| Ithaca High School ranks No. 34 in state |
| According to Newsweek magazine, Ithaca High School is ranked the 34th best in the state.
In the nation, it made the top 1,400 high schools, coming in at 1,333.
Ithaca beat schools such as Midland, Owosso, Holland, Hillsdale and Dearborn.
In math, Ithaca totaled 61 percent of its students proficient and in reading, ... |
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| Gratiot County Officials Meet to Plan for Future |
| Surveys, vocational education, more collaboration and maximizing of resources, along with workshops, and the development of a clearinghouse of events were some of the ideas discussed at the Gratiot County Strategic Planning session Wednesday night.
Elected officials and community members were charged to find something that could be completed in ... |
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| Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizer Shows Off New Plant - 9/01/11 |
| By Greg Nelson
A fertilizer production facility in Ashley opened its doors to several hundred visitors last Wednesday giving them an up close look at the new state-of-the-art plant.
Local dignitaries, state Department of Agriculture Director Keith Creagh, company officials, and NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Regan Smith, along with his crew ... |
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| Pioneer Hi-Bred Ithaca Corn Research Center celebrats 25th anniversary - 8/25/11 |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, today celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Ithaca corn research center last week during an open house for customers and community members.
The celebration took place at the new facility, which provides advanced research capabilities, equipment storage and maintenance facility, along with a more efficient work ... |
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| County board increases PA 88 millage - 8/25/11 |
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After more than an hour of listening to the opinions of local residents, business people and municipal leaders on both sides of the issue during a public hearing, members of the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 during their meeting last week to re-implement the Public Act 88 millage ... |
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| First turbine installed at wind farm - 8/25/11 |
| As of late afternoon last Tuesday, the first of 133 wind turbine generators was up in Breckenridge.
The GE 1.6 MW turbine, which some would say resembles a giant pinwheel, towers over the surrounding landscape at a height of approximately 328 feet.
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| Big crowd to help open new Ashley ag business 8/22/11 |
| When Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizer stages an open house, they don't fool around.More than 200 dealers and managers across the country, the director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, an entire NASCAR team and the Lt. Governor are scheduled to make an appearance Wednesday at the company's new ... |
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| New Ashley Fertilizer Plant Plans Open House 8/18/11 |
| Gratiot County residents will have the opportunity to get an up close look at a new state of the art fertilizer manufacturing facility in Ashley.
Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers will host a public open house from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the plant on Sectionline Street adjacent to the ... |
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| Gratiot to levy slightly increased millage 8/18/11 |
| Overwhelming support for Gratiot County's commissioners to use P.A. 88 to levy taxes was demonstrated at the commission meeting Tuesday.Chairman Jeff Anderson said the hearing lasted 90 minutes as a majority of people spoke infavor of the plan to levy .443 mills to help pay for the 4-H coordinator and ... |
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