Pinconning News

The embattled former public guardian for Arenac County, her mother and the man appointed to replace her were charged today with embezzling more than $300,000 from the people they were entrusted to protect.

Fifteen government agencies and four school districts In northern Bay and Arenac counties received $710,353.81 in community grants from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, last week.

Marty and Tom Hornacek say they have built a recession-proof business over the past decade by following a different path.

Toni Poniatowski, of Pinconning, St. Mary's of Michigan operating room supervisor, wraps gifts at the annual Christmas Shoppe in the hospital's Health Education Center, 800 S. Washington in Saginaw Friday.

This is one of those two-in-one posts. Saginaw Bay has made news in Michigan a couple of times in recent weeks, both for walleye-related stories.

Sentencing has again been postponed for a Pinconning man who helped three other people steal 1,000 pounds of meat from a packaging plant.

One of Michigan's most successful commercial fishermen is suing the state to try to overcome a decades-old ban on catching walleye in the Great Lakes.

One of Michigan's most successful commercial fishermen is suing the state to try to overcome a decades-old policy that keeps walleye off limits in the Great Lakes.

One local community is making plans to put its waste to good use. Monday night, Midland City Council members approved contracts for the multi-million dollar project and now the city's landfill is one step closer to turning methane gas into electric power.

The city commission will delve into a variety of service and financing problems tonight, from libraries, cable television and a controversial fire station project to trash collection in commercial areas and special assessment policies.

An area hard hit by a prison closing and cuts in funding from the state has gotten some good news for a change.

Pinconning Area Schools is looking to reduce its teaching staff by three staff members by first semester's end.

General Motors Co. says its October sales rose 4.7 percent over the same month last year, a sign that the U.S. auto market was starting a slow recovery from its yearlong slump.

A resident living at 2241 N. Huron in Pinconning, above the Roadside Inn, fended off a would-be burglar last week Friday.

Only 62 ballots were cast in the Pinconning election as the mayoral and city council incumbents were re-elected. All candidates ran unopposed.

The Bay County Health Department will be holding a fourth H1N1 vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nov.

A Pinconning woman will serve three years of probation for her role in an April 13 break-in. Shawn L. Gravlin blamed her behavior on an addiction to Oxycontin, a powerful pain-killer her doctor prescribed for a chronic medical condition.

A would-be thief wound up losing his life early Friday morning, report troopers from the Michigan State Police Bay City Post.

A four-month construction project on M-13 in Pinconning has business owners and residents concerned about how to get around town.

Signing a K-12 spending budget in Lansing later than normal allowed the Great Start Readiness preschool program for Pinconning Area Schools to breathe a little longer.