• 24 hour patrol service in all rural areas, cities and villages

• Dispatched through 24hr. Enhanced 911 Program

• 17 full time deputies

• 5 part time deputies

• 6 reserve officers

• 1 DARE officer

Ambulance Services: Mobile Medical Response (MMR)

• Operates 24 hours a day

• 5 ambulances providing advanced life support

• Vehicles are stationed in Alma, Ashley, and Ithaca

• 18 full time certified paramedics

• 8 full time Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT)

Newspaper, Radio and Media

Local Newspapers:

• The Morning Sun - daily newspaper, published 7 days a week

• Gratiot County Herald - weekly newspaper, published every Thursday

• The Reminder & The Shopper - advertisers, published every Monday

• Life in the Middle of Michigan - semi-monthly magazine

Local Radio Stations:

• WFYC AM (1280) & WQBX FM (104.9)

• WMLM AM (1520)

• WQAC FM (90.9)

• WCZY FM (104.3)

• National Public Radio (NPR) WCMU (89.5) - broadcasts from Central Michigan
  University in Mt. Pleasant and can be heard throughout Gratiot County.

Television:

• All municipalities have access to cable television.

Internet:

• Gratiot County Home Page - www.co.gratiot.mi.us
  -detailed list of services and directory of Gratiot County Courthouse
  -links to area schools

• Greater Gratiot Development, Inc. &
  Gratiot Area Chamber of Commerce - www.gratiot.org
  -community information, economic information, maps, Chamber of Commerce
   member directory, archived newsletters.