Tawas City, MI

Tawas City MI, seeks grant for covered bridge.

A new covered bridge may find its way over the Tawas River if the city is awarded a grant. The new bridge would replace the current wooden bridge over Mathews St, and be funded through a state grant.

The grant, from the Michigan Strategic Fund in the form of a Community Development Block Grant and Downtown Infrastructure Grant would pay for the estimated $350,000 replacement cost for the bridge.

The city would provide matching funds for the grant at 15% or $45,000 - depending on how much the bridge would cost.
references: iosco news, jason ogden, donsrealty

Tawas City to try USDA's Canada geese remedies

City officials acted to accept several proposed remedies in keeping Canada geese from Tawas City's parks located along Tawas Bay.

In previous Tawas City Council meetings, the city manager expressed concern that the Canada geese which populate the park may have led to an outbreak of e coli or escherichia coli, causing a closure at the Tawas City Park beach this past summer.

Speculation is the bird's feces was deposited on the beach and leeched into the water after a heavy summer rainstorm. The matter is being investigated by the District Health Department......originally posted at DonsRealty.net

Committee picks 61st Perchville King and Queen for the 2011 winter festival

Royalty for the upcoming 61st Perchville Festival has been announced by Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce officials.

This year's king and queen are East Tawas resident Jim Kolts and Tawas City resident Christine McDaniels.

Each year, the festival's king and queen are nominated by members of the public, the Perchville Committee looks at the nominations and for those who were involved in volunteering in the public.

The names are narrowed down and are further voted upon by the committee, which ultimately makes the selection. Congratulations to Jim and Christine!
references: jason ogden, iosco news

Oktoberfest returns to the Tawases with the tastes and sounds of Germany on Friday and Saturday. The festival offers family fun, games and contests for the kids as well as a traditional beer tent that will offer continuous entertainment on Friday and Saturday.

The festival will open at 6 p.m. Friday at the Tawas City Park along the Tawas Bay shoreline. That's when the entertainment tent will open with authentic polka music provided by Polka John and Delilah. M.A.M. Productions will provide rockin' music in the tent from 9 to 11 p.m.

Fall ales and wines will be available for persons ages 21 and older.
references: john morris, treklens.com, iosco news

For 24 hours over the weekend, members of 25 teams took turns walking around the Tawas City Park in the fight against cancer.

And in the process, Iosco County Relay for Life raised $43,862 for the American Cancer Society, during the 14th annual event here. "There's still money coming in," said the event's local chairperson, Kim Blust.

references: john morris