MCCAA Weekly Honors

St. Clair County Community College celebrated its best week of the fall season. Four Skippers earned MCCAA weekly honors across 3 sports. Sophomore Ava Oleski and Grace Ropes swept the volleyball awards after SC4 posted four straight 3-0 sweeps, with Oleski hitting .319 and Ropes logging 53 digs. In cross country, Freshman Samantha Langolf became SC4’s first 2-time honoree, finishing 4th at the Lansing Invitational . And goalkeeper Jakob Arnold made 16 saves to help SC4 improve to 3 wins, 2 losses on the season.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Missing Port Huron Woman With Alzheimer’s Found

Port Huron police say a missing 78-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease has been found safe. Sharon Jean Schultz was last seen walking near 13th Street and White Street at about 6:30 p.m. on September 22nd. Police had asked the public for help finding her, describing her as 157 pounds with blue eyes, wearing dark pants and a dark sweater. Investigators say she was also spotted on camera before she was located. Anyone with questions can call the Port Huron Police Department.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Skyline Sells Three Sarnia Apartment Buildings

Nearly 200 Sarnia apartments have a new landlord. Skyline Apartment REIT sold three buildings on September 10TH, covering 187 rental units. Those include Patricia Apartments and Regal Tower on Colborne Road, and Bryn Mawr Apartments on Berkshire Road. That equals about 3 per cent of the private apartments counted in Sarnia in ’21. Skyline did not name the buyer or the price. The company bought the buildings in 2014. It has now sold 265 Sarnia apartments since June of ’25.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

Unapproved Music Festival Problems

Washington Township officials in Sanilac County are preparing to take the Hi-Way Drive-In to court after a music festival went on at the property this summer without the township’s approval. The township board voted 4 to 0 on September 8th, to let its attorney pursue whatever legal action is needed to enforce local zoning rules. The drive-in had asked for a special land use permit, but the township planning committee turned it down in July, and the festival was held anyway.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet

New Jobs Coming to St. Clair County

Port Huron is set to gain more than a hundred new jobs, as Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces a major expansion for automotive supplier U.S. Farathane. The Auburn Hills-based company is planning a new high-bay manufacturing facility in St. Clair County, backed by a state performance grant and local tax incentives, with a total investment nearing twenty-two million dollars. Officials say the project beat out competing offers from Mexico and several other states, keeping the jobs right here in Michigan.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet