Mitchell leaders approve hiring dredging design firm for Lake Mitchell
The Mitchell City Council s unanimous approval of the preliminary dredging design for Lake Mitchell will provide the city with drawings, a true cost estimate and several other key outcomes to move dredging forward. Written By: Sam Fosness | ×
An aerial photo of Lake Mitchell from 2009. (Republic file photo)
The Lake Mitchell dredging project is inching closer to becoming a reality following the Mitchell City Council’s approval on Monday to have a preliminary dredging design completed.
The council tabbed Minnesota-based Barr Engineering to complete the preliminary design at a cost of $339,000. According to Mitchell Mayor Bob Everson, the preliminary dredge design which he emphasized is not a study will provide key information, including determining the actual cost of the project, which has yet to be determined.
59-acre plot being designated for housing Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
Mitchell City Hall. (Matt Gade / Republic)
The Mitchell City Council gave its blessing to a plan to annex a prospective housing development into the city limits on the north edge of the community.
The council voted unanimously to approve a resolution to annex land during its regular meeting on Monday.
The development is planned for the north end of the city, near the intersection of East 38th Street/251st Street and North Harmon Drive. The development is northeast of where Firesteel Creek runs from Lake Mitchell and turns south toward the James River.
April 5, 1921
The Cadillac Retail Grocers and Merchants Association held a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss closing the stores on the Thursday afternoon of the coming Auto Show. It was decided that out of courtesy to the automobile dealers the stores would remain open to accommodate the visitors to Cadillac on that day and to make the business section of the city more interesting. âThe grocers do not anticipate any greatly increased volume of business during the automobile show,â said J.M. Bothwell, secretary of the merchants organization, âbut it was believed that to close on the first day of the show would not be fair to the other merchants who desire to make the streets look as attractive as possible nor to the automobile dealers who are spending their money and time to bring crowds to Cadillac.â
Mitchell City Council to consider asbestos removal agreement for downtown nuisance building
For the demolition of the 124 E. First Ave. building to begin, the council will consider approving a company to remove asbestos. Written By: Sam Fosness | ×
Shown here is the 124 E. First Ave. building that has been deemed a nuisance and uninhabitable. The Mitchell City Council approved abating the property to allow for it to be demolished. (Sam Fosness / Republic)
The city’s plan to demolish an “uninhabitable” property in downtown Mitchell is closer to beginning, as the Mitchell City Council will meet Monday, April 5, to consider approving the removal of asbestos inside the property.
CADILLAC â The last vestiges of winter are quickly disappearing from the landscape of northern Michigan, bringing to mind pleasant thoughts of summer and all that season entails.
 One of the things that people often associate with summer is fishing, especially in the Cadillac area, where residents are blessed with an abundance of lakes, rivers and streams.
On Tuesday, three young men from Cadillac went to the Lake Cadillac side of the canal to throw some lines in the water.
Gusty winds blowing west to east Tuesday made it difficult to fish anywhere on a westward-facing shore, such as the canal on the Lake Mitchell side or the dock in the city park but the canal on the Lake Cadillac side was OK because they could cast with the wind instead of against it.