New State Police Trooper with Manchester roots assigned to Monroe Post
On July 12, 2018, the Monroe State Police Post received four new troopers to add to its ranks. These troopers are recent graduates of the 134th Trooper Recruit School, and completed 26 weeks of intensive training in firearms, water safety, defensive tactics, patrol techniques, report writing, ethics, cultural diversity and implicit bias, first aid, criminal law, […]
Obituary: Sally Ann Dobransky
Her Legacy… Sally Ann Dobransky, Age 91, passed away peacefully July 20, 2018 with her family by her side. She was born on September 28, 1926, in Ann Arbor, Michigan to LeRoy and Janet (Webster) Stoddard. Sally married the love of her life William Dobransky in 1972. She was a 1944 graduate of Ann Arbor High […]
Manchester Community Fair court, homemaker, & animal club exhibitors
With the close of this year’s fair this weekend, congratulations to the 2018 Manchester Community Fair Court: Queen: Jayden Humphrey, First runner-up: Natalie Bargardi, Second runner-up: Alyssa Davila, Third runner-up: Lauren Schriber, and Miss Congeniality: Gillian Bross. In the homemaker competition, congratulations to 2018 Champion Homemaker: Susie Simpson, Reserve: Amy Pyle, Junior Champion Homemaker: Lila Harvey, […]
Klager Elementary 2017-2018 third trimester 5th & 6th Grade Honor Rolls
Luther C. Klager Elementary School has announced its third trimester honor roll for the 2017-18 school year. High Honors are awarded to those students who receive all A’s. Honors are awarded to students who receive A’s and B’s. 6th Grade High Honors Blumenauer, Luke Cocco, Peter Duffing, Kannon DuRussel, Jaxon Horky, Carson Somerville, Meghan Woods, Emma Honors […]
Obituary: Bradley Thomas Eversole
Bradley Thomas Eversole, 57 of Jackson, passed away unexpectedly on July 12, 2018, in Powers Michigan while on vacation. Brad was born on April 22, 1961, in Tecumseh, Mi to Thomas Gerald Eversole and Beverly Ann Green. He was a graduate of Clinton High School class of 1979. He was preceded in death by […]
Obituary: Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson
Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson passed from this life on July 5, 2018, at home in South Haven, Michigan. She was born July 18, 1943, in Junction, West Virginia, to Guy and Margaret (Corbin) Hartman, one of nine children. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nels Peter Swanson of South Haven, Michigan; her daughter […]
Siena Heights University honors retiring professor Kerry Graves
Siena Heights University honored faculty members Manchester’s Kerry Graves along with Kathryn Burke of Brooklyn and Tim Husband of Onstead as Professors Emeritae during SHU’s annual Honors Convocation ceremony in April 2018. All three retired at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. Graves began her work at Siena Heights in 2004 as an associate professor of […]
Obituary: Betty Jean Walkowe
Betty Jean Walkowe died June 25, 2018 at the age of 94. She was born on March 5, 1924 to Leon and Eva Fern Moore in Detroit, Michigan. She married Frank Walkowe on March 20, 1943 and he proceeded her in death on March 3, 2013. They were together 70 years. Betty was born in […]
New superintendent plans to focus on communication, community engagement
With a host of challenges facing the Manchester Community Schools, including layoffs, dwindling enrollment, state finance issues that affect every school district, several new administrators, and recently-reconfigured buildings, one might think Nick Steinmetz would be wondering, “What am I doing here?” Instead, he’s greeting these challenges as unique opportunities and he has a firm plan for moving […]
Manchester woman advocates for Alzheimer’s legislation in Washington D.C.
Manchester resident Dr. Julie Ballow is a professor of nursing at Jackson College. Until her mother’s passing in January of 2017, Dr. Ballow served as one of her mother’s primary caregivers; a daunting job and a colossal responsibility. She, along with over 500,000 other caregivers in Michigan alone, are providing 586 million hours of unpaid care, […]
