Monroe County News

Officers were called to Ash Park on Horan Street in the Village of Carleton just after 8:30 Saturday morning after someone reported a body being dropped off in the park.

Two men are being held at the Monroe County Jail this evening after they were seen dropping off the body of a 16-year-old boy in a park in Carleton in Monroe County, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.

The Monroe County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to end negotiations with a former Washtenaw County commissioner chosen as that county's next administrator .

In Michigan, 34 schools are now closed because of flu-like illness, including some in metro Detroit.

Hoping to have a sufficient supply of the H1N1 vaccine available, Monroe County health officials have scheduled immunization clinics for November and December.

Two Bedford Township residents placed in the 23rd auto show on the campus of Monroe County Community College.

The Monroe County Solid Waste RecycleNOW program is changing. Access has been adapted to allow additional capacity at the most-used locations, a news release said.

She discussed community outreach programs, such as the Silent Witness Project, which features silhouettes of women who were murdered because of domestic violence.

A 19-year-old Michigan State University student was killed when her car sideswiped a semi, overturned and collided with another vehicle Tuesday night in Green Oak Township.

If Michigan's townships want to get a better handle on fixing roads, here's the winning formula: Have a good relationship with your road commission, explore every grant idea out there and encourage your residents to pass a millage.

Three Bedford schools will be submitting their proposals to receive state money to install sidewalks.

By John Reddy CORRESPONDENT The lives of Anne and Louis Turf total 181 value-packed years, stretching from farm fields in Michigan to 68 countries around the world, making time along the way for family and community.

A former Miss America will be at the Christopher Conference Center in Chillicothe Oct.

The Springbrook Drain project will cost more money than estimates indicated. In April, the Monroe County Road Commission and Bedford Township contracted for design and survey services related to Sterns Rd.

The Michigan Public Service Commission today issued an order approving $55 million in low-income energy assistance grants to nine organizations for the fiscal year beginning October 1. "The grants awarded today will provide much-needed assistance for low-income customers with their energy bills as we enter the heating months." The Commission on ...

Pointe Mouillee -- A controlled burn by the state Department of Natural Resources prompted many calls to emergency officials this afternoon.

Police said they caught two truckers hauling 88 pounds of cocaine on I-75 in Monroe County.

MONROE, Mich.A - Police in southeastern Michigan have seized $2.5 million in cocaine from a truck carrying industrial wallpaper to Detroit from Los Angeles.

2009 4:24PM About 500 backpacks for needy children were distributed Aug. 14 at the Francis Family YMCA, said director Josh Little.

Monroe County Community College, Monroe, awarded two scholarships to Bedford Township students.