Buena Vista News

Staff, parents, and students listen to the Buena Vista school board speak during a meeting at the Buena Vista Administration Building on Thursday, May 17.

The 51-year-old driver of a motorcycle has died from injuries suffered in a crash on Tittabawassee near Hackett Sunday, May 19, about 7:10 p.m., police said.

Students and teachers returned to the Saginaw County school district on Monday, May 20.

The closure of the Buena Vista School District should be viewed as a canary in the coal mine.

State Superintendent Mike Flanagan today approved the release of state school aid funds to the Saginaw Buena Vista school district, allowing students in the district to return to their normal classrooms for the reminder of the school year.

The Buena Vista Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred during a breaking and entering case on Sunday, May 13.

Those in attendance listen during a public meeting held at Buena Vista High School Tuesday, May 7, 2013 to discuss the current state of the district's schools.

Last night, I was happy to hear Chris Hayes report that the Buena Vista, Michigan, school district, which had been closed since May 7 with the intention of canceling classes for the rest of the school year, has reopened.

Ever since Buena Vista School District closed its doors on May 7, a handful of state and federal officials have been calling for state funding to be released to help students finish out their school year.

A Buena Vista Township man charged in connection with a drive-by shooting about six blocks from his home will spend up to a year in jail.

The Auto/Diesel Institute of Michigan-Baker College of Owosso presents their annual Car/Truck Show at their new facility located at 1400 South M-52, Owosso, Mi this Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9am 3pm.

Buena Vista Township Trustee Gloria Platko has filed a police report after she said she received two separate threats sent as messages to her Facebook account.

The shuttered Buena Vista School District could reopen its doors if the school board of the small Saginaw County district approves a deficit elimination plan Tuesday night, State Superintendent Mike Flanagan said Tuesday.

According to WNEM TV5 reporter Brian Wood, the reason the state isn't giving the district any money is because the district's deficit elimination plan has not been approved.

For the 400 or so students in Buena Vista, Mich. , school is over, even though the academic year isn't supposed to end until the middle of June.

State officials announced over the weekend that they will lend money to Pontiac schools, and avert a payless payday there this week.

Some are worried about the future for students in Buena Vista School District, but U.S. Rep.

State education Superintendent Mike Flanagan approved a deficit elimination plan Friday for the district that would allow for the school to receive withheld funds and continue to operate, according to Department of Education spokesman Martin Ackley.

This week in review, Rina Miller and Jack Lessenberry discuss a bill to expand Medicaid , how school districts will no longer collect union dues from teachers, and the financial trouble with Buena Vista and Pontiac schools.

Each week, we talk Michigan politics with Susan Demas, political analyst for Michigan Information and Research Service, and Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants.