Buena Vista News

For months, the rumor persisted in Buena Vista Township that embattled Treasurer Dara L. Williams did not live in the township she was elected to serve.

Tanya L. Battie, 36, of 1709 Union was sentenced to four years and three months to 30 years in prison, with 16 days credit, for arson to a dwelling or its curtilage July 17, 2008, at 208 N. Second in Saginaw and habitual offender-second offense.

A look at some recent sentences in Saginaw County Circuit Court, listed by the communities the individual resides in: Saginaw Dominic D. Riley, 22, of 4041 Randolph was sentenced to 18 months probation for possessing under 25 grams of cocaine May 2, 2008, at Ray and Rust in Saginaw and bringing cocaine into a prison on the same date at the Saginaw ...

The Buena Vista Township Board of Trustees will now include a voice from the township's agricultural community.

The "Drunk Driving. Over the limit. Under Arrest," campaign will be in full swing in Saginaw County on New Year's Eve.

Whether in jail, prison or a secure juvenile facility, Saginaw County's detainees are marking the holiday season in small ways.

Buena Vista School District leaders will lay off three teachers at the end of the first semester Jan.

They made national news in a three-day standoff with police in Saginaw in 1993, but Harvest and Plumie Carter's relatives remember them for much more.

Carol Ortiz, right, of Buena Vista shouts as she opens up a new pair of shoes with her son, Avery Ortiz, 6, during 'A Christmas Musical: The Wonderful Sounds of Christmas' at Doerr Child Development Center, 3270 Perkins on Thursday evening.

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities say a woman and her son who kept police at bay for 55 hours during a 1993 standoff in Saginaw that left several police officers wounded have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

Lee C. Harvkey, 39, of 1714 E. Remington was sentenced to two years probation for fourth-degree child abuse April 9, 2008.

Every student in the Buena Vista School District's two elementary schools - 395 kids in all - will have a new pair of shoes next week.

Angela C. Davis, right, 43, of Buena Vista Township, hugs Deanne L. Hempton, 46, of Flint after taking her Christmas portrait with her boyfriend Deltorro T. Branch, 36, of Flint, but currently staying in the City Rescue Mission of Saginaw, at the City Rescue Mission of Saginaw this morning.

A Nexteer Automotive spokesman on Thursday would not confirm or deny reports that a Chinese company is negotiating to buy the Buena Vista Township-based business .

With health care costs continuing to rise, some Michigan employers are looking to pass along higher rates to employees for the coming year.

Ruby A. Peoples, 23, of 1122 Essling was sentenced to two years probation for conspiracy to commit uttering and publishing Dec.

Alonzo K. Andrews, 23, of 2021 Wilkins was sentenced to one year in jail, with 214 days credit, for violating his probation.

A Saginaw man claims he was discriminated against because of his race and ultimately fired in retaliation for complaining, to state regulatory agencies, about race-related workplace mistreatment.

Dalia S. Smith, 33, of Saginaw Township stands in the Saginaw County Community Mental Health clinic, 1040 N. Towerline, in Buena Vista on Wednesday afternoon, where she works as a family advocate for the Association for Children's Mental Health.

Buena Vista Township's Board of Trustees has followed through on a promise it made three years ago, approving a 20-year, 100 percent tax abatement for Nexteer Automotive.