Delta College Trustees Approve Tuition Hike
Delta College trustees have approved a one dollar increase on tuition for in-district students to $79.00 per credit hour beginning this fall. College spokesperson Lee Ann Govitz says the technology fee, which is also charged per credit hour, isalso increasing from $6.50 to $7.90. Registration fees will remain at $30.00 dollars.
Govitz explained that the combined increases will
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Lower State Tax Revenues Cause Budget Problems
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Fiscal experts say Michigan could have $434 million less than expected to spend on K-12 schools and other government services in the next budget year. The financial trouble is here despite last year's increases in the state's personal income and business taxes to balance a budget deficit. Reasons include the national economic slowdown's effect on Michigan's economy and
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Obama Campaigns In Michigan
WARREN, Mich. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says the heavy loss of manufacturing jobs is one of the nation's greatest struggles. But he offered hope that attention and investment from Washington can help turn around the troubled industry.
Obama spoke to an invitation-only crowd of about 200 at Macomb County Community College north of Detroit.
The Warren town hall
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Gas Prices Hit $4.00
Gas prices in the Saginaw area hit $3.99.9 a gallon this week. The record high came at mid-morning Tuesday. Analysts had predicted $4.00 a gallon prices this summer, but today's hike comes a bit earlier. Long linesquickly formed at the few stations that were holding out before raising their prices.
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Northbound Z Bridge Won't Open For Memorial Day
Repairs to the the Zilwaukee Bridge have hit another snag. The latest delay means the bridge won't be open for Memorial Day weekend to accomodate northbound drivers. The northbound lanes of I-75 over the Z-bridge were closed to replace the 3-foot diameter bridge bearing. But work had to be suspended early last month, when workers unexpectedly encountered some steel reinforcing bars, and
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Grain Buries Elevator Employee
Doctors at Saginaw's Covenant Medical Center say a 19-year-old man remained in extremely critical condition a day after being buried in grain Monday. Ricky Poineau's co-workers pulled him from under the grain in a rail car at the Peavy Grain Elevator Monday afternoon. Carrollton Police say crews were unloading the grain car when they discovered Poineau was missing. They
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State Extends Dioxin Advisories
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - The state has extended advisories for consuming wild game from the Tittabawassee River and Saginaw River flood plains because of dioxin contamination from Dow Chemical Co. The state announced Monday that samples confirm high levels of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in animals.
Dioxins previously found in game along the Tittabawassee River had prompted a 2004
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Woman Back In Michigan After 32 Years As A Fugitive
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A suburban housewife arrested in San Diego 32 years after she escaped from a Detroit-area prison is back in Michigan to serve out at least 5 1/2 years on drug charges. Susan Lefevre arrived at the Robert Scott Correctional Facility in Northville Township about 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The 53-year-old mother of three was arrested April 24 outside her home in
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Detroit City Council Starts Process To Remove Mayor
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit City Council has voted 5-4 to begin a process aimed at removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office for his role in a text-messaging sex scandal. Council members also voted 5-4 Tuesday to ask Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick and voted 7-2 to publicly censure him. The mayor's office has said the council's actions are politically
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Meijer Fined For Campaign Law Violations
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Retail giant Meijer Inc. has been fined more than $190,000 for campaign law violations in its effort to build a superstore in Grand Traverse County's Acme Township. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced the fine Tuesday. She describes it as the maximum civil penalty that could be imposed in the case and the largest fine ever levied by her department
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Second Teen Sentenced In Bay City Murder
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - A teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally beating and stabbing an 83-year-old woman from Bay City. Seventeen-year-old Shawn Commire was sentenced Monday in the death of Rita Salogar. Commire's 19-year-old cousin, Robert Commire, received the same sentence a few weeks ago. A Bay County jury found Shawn
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Weekend Accident Kills One
One person died and another was injured after a crash on I-675, north of Tittabawassee Road Sunday morning.. Saginaw County Sheriff deputies said the one-vehicle crash happened about 10 a.m. The vehicle rolled over and one person was reportedly ejected from the vehicle. Covenant Medical Center's LifeNet helicopter was sent to the Kochville Township scene. There's no word on the
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CMU Takes Steps To Prevent Meningitis Spread
Health care providers have treated about 70 people who may have had contact with a Central Michigan University student who died of bacterial meningitis. More than 150 people have been interviewed since 26-year-old LaMott Smith died May 7th. TheSterling Heights senior became ill May 6th in Coopersville in western Michigan's Ottawa County.
Health department inspectors are trying to
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New Construction On SVSU Campus
Student housing on the Saginaw Valley State University campus is growing. SVSU's Board of Control approved over $14 million dollars in new construction Saturday]. The board added two new apartment buildings to a seven-building project already under construction on the Kochville Township campus. The buildings are near the Regional Education Center.
The $2.3 million project will
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State To Reopen Forest Campgrounds
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Twenty state forest campgrounds that were temporarily closed last year because of tight state budgets will be reopened for the 2008 camping season. The Department of Natural Resources made the announcement
this week.
The move comes after state lawmakers restored half a million dollars to the department's recreation and trail program.
Michigan's 143 state forest
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Obama To Make Stops In Michigan This Week
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is scheduled to be in Grand Rapids and Macomb County on Wednesday. The Illinois senator didn't campaign in Michigan before the Jan. 15 presidential primary and took his name off the ballot because Michigan had broken state party rules by moving up its primary, forcing his supporters to vote for
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New Ad Campaign Draws More Out-Of-State Tourists
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The state's travel promotion agency says its "Pure Michigan" ad campaign is paying off. Travel Michigan head George Zimmermann says the campaign has been twice as successful as its predecessor in drawing visitors from three out-of-state markets.
The state ran a campaign called "Great Lakes, Great Times" in 2006. Studies show it attracted
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Body Found In River
An autopsy was scheduled on the body of a 59-year-old man found floating
in the Saginaw River near Bay City's Pier 7 Marina. A boat owner in the
area called police after seeing the body shortly after 8:00 Friday
morning southof the Liberty Bridge.
Bay City Police Department detectives are investigating.
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Suspect Charged In Couples' Murder
A suspect who lived a few doors down from a couple found dead in their
home earlier this week has been charged with their murder. The Saginaw
County Prosecutor's office says 24-year-old Maurice Burley is facing
first degree murder, armed robbery and weapons charges in connection
with the case.
37-year-old Robert Wilson and his 30-year-old wife Tara were found shot
to death on
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Senate OKs Smoking Ban In Bars & Restaurants
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Senate has voted to ban smoking in all bars, restaurants and workplaces. Thursday's 25-12 vote came after smoking-ban legislation sat five months in a committee where bills traditionally have gone to die. The bill heads back to the House, which passed it last year.
Unlike the House version, the Senate version makes no special exceptions for casinos,
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Man Sentenced In Pancake Mix-For-Cocaine Killings
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A 21-year-old who authorities say killed two men after trying to pass off pancake mix as cocaine in Saginaw has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Matthew Deshone didn't speak during Thursday's sentencing, but maintains his innocence.
He was found guilty of first-degree murder in the November 2005 deaths of Demario Sherman and
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GM Offers To Help End American Axle Strike
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. has agreed to kick in up to 200 million dollars to help end a 10-week strike at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. The Detroit automaker says in a government filing that the money would go for temporarypayments to buffer reduced wages for the auto parts supplier's workers, and employee buyout and early retirement packages.
About 3,600
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Saginaw School District Plans Suit Against City
The Saginaw school district will sue the city of Saginaw and possibly other entities in order to block construction and operation of a proposed halfway house for federal prisoners. School officials say the location of the facility at Norman Street and Leon Scott, just 750 feet from the district's Arthur Eddy Academy would pose a major safety risk. The school board believes approval of the halfway
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Prom Plans Include Tight Security
Preparations are underway for the Saginaw Arthur Hill High School prom May 23rd, but Saginaw school board President Ron Spess says maintaining security at the Germania Town and Country Club will be the over-riding goal.
Spess says Saginaw Police along with school security officers will patrol the surrounding neighborhood. Only residents and prom participants will be
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Fugitive Mom Extradited To Michigan
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A suburban housewife arrested in San Diego 32 years after she escaped a Detroit prison is on her way back to Michigan to serve out her sentence on drug charges. Officials at the Las Colinas Detention Facility say Susan Lefevre was released and boarded a bus run by a private extradition service. LeFevre's attorney Paul Denenfeld says he expects his client to arrive in
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Frankenmuth Symbols Challenged
Anger and determination are among the emotions reflected in
Frankenmuth residents in the face of a pending legal challenge
by Lloyd Clarke to the Christian symbolism of the city shield.
President and C-E-O Wayne Bronner of Bronner's Christmas
Wonderland says his late father Wally helped design the shield
which he insists accurately reflects the community's founding
by Lutheran
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