Recent actions by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited. MONTMORENCY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Total: 94 Alarm
After holding a Dec. 28 public hearing on the county s voter precinct boundaries, Hancock County supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance to re-establish election precinct boundaries.
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Alpena Township Clerk Michele Palevich proudly shows off pictures of her family while at work Monday. She is already planning for a special election, which is part of her job.
ALPENA Townships come in various sizes and have different numbers of employees to run them.
That can make the day-to-day jobs involved in running one township very different from the jobs needed to run another.
Three township trustees from around Northeast Michigan talked to The News about those and other issues:
BIG-PICTURE, WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
Laura Hilla, treasurer, Rogers Township: “My job as township treasurer is to collect current-year summer and winter property taxes for Rogers Township in Presque Isle County. At the beginning of March, any unpaid taxes for the previous year are turned over to the county to collect and are considered delinquent.”
Feb. 17
2:32 p.m.: The family of a previous Avery Township resident called to report that the neighbor has been trespassing on the property. Caller was advised to post no trespassing signs and cameras.
3:57 p.m.: Multiple scams came into the department today; every scam is different. This is just to reinforce that you should never give your information to anyone on the phone. Montmorency County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch receives several new scams being reported weekly.
Feb. 18
10:50 a.m.: A deputy responded to a residential burglar alarm in Vienna Township, everything was found to be as it should be, officer cleared without incident.