Beaverton News

A fire in Wooden Shoe sent a Gladwin County family scrambling for temporary shelter Monday.

More than 100 Michigan liquor licensees passed controlled buys in September as part of controlled buy sting operations by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission and law enforcement agencies.

Following a brief standoff today, Gladwin County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Beaverton man wanted on outstanding warrants.

A Beaverton man with a lengthy criminal record is back in prison for criminal sexual assault in Gladwin County.

" Two local Harrison businessmen were sentenced to prison time Monday on tax evasion charges despite letters from community members pleading for leniency for the brothers due to their civic involvement.

The unemployment rate fell in September in most metro areas for the second straight month, although that's largely because more people gave up on job searches than found new work.

A Tuesday night fire damaged eight units of an apartment building in Beaverton. Three Forks Apartments, 3215 S. M-18, caught fire just after 6 p.m., according to Beaverton Police Chief Brad Lower.

Police said five people were hurt Tuesday night after fire caused "major damage" to an apartment building in Beaverton in Gladwin County.

An apartment fire in Gladwin County Tuesday night left six families without a place to live.

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The Portland Beavers and the negotiators for Beaverton have reached terms on a preliminary agreement to pay for a new baseball stadium.

Joel P. Courtney, left, agreed Monday to plead guilty to murdering 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger, right, a BYU student who disappeared in May 2004 while visiting Corvallis.

Mike Byrne plays drums earlier this month in Beaverton. In April, Byrne says he "was working at a McDonald's to pay for going to a college out East." But now the 19-year-old is in Chicago playing drums on the new Smashing Pumpkins record.

A partnership between three area high schools, Farwell, Beaverton and Gladwin, resulted in over 100 high school credits recovered from October 2008 thru July 2009.A A Students from these schools chose to stay after school, come before school started, and/or attend summer sessions to recover credits necessary to graduate.

The Oregon Sports Authority and Beaverton community leaders on Tuesday afternoon met at the Beaverton High baseball stadium to kick-off their campaign to rally support for a plan to move Portland Beavers Baseball to Beaverton.

The city of Beaverton could take its first step Monday night to making Portland's Triple-A baseball team the Beaverton Beavers.

A Mid-Michigan soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice serving our country in Iraq was given a patriotic final farewell Wednesday.

Contact: Anita Richardson, MDOT Office of Communications, 989-754-0878, ext. 227 Agency: Transportation COUNTY: Gladwin HIGHWAY: M-18 CLOSEST CITY: Beaverton STARTING DATE: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Early September 2009 PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to start work on the Beaverton bike path.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered flags flown at half-staff today in honor of Army Staff Sgt.

BEAVERTON, Mich. - Friends and family will say their final goodbyes to a mid-Michigan soldier who was killed during his fourth tour of duty in Iraq.