Government

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the
major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers
public health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

 regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and
other social services. The county board of commissioners

County commission

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in local government in some states of the United States. County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals...

 controls the
budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local
government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street
maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Luce County elected officials

• Prosecuting Attorney
  Prosecutor
  The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
  
  : Peter Tazelaar II
• Sheriff
  Sheriff
  A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
  
  : Kevin R. Erickson
• County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Kathy S. Mahar
• County Treasurer
  Treasurer
  A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
  
  : Deborah Johnson

(information as of September 2005)

Townships

• Columbus
  Columbus Township, Luce County, Michigan
  Columbus Township is a civil township of Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 215.- Communities :* Danaher is an unincorporated community at just north of M-28 west of Newberry....
  
  
• Lakefield
  Lakefield Township, Luce County, Michigan
  Lakefield Township is a civil township of Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,074 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
  
  
• McMillan
  McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan
  McMillan Township is a civil township of northern Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,947 at the 2000 census. Most of the township's population lives in the village of Newberry, the county seat, at the township's extreme south....
  
  
• Pentland
  Pentland Township, Michigan
  Pentland Township is a civil township of Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,788.-Geography:...
  
  

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Luce County, Michigan