Bay County News

Placing flags on the graves of fallen soldiers before Memorial Day is a tradition that Bay County veteran Frank Brown has taken part in for 50 years.

Interested applicants can complete application forms available in the Bay County Building, 515 Center, Suite 405, or on the county's web page at www.baycounty-mi.gov. The board consists of five members.

The second of two Bay City men initially charged with a hate crime in connection with a large-scale Midland Street bar fight has been sentenced to probation.

Early reports indicate Bay County Department of Water & Sewer may have dissipated a foul odor stinking up the community of Linwood.

A Bay City parolee charged with choking his girlfriend had a brief outburst in a Bay County courtroom, admonishing his accuser before being chastised by the judge and his own attorney.

A Saginaw man prosecutors say drove his mother's car into a crowd of people following the Bay City Fireworks Festival is scheduled to go before a jury in the near future.

Each year, about 1,000 tornadoes hit the United States. Two years ago, a tornado struck Bay County's Beaver Township damaging Chet Bruzewski's home and other residences.

A Pinconning man prosecutors say drunkenly crashed his car into a Beaverton man's vehicle, killing the man in the process, is no longer being held at the Bay County Jail.

Members of the Lake Huron Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America kick off Memorial Day weekend events in Bay County by placing flags on fallen soldiers' graves.

Outgoing Fowlerville Community Schools Superintendent Rick Heinrich listens to Grace Roedel explain her fractions problem at Fowlerville Junior High School.

A Mount Pleasant woman may avoid incarceration time if she manages to pay back the thousands she pilfered from a now-closed Bay City Papa John's. Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill on Monday, May 20, ordered 30-year-old Krystle M. Kerr to pay $4,093.81 in restitution.

Some may consider the testing of an emergency siren loud and obnoxious, but when there's a severe weather threat, those warnings can help save lives.

Bay County Mosquito Control seasonal employees Reid Alexander, in orange helmet, and Shaun Ruff, both of Bay City spray a ditch filled with water along Fraser Road in Monitor Township.

A woman walking into a Monitor Township pawn shop spurred the Michigan State Police bomb squad into action, though the potential explosive turned out to be a dud.

Cathy Reder's encounter with a tornado in western Bay County has haunted her for nearly two years.

Six new outdoor emergency sirens in Bay County have passed their first test with flying colors.

Bay City Central High School senior Miah Cooper plans to attend Saginaw Valley State University this fall to study neonatal nursing.

The Bay City native will move from a full-time employee to a part-time employee beginning June 15, when his hours will be reduced from 2,080 yearly to 1,000 annually.

A yellow, victim-comforting Labrador retriever by their side, two young sisters faced a Bay City man who sexually assaulted them and spoke of the harm they suffered at his hands.

A Midland man police say targeted the wrong mobile home and set fire to it has had his date with a jury adjourned.