Vernon Harvest Festival. Durand Railroad Days. Byron Family Fun. Laingsburg Spring Festival. Every year the people of Shiawassee gather to celebrate our communities. We come together to show off the food that we grow and the things that we make, and to compete in the spirit of fun and friendship. Every piece of our county has its own unique history and traditions, and faces its own kind of challe...

What’s in a charter, anyway? “The taxpayers are going to take back the Charter – Owosso Charter Township.” –Sherman Garnett, May 23, 2005 In the heart of Shiawassee are two charter townships. The one on the east is home to Shiawassee’s “golden mile” … the strip of M-21 populated by our retail giants, restaurants, specialty stores, and ou...

The Recall Timeline: Fall 2002: The supervisors and other leaders of Caledonia and Owosso Townships agree to meet with the Owosso City Manager and a group known as Team 21 to discuss a water agreement with the City of Owosso. Contrary to the stated purpose of the meeting, the city and Team 21 do not discuss water; instead they propose an immediate merger of sewer services...

The recall petitions for Richard and Judy Gute are identical, with the exception of the names: “Supervisor Richard Gute showed a blatant disregard for the consensus of the constituents when they failed to carry out the direct request of the people by contracting ambulance service with Mobile Medical Response of Saginaw and dissolving Owosso Township Rescue. Said contract will result in a lo...

Owosso Charter Township Supervisor Richard Gute, and his wife and fellow board member Clerk Judy Gute face a recall vote on February 28, 2006. Leaders of the recall effort have framed their cause around the township board decision to bring Mobile Medical Response into the township to manage Owosso Charter Township rescue services. Until MMR was brought into the township in August 2005, Owos...