kimm X Jayne at wittek@msu.
Community Alert
We thought we'd try something new and add some health coverage to the Elberta Alert, starting with semi-regular columns on your and your pet's health. Have a tip on what might be going around in the human or pet community, or an idea for a health
Historic Elberta
Art and Joan Moseler fulfill their dream of a return to Elberta. By Rebecca Hubbard “I was sitting in the front room after school one day and we had an early TV. I was watching Howdy Doody, and I looked out the window. The library [building, at that time] was
Breaking
By Emily Votruba The following article is an editorial. I have tried to present the facts as I know them in as unbiased a manner possible, but I do have a bias, as you will discover below. Please weigh in with your comments! An auditor from the State of Michigan
Community Alert
With sadness we note the passing of Mabel Little, 93, September 25 at Munson Hospital, from complications of a fall on the post office steps Tuesday the 24th. Mabel was a shining light in the village, a woman of strength and high spirits who was so proud of her 73-years
Agriculture