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NOTICE OF PROJECT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Pinconning will hold a public hearing on the proposed Clean Water Project Plan for the purpose of receiving comments from interested persons.

The hearing will be held at 5:30p.m. on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 at the Pinconning City Hall located at 208 Manitou St, Pinconning, MI 48650.

The purpose of the proposed project is to make improvements to the wastewater collection and treatment system as identified in the City Asset Management Plan. Deficiencies in the collection system include excess infiltration, cracked sewer pipes, outdated lift station pumps, outdated electrical control panels. Improvements proposed at the wastewater treatment facility will upgrade critical systems and processes, including upgrades to clarifiers, disinfection/sludge management, grit removal, headworks, alarm system, chemical systems, and building.

Impacts of the proposed project will be providing more reliable wastewater collection and treatment reducing the potential for future compliance issues and public health risks. Short term construction related impacts include increased noise and dust that will be temporary in nature during construction of the improvements.

The estimated cost to the users for the proposed project will be dependent upon final Project Scope, Project Costs, potential Grants and or Principal Forgiveness awards.

Copies of the plan detailing the proposed project are available for inspection at the Pinconning City Hall located at 208 Manitou St, Pinconning, MI 48650.

Written comments received before the meeting record is closed on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 will be included in the final project planning document. Written comments should be sent to the City of Pinconning. The City of Pinconning mailing address is 208 S Manitou St, P.O. Box 628, Pinconning, Michigan 48650.

  • April 14, 2025

Important Notice! City of Pinconning Residents/Property Owners

Michigan Rural Water recently did a rate study in the city to look at our water/sewer rates. They
suggested several changes to these rates. These suggestions were presented to the city
council for approval and passed, therefore, residents see a significant increase in the amounts
due to their utility bills. As residents began to receive their bills, city staff and council members
realized there was a problem with the approved rates. After reaching out to Michigan
Rural Water for clarification, they stated the city staff and council were given incorrect figures.
Rates have now been clarified, and residents who have already paid their bill in person or online
will see credit on their account.

Residents who have not yet paid can call city hall or come in for the correct adjusted amount due, reflecting a new corrected total, which will be subtracted from the existing bill. We thank all residents who were diligent in communicating with city  staff and who gave administrators time to investigate and solve the problem before making assumptions.
We appreciate feedback and try to do our best to help each and every one of you!

  • April 7, 2025

Planning Commission Meeting 2/15/2025

There will be a special meeting of the planning commission tomorrow, Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 3:30 pm at Pinconning City Hall in council chambers. Agenda items are fiber optic cable and cell tower project.
  • February 14, 2025

DDA Meeting Change

DDA Board Meet Holiday change: Thursday, 1/2/25, 3:30 pm at the Pinconning City Hall

  • December 30, 2024

Wilson’s Cheese Shoppe Celebrates 85 Years in Business

Since 1939, people have sought out Wilson’s famous Pinconning Cheese for nutritious and delicious cheese handcrafted from the milk of grass-fed cows. Our cheese was free of gluten, rBGH, and antibiotics long before health food was fashionable.
  
This year, as Pinconning celebrates the annual Pinconning CheeseTown Challenge Race & Festival June 21-22, 2024, Wilson’s celebrates its 85th year as a family-owned business in Pure Michigan. Our hometown business is steeped in family tradition and small-town entrepreneurship.
  
It all began in 1915 when Dan Horn, a Russian immigrant who resided in Pound, Wisconsin and a cheesemaker by trade, moved to Pinconning and created our signature item, Old-Fashioned Pinconning Cheese. The Horn family built a cheese factory and opened the Horn Grocery Market next door, on old US-23 (now M-13) in Pinconning.
  
In 1939, Dan’s daughter, Inez and her husband, Lawrence Wilson, bought the grocery store. Inez and Lawrence came up with the idea of specializing in all kinds of cheese and Wilson’s Cheese Shoppe was born. By 1941 the Wilson’s outgrew the small grocery store and built a new, much larger building directly across the street from the original shop.
  
Over the years, the store has changed hands and expanded its offering to include specialty meats and fish, gourmet sweets, Michigan wines and spirits, and much more. It took its current form in 1958 with more building additions. A few years later, in 1965, the famous Wilson’s Cheese giant mouse mascots were made. One, named Inez, was placed on the building. The other, named Ginny after Inez’s daughter and then business partner, Virginia (Ginny) Peacock, was placed on a trailer and paraded all over the state.
  
During the 1940s and 1950s, Inez noticed more and more people traveling on the newly paved road, US-23, through Pinconning to destinations Up North on the sunrise side of the state, and began marketing and promoting our signature product, Pinconning Cheese, throughout the state and was the driving force for convincing the state government to designate the City of Pinconning as the “Cheese Capital of Michigan.”
  
Through all the changes, Wilson’s has never strayed from the heart of our family-owned business. We ship hundreds of types of fresh, natural cheese around the USA.  In addition to classic cheeses, we also serve artisan imported cheeses, homemade cheese spreads, creamy fudge, savory smoked fish and meats, specialty condiments, baked goods, craft beers, Michigan wines, spirits, gifts, specialty candies for the kids, and more.  You can stop in and enjoy our many specialty products and samples and also shop online at www.WilsonCheese.com
  
So, sit back, relax, and browse our online catalog. We’ll deliver the snacks directly to your door, or you can stop in and see us on your way north! We hope the next 85 years will be as successful as the past 85 years and very much appreciate your continued support and patronage!