Jordan Valley EMS director fired
Hope Wynkoop-Morris, a longtime Jordan Valley EMS billing specialist, reads a statement to the Jordan Valley EMS Authority Board during its Oct. 12 meeting, criticizing board members for failing to act on financial concerns she said she had raised repeatedly over the past eight months regarding former EMS Director Joel Yonkman, who was fired at the meeting.
Inside this issue:
- Jordan Valley EMS director fired amid financial investigation
- Sheriff Vondra offered county administrator position
- Boyne City moves to establish own brownfield authority
- Rincon withdraws from Village of Boyne Falls election
- BC School Board tours career tech rooms under construction
- 410 students to volunteer all over the community on Friday
- Boyne City approves firefighter training facility at airport
- Bay Township Board, voters talk EMS millage ballot proposal
- Melrose sets meetings for vacant trustee, supervisor posts
- Evangeline Township meeting report for October 14
- Emergency services funding dominates November ballot
- Housing nonprofit InvestMitt plans meeting at Boyne Library
- 20 fun local events for Halloween from Oct. 16-31
- Kiwanis honors founding member Doc Mansfield
- History mystery photo of the week: “Nobody smile”
- Roots of Resilience wellness event set for weekend
- Library recognizes National Friends of Libraries Week
- Yacht Club Gilligan’s Island scarecrows take top prize
- NLEA Regional Economic Outlook set for Oct. 30
- Turkey drive aims to feed families this Thanksgiving
- Boyne City regular and diesel gas prices rise again
- Patrick McCleary history: Solving a history mystery
- News briefs, Obituaries & Municipal News
- Thanks to the donors who keep the news coming!
- Music and entertainment listings
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After City Manager Mike Cain was abruptly terminated by the Boyne City Commission, Editor Jim Baumann was invited to interview with WMKT-WMBN radio in Petoskey. This interview spread the word about Boyne Citizen and demonstrates its impact.
> Here is a link to the interview
Interlochen Public Radio Interview with Editor Jim Baumann and Board Secretary Michelle Cortright.
Photo and interview by Michael Livingston
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Northern Michigan newspaper editor speaks on “ghost newsrooms”
The editor who oversaw many northern Michigan newspapers, including the Petoskey News-Review and the Cheboygan Daily Tribune, is out of a job. Sarah Leach was fired in late April by executives at parent company Gannett Co. . . .
> Full story.
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