Chesaning News

The next time your cell phone rings, you may want to beware before you pick it up.

A local mausoleum, the final resting place for more than 100 people, is falling apart.

BASE jumpers are a bit crazy. You'd have to be to leap from, say, Petronas Towers.

The video below shows 2 kayakers in November, 2009 paddling the fish ladder dam upon the Shiawassee River in Chesaning,Michigan a.) Chesaning Mayor Pro-tem Damion Frasier b.) River Restoration Committee member Neil Pullman DEPENDING on the water levels - this may be a serious issue for paddlers .

A new footbridge over the Tittabawassee River, the reconstruction of a bumpy main drag through Bridgeport Township and piles of chip-and-seal hitting rural pavement await Saginaw County motorists.

The leader of the St. Charles Historical Society says an infrequently visited museum in the village may have to close if the organization cannot meet new Saginaw County guidelines to receive a share of property tax dollars.

Government offices and banks will close for three- or four-day weekends to celebrate the New Year holiday.

Michigan Blood has announced blood drive locations for mobile and bus visits for the week of Dec.

Michigan had a number of dams slated for removal . Some dams create a lot more controversy than others.

A blizzard warning for all of southwestern lower Michigan will begin at 1 p.m. EST and remain in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday.

I was disappointed to read of the appointment of Todd Hare to the Saginaw County Road Commission.

In Owosso, the Pere Marquette 1225 -- just like the one in the movie "the Polar Express" -- has been taken out of service with mechanical problems.

A varied range of productions directed by faculty and upper-level theatre students will highlight the 15th annual One-Act Play Festival.

Margie Gillman sets up her sock puppets before the craft show at Christa Mc Auliffe Middle School, 3281 Kiesel, in October.

Saginaw Sheriff's deputies are working this holiday on a series of break-ins in the Chesaning area.

It's the time of year for holiday train rides in Michigan. The Huckleberry Railroad near Flint offers holiday rides on weekends starting Friday.

Michael A. Louchart and Michael F. Reinhardt spent months chipping away at the mortar between the bricks of their cell at the Bay County Jail, authorities say.

It was anything but a quiet weekend in normally quiet Chesaning. Police say there have been at least a dozen break-ins since Friday.

Road contractors, engineers and a retired educator are among 10 hopefuls who have asked to serve on the Saginaw County Road Commission, rivaling the number who applied for an appointment last year.

The Saginaw County Sheriff's Department has reopened three substations that were closed for several years, said Sheriff William L. Federspiel.