Alma: local government and reports
Alma is home to Alma College, the Alma City Commission and Alma Public Schools.
Public bodies
- Alma City CommissionThe Alma City Commission meets at the Alma Municipal Building, 525 E. Superior St. The city posts an agenda packet and, later, minutes as PDF files on its commission page.
- Gratiot County schools, the RESD and Alma CollegeGratiot County has several local school districts and a regional education service district, the Gratiot-Isabella RESD. The property-tax apportionment report we reported on lists Alma Public Schools w...
Our reports tagged Alma
- Four Write-In Candidates File for Open Alma Commission Seat; Commission Votes Tuesday on $136,975 Software PurchaseFour seats are on the ballot and three candidates filed petitions. The city manager’s newsletter lists four write-in candidates. The Oct. 27 agenda includes a software purchase and $2.5 million in investments.
- Update Oct. 3: the number of local questions was wrongAlma Voters to Decide a 1-Mill Levy for the Public Library Building on Nov. 3The ballot calls it a renewal. It would raise an estimated $235,000 in its first year for library repairs and maintenance, 2027 through 2032.
- Scanner: “Possible Stolen Ambulance” Call in Alma Was a Sideswipe, Dispatch Later SaidAn evening radio call about an ambulance at a North Alger Road credit union was corrected on the air within minutes. No agency has released a report.
- Commissioners Discuss a Possible Bond for a New Gratiot Integrated Health FacilityThe county's mental-health agency's current building has ADA, sewer, and heating problems, commissioners were told June 2. No vote, dollar figure or timeline has appeared in the public record since. Here is what we could independently verify about the agency itself.
- Alma College Adds Chemistry Transfer Route From Montcalm Community CollegeStudents who finish an associate degree at Montcalm Community College now have a mapped two-year path to a chemistry bachelor's degree in Alma, the college says.
- Five Alumni to Be Honored at Homecoming; Retired Choir Director Will Lead ParadeAlma College has named its 2026 Tartan Award recipients and chosen Will Nichols, who conducted the college choirs for more than four decades, as parade grand marshal.
- Alma's $40 Million Wastewater Plant Request Is Fully Funded. Most of It Is a Loan.A city notice says the state has committed the full amount Alma sought to rebuild its wastewater treatment plant. The same notice shows that $34.8 million of the package must be repaid, and it says the funding will affect what sewer customers are charged.
- Alma College Graduate Jake Kelley Wins MasterChef Season 16The self-taught cook and 2024 neuroscience graduate won the national competition after advancing through a season built around global cuisines and cultural heritage.
- Alma College Reports Fall Enrollment of 1,229Alma College says total fall enrollment is five students higher than last year, while its full-time and transfer counts show larger gains.
- Baltierra Wins Division Race at Spartan InvitationalAlma's Ezekiel Baltierra took first in the boys Bronze Division race Sept. 11, according to MileSplit Michigan's published meet recap.
- Three Filed Candidates Seek Four Alma Commission SeatsAlma voters are scheduled to fill four City Commission seats Nov. 3, but the city's election page lists only three candidates who filed nominating petitions.
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