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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.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Port Huron’s St. Clair County Community College will host a Naturalization Ceremony tomorrow morning at 11 in the SC4 Fieldhouse. Judge Kimberly Altman will preside as new citizens take the Oath of Allegiance on Constitution Day, marking SC4’s 4th year hosting the event. Saginaw Valley State University professor and naturalized citizen Dr. Joseph Ofori-Dankwa will deliver the keynote address. Last year, nearly 150 people from more than 40 nations became citizens at the ceremony, and you are invited to attend.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that left a Wales Township man with life-threatening injuries. It happened Wednesday night around 8:21 at Lapeer and Wales Center roads in Kenockee Township. Deputies say the 21-year-old was ejected from his truck after failing to yield to a Kimball Township woman’s SUV while turning onto Lapeer Road. She suffered minor injuries. Alcohol is believed to be a factor, and the Crash Investigation Team is handling the case, which remains active.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

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.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

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.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

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.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet