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Saginaw has most affordable housing market in nation

Nov 20, 2008 2:21 am

Saginaw has the most affordable housing, or the most depressed housing market, in the nation, real estate experts say. The National Association of Realtors on Tuesday released results of a third quart...

Hogan knows best in Pick The Winners contest

Nov 19, 2008 11:50 pm

Matt Hogan Matt Hogan is ready to play the lottery. "I'm on a roll, I guess," the 30-year-old Vassar native said. Hogan took home the $50 first prize in the Pick the Winners contest, going 2...

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Nov 19, 2008 9:50 pm

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Carrollton Township house fire contained

Nov 19, 2008 5:50 pm

David A. Sommers | The Saginaw News Carrollton and Zilwaukee township firefighters quickly brought a fire under control at noon Wednesday at 4575 Cadillac in Carrollton Township. Flames were through t...

Detroit Lions sign former Heritage High School star Stuart Schweigert

Nov 19, 2008 5:05 pm

Aristide Economopoulos | Newark Star-LedgerStuart Schweigert, shown in this preseason photo with the New York Giants, signed Tuesday with the Detroit Lions. Former Heritage High School star Stuart Sch...

Detroit Lions sign former Heritage High School star Stuart Schweigert

Nov 19, 2008 4:50 pm

Aristide Economopoulos | Newark Star-LedgerStuart Schweigert, shown in this preseason photo with the New York Giants, signed Tuesday with the Detroit Lions. Former Heritage High School star Stuart Sch...

'Maverick' Saginaw attorney fought for term limits and tax caps

Nov 19, 2008 2:36 pm

Saginaw attorney Allan C. Schmid was against high taxes and wanted limited government, plain and simple. "He kept moving and kept fighting for the same things," said his son Greg, a Saginaw ...

Sheriff rearranges staff with newcomer's blessing

Nov 19, 2008 1:52 pm

The sheriff-elect has given his blessing to the outgoing sheriff to rearrange staffing at a records management system. The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners delayed saying yes last month to Sherif...

International Food Festival hosts 15 countries' cuisine at Saginaw Valley State Universtiy

Nov 19, 2008 1:51 pm

Matthew Stephens | The Saginaw News Maria Dai, 23; Xu Yang, 24; and Shi Jin Yang, 22, of China serve Chinese hot pot during the International Food Festival Tuesday afternoon. "I felt so happy see...

Bridgeport Township's reserve shrink as income falls

Nov 19, 2008 1:36 pm

Bridgeport Township will dip into its reserves to balance the 2009 budget. Members of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved the budget with $2,403,617 in anticipated revenues and $2,564,875 in exp...

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Living with credit card debt

Nov 20, 2008 5:00 am

Right now millions of Americans are living in credit card debt and in some cases a simple swipe of the card could take you years to pay off.

Workshop helps non-profit organizations

Nov 20, 2008 2:16 am

Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:34 p.m. Jewelry, stereos, guns, tools; odds are if you want it, they've got it. Area pawn shops are seeing a hike in sales as shoppers are trying to relieve...

Workshop helps non-profit organizations

Nov 20, 2008 1:45 am

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:34 p.m. MARQUETTE -- It's in these tough economic times where many businesses are being tested... especially non-profit organizations.

E.M.T.s Hone Skills in Houghton

Nov 20, 2008 1:15 am

Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:12 p.m. Jewelry, stereos, guns, tools; odds are if you want it, they've got it. Area pawn shops are seeing a hike in sales as shoppers are trying to relieve...

Possibly increased taxes for better roads

Nov 20, 2008 12:30 am

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. UPPER PENINSULA -- A road builders' group wants you to pay more taxes, for better roads.

E.M.T.s hone skills in Houghton

Nov 20, 2008 12:15 am

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:12 p.m. HOUGHTON -- 55 emergency responders honed their skills at a critical care conference, Wednesday in Houghton.

Pawn shop business grows

Nov 20, 2008 12:00 am

Jewelry, stereos, guns, tools; odds are if you want it, they've got it. Area pawn shops are seeing a hike in sales as shoppers are trying to relieve the pressure on their pocketbooks.

Layaway is back in stores

Nov 19, 2008 11:45 pm

Everyone is looking for ways to stretch their dollar these days that's why more stores are bringing back lay away.

Pawn shop business grows

Nov 19, 2008 11:45 pm

By Greg Angel Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:31 p.m. TRAVERSE CITY -- Jewelry, stereos, guns, tools; odds are if you want it, they've got it. Area pawn shops are seeing a hike in sales as shoppers ...

Unemployment up again

Nov 19, 2008 11:30 pm

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:23 p.m. LANSING -- Michigan's unemployment rate in October took a major jump--up to 9.3 percent. That's the state's highest rate since July , 1992.

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Reaching out to teens

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

INKSTER -- When family disagreements drove ZaNtwanett Jackson away from home this summer, a friend's recommendation led her to a nearby crisis center for help.

Custody squabble spills into charges

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

ROMULUS -- The vice president of the Huron School District board of education and his wife were ordered Wednesday to stand trial for their role in a front porch altercation, the latest battle over the...

Push for auto loans a tough fight, Cockrel says

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

Mayor Cockrel turned a previously planned lobbying trip to the Capitol into a plea for financial aid to the auto industry Wednesday, but he acknowledged that legislation to help the Big Three carmaker...

A new holiday glow: Budget-conscious cities switch to energy-wise lights

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

More Metro Detroit communities are turning to cost-saving measures this holiday season by switching from traditional incandescent to LED lights to save on electricity bills and the labor to string the...

Plans advance for mass transit

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

After dozens of plans to bring mass transit to the region have been scuttled in the half-century since Detroit's streetcars rang their final bells, transit czar John Hertel believes he has a plan to h...

Council president's trip blasted

Nov 20, 2008 6:02 am

City Council President Monica Conyers took along two police officers from the Executive Protection Unit last weekend to a National League of Cities conference in Orlando, Fla., which some colleagues s...

Judges review text messages

Nov 20, 2008 6:00 am

DETROIT -- Federal magistrate judges on Wednesday began poring through hundreds of thousands of city of Detroit text messages to see if they shed light on the 2003 shooting death of a Detroit exotic d...

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