Maureen Eke News Today

When Saginaw Chippewa Tribal leaders asked for volunteers Thursday to carry the names of the Native students who died at the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, Maureen Eke gladly accepted.

Mt. Pleasant city commissioners are considering changes to its two mobile food vendor ordinances, including where and when they can set up shop.

Mt. Pleasant city commissioners are going back to the drawing board after several residents on Tuesday expressed concern over a proposed managed natural landscaping ordinance.

As Mt. Pleasant Parks and Recreation officials work toward creating an orchard to enhance the community garden that made its debut last year, plots are available for city residents to grow and harvest their own fruits and vegetables.

A police vehicle and body camera project, airport operational funding and rehabilitation of a runway and taxiway at the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Airport were among the requests from city officials for 2 percent funding from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.

A proposal for two affordable housing complexes in Mt. Pleasant is going back to the drawing board after city commissioners on Monday agreed that the payment in lieu of taxes proposal was too low.