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Local News from The Saginaw News via Yahoo! News

TODAY'S TAKES: River rowing, Pumpkins and Tennis

Oct 7, 2008 4:32 pm

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Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival runs five weekends in Frankenmuth/Vassar area

Oct 7, 2008 2:57 pm

A Renaissance festival with a twist makes its debut this weekend in the Frankenmuth/Vassar area. While most Renaissance fairs are set in merry old England, the Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival in the...

 

Former Midland Mayor, SVSU honoree served communities

Oct 7, 2008 1:17 pm

Each day students at Saginaw Valley State University walk through a building that was named after one of the founding fathers of the school. In 1997, the Kochville Township university opened Groening ...

 

County clerks report increase in residents registering to vote

Oct 7, 2008 1:17 pm

Citizens lined up in droves at the Saginaw city clerk's office Monday afternoon, determined to ensure their votes count in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election. Citizens had until 4 p.m. to register ...

 

Competition lets Saginaw County Road Commission shuffle budget, focus on road repairs

Oct 7, 2008 12:56 pm

The Saginaw County Road Commission will eliminate a five-member construction crew and pour an extra $876,000 into road maintenance, the agency's manager says.

 

An auction will determine the fate of the popular all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Oct 7, 2008 12:56 pm

Gracie's Country House, one of the Saginaw Valley's most popular and longtime all-you-can-eat buffet venues, is on the auction block. Auctioneer Joe Schmitt of Masterbid Inc. of the Grand Blanc-based ...

 

Pumpkins a plenty in James Township

Oct 7, 2008 11:56 am

Melanie Sochan | The Saginaw News Jeremy L. Chesney, 32, of St. Charles unloads a pick-up truck full of pumpkins at Gross Farms, 2435 South Center Road, near Stroebel in James Township. The produce st...

 

The Ontario Hockey League's Saginaw Spirit fire General Manager Don Edwards

Oct 7, 2008 11:41 am

The Saginaw Spirit fired General Manager Don Edwards on Monday after little more than a year on the job. Spirit President and Managing Partner Craig Goslin cited several reasons for the move, includin...

 

State takes another look at HealthSource Saginaw

Oct 7, 2008 11:32 am

A month after state inspectors cleared HealthSource Saginaw to admit all patients to its long-term care facility, another team of investigators arrived to review complaints filed against the facility ...

 

Police launch third investigation into possible misuse of township funds

Oct 7, 2008 11:18 am

Buena Vista Township police have launched a third investigation into what they say is a possible misuse of public funds. The most recent probe focuses on the treasurer's office and comes two weeks aft...

 
 

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

Local News from WPBN Traverse City via Yahoo! News

Strained foster care system about to get help

Oct 7, 2008 7:57 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (AP) -- DETROIT - A judge says she will approve a settlement agreement that requires Michigan to hire more workers to help more than 6,000 abused and neglected c...

 

Auto dealers feeling credit crunch

Oct 7, 2008 6:42 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (AP) -- DETROIT - The chairwoman of the National Automobile Dealers Association says the credit crunch and economic problems are likely to cause 700 auto dealers...

 

Lebanon, Israel fued...over hummus

Oct 7, 2008 6:16 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. BEIRUT, LEBANON (AP) -- The latest conflict simmering between Lebanon and Israel is all about food: Lebanese businessmen accusing Israel of stealing traditional ...

 

More economic pain ahead, says Fed chair

Oct 7, 2008 5:33 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country's current economic performanc...

 

Michigan charity helps 1,000 children

Oct 7, 2008 4:58 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 12:47 p.m.

 

Awareness and use of mobile banking low

Oct 7, 2008 4:51 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 12:35 p.m. The use of cell phones to conduct banking activities such as balance inquiries, bill payment and funds transfers is still a relatively new capability for many b...

 

Tiger Stadium gets another stay of execution

Oct 7, 2008 4:12 pm

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 11:52 a.m. DETROIT - The Detroit City Council has granted Tiger Stadium a stay of execution. The council voted 5-3 on Tuesday to reject a resolution that would have author...

 

The Call Of The Wild

Oct 7, 2008 4:01 pm

By Marc Schollett Thursday, October 02, 2008 at 9:07 p.m. For an avid deer hunter who is used to absolute silence in the woods during hunting season, hearing elk bugle back and forth across the Gospel...

 

Insurance giant on the hot seat at hearing

Oct 7, 2008 4:01 pm

The fire started around four thirty Monday afternoon at the Leelanau Fruit Plant in Buckley. The plant produces Maraschino cherries. Investigators now know what sparked a fire that led to an evacuatio...

 

Government reaches agreement on polar bear habitat

Oct 7, 2008 4:01 pm

Polar bears are in serious danger of going extinct due to global warming. Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 4:06 a.m. Partial settlement with the federal government on polar bear habitat may add ...

 
 

Metro and State News for Michigan from detnews.com

Detroit council settles lawsuit involving Conyers for $90K

Oct 7, 2008 8:37 pm

DETROIT -- The City Council voted today to settle a potentially embarrassing lawsuit for Council President Monica Conyers for $90,000, despite protests from some council members that they didn't get a...

 

Detroit residents sue DTE over explosion

Oct 7, 2008 8:24 pm

DETROIT -- A lawsuit filed by 19 residents of an east side neighborhood blames DTE Energy for negligence in a natural gas explosion that demolished two homes on Farnsworth Street, caused at least two ...

 

Cox presses for more openness in state government

Oct 7, 2008 8:02 pm

DETROIT -- Attorney General Mike Cox wants Michigan residents to be a click away from learning how state government spends every tax dollar and is pushing for a Web site to make that possible.

 

Court-appointed monitor to oversee Michigan's foster care system

Oct 7, 2008 7:48 pm

DETROIT -- A federal judge today said she will put the state's child protection and foster care services under the control of a court-appointed monitor, while hailing what she called a historic agreem...

 

Kenyatta to run for the City Council next year

Oct 7, 2008 7:02 pm

DETROIT -- Councilman Kwame Kenyatta said this afternoon that he plans to run for a second term on the Detroit City Council next year.

 

Conyers hires a second Kilpatrick staffer

Oct 7, 2008 5:22 pm

DETROIT -- City Council President Monica Conyers has added a second former Kilpatrick appointee to her staff.

 

Northern Michigan cherry plant explodes

Oct 7, 2008 3:46 pm

BUCKLEY -- A cherry processing plant in the northern Lower Peninsula community of Buckley was mostly destroyed in an explosion, but no one was injured.