George James

A Port Huron manufacturer is marking two decades in business. ALD Thermal Treatment celebrates 20 years of operations, having processed more than 500-million parts with zero returned from the field. The company’s also logged six straight years without a lost-time accident. ALD has earned General Motors’ Supplier Quality Excellence Award 11 of the past 12 years, and the anniversary celebration will honor longtime employees and workers behind those award wins. The company also supports local students through Manufacturing Day event.

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A Clyde Township woman is heading to jail after investigators found nearly 100 dead animals on her property. St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Damman sentenced 48-year-old Connie Wonner Monday to 15 days behind bars and 2 years probation on animal cruelty charges. The judge also barred her from owning any animal, even a fish, during probation. Investigators say surviving animals on the property had no water, no protection from the cold, and were living in urine-soaked bedding.

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Port Huron residents can explore the Holocaust through a new interactive exhibit on now at St. Clair County Community College’s Fine Arts Building, running through Sept. 30th. The display features survivor profiles, victim stories and accounts of Holocaust rescuers, plus an immersive concentration camp activity using identification tags. Additional stations include a Nazi book-burning display, a Star of David keepsake activity, a journal reflection area and a historical polling exhibit with a QR code poll.

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Three people suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash at M-138 and Vassar Road in Fairgrove Township. Police say a 68-year-old Saginaw man driving a ’25 Chevrolet Silverado ran a stop sign on Vassar Road around 9:30 p.m. last Thursday, hitting an eastbound 2015 Chrysler 200 on M-138 and rolling his truck into a ditch. The Silverado driver, a 43-year-old Fairgrove woman driving the Chrysler, and her 38-year-old passenger were taken to out-of-area hospitals. Fairgrove Fire and MMR assisted at the scene.

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A Port Huron Township woman is headed to prison for her role in the ’18 death of her 3-year-old son. 34-year-old Amanda Maison was sentenced Friday to nine to 15 years after pleading guilty in Matthew’s death, telling St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Lane her inaction led to her son’s death. Maison’s former boyfriend, Maurice Houle, was sentenced last month to 31 to 60 years for the killing, which an autopsy found was caused by blunt trauma and asphyxiation. Judge Lane said Houle bears the majority of the blame.

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A Fort Gratiot man faces six felony drug charges after the St. Clair County Drug Task Force raided his Devonshire Road home. Police say 45-year-old Jacob Zulch was arrested after a Friday, September 4th search turned up 311 grams of methamphetamine, analogues, sales materials, and cash. Zulch was arraigned on charges including possession with intent to deliver, delivery of an analogue, and maintaining a drug house. His bond was set at $75,000 dollars cash or surety.

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