Salem News

The theft of 270 tons of salt from a Washtenaw County Road Commission storage facility has left a bad taste in the mouths of officials already dealing with severe budget problems.

SALEM TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The Washtenaw County sheriff's department wants to know who made off with more than 200 tons of road salt.

Nearly 300 pounds of road salt were stolen from the Washtenaw County Road Commission's storage facility in Salem Township within the past week, police reports said.

State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith will officially launch her Democratic gubernatorial campaign next week.

Jordan-DiMassa Michael and Debra Jordan, of Salem, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katrina Marie Jordan to Domenic Alexander DiMassa, son of Blaine DiMassa of Spring Hill, Fla.

Buzzy the Bumblebee, The Grouchy Ladybug and Penguin Pete gathered in the same place last week at the South Lyon Community Schools elementary art reception, ending a creative year for the district.

A South Lyon woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing her car in Salem Township Wednesday evening, police said.

State Police posts in Ypsilanti and Brighton will eliminate a combined eight troopers by July under state budget cuts announced Tuesday, officials said.

Two elementary schools in the South Lyon Community Schools district made drastic improvements on the MEAP test in fall 2008, and the district as a whole once again posted high scores.

An estimated 400 Metro Detroiters dotted Haggerty from Seven Mile to Eight Mile today, holding signs and wearing T-shirts to protest government overspending and overtaxing of its citizens, according to organizers.

In seven years at the helm of Thurston High School, Bill Zolkowski believes his team has accomplished a great deal, and learned even more.

Two Michigan lawmakers want to provide free public university tuition for Michigan's high school graduates by raising the state income tax to create reimbursable tax credits.

The Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation named WSDP the High School Station of the Year.

School district officials take one step closer Friday to restructuring the leadership at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park when they conduct interviews with two candidates who emerged from a search for the new Park Principal position.

Ludington High senior gymnast Chelsea DeKuiper concluded her high school career by placing sixth on the uneven parallel bars and finishing in a tie for ninth in the all-around in the state individual meet at ...

Administrators last month convinced the Plymouth-Canton school board its ideas for projects to take advantage of renewable energy were good ones to be funded by money in President Barack Obama's stimulus ...

Three townships that lost a lengthy legal battle with Washtenaw County over the cost for police protection could be billed as much as $2.2 million, County Administrator Bob Guenzel said Tuesday.

The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees has authorized attorney Douglas Winters to pursue a settlement with Washtenaw County in their long-running dispute over police services contracts.

Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith cast the only negative vote last week when the Michigan House asked a state commission to recommend reducing salaries for lawmakers and the state's top elected officials.

The Michigan House on Wednesday voted to recommend a 10 percent pay cut for lawmakers, the governor and other elected officials.