COMMUNICATIONS
Communications
The mission of the Morgan County Communications Department is to promote Morgan County and keep residents in touch with their local government.
To achieve these goals, Director of Communications Michael Wetzel produces a quarterly publication, “The Voice of Morgan County,” which includes information about county services and features county employees as well as other happenings in and around the county.
Communications Director Michael Wetzel
On Feb. 13, 2023, Michael Wetzel joined Morgan County as its communications director after a long tenure as a reporter and editor with The Decatur Daily. He also has worked for The Dothan Eagle and Birmingham News after earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Troy State University. During his newspaper career, Wetzel won numerous press association awards for his sports, news and business writing, headlines, page designs and photography. In 1995, he won the prestigious alumni of the year award in print journalism from Troy State’s Hall School of Journalism.
He also has taught Spanish and ESL in community education programs in Morgan and Lawrence counties.
His role with the county includes producing its quarterly newsletter, The Voice of Morgan County, writing press releases, coordinating events for the courthouse, live streaming County Commission meetings and managing the Commission’s Facebook page.
He succeeds the county’s first Communications Director Sheryl Marsh, who held the position from 2012 to Dec. 31, 2022, when she retired.
Voice of Morgan County
2023
December 2023
September 2023
June 2019
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March 2023
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2022
December 2022
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2021
December 2021
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September 2021
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2020
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Issues of The Voice of Morgan County from 2012 to 2022, are available in digital format by contacting the Morgan County Archives at 256-351-4726.
Contact Morgan County Communications
302 Lee Street NE
Decatur, AL 35601
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 256-560-6093
Email: Director Michael Wetzel, mwetzel@morgancounty-al.gov