Cadillac News

DETROIT - A 19-year-old Michigan State University student who had just watched the Red Wings defeat the San Jose Sharks at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday night was hit and dragged more than a quarter-mile under a car and killed, police said.

The editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post is addressing the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan at the organization's annual dinner.

A food drive put on by Cadillac businesses and groups got underway Thursday. The donated food comes from Gleaners food bank and local groups sponsor the cost of transporting the food to the drop off site.

Friends and family are paying their final respects to Army Specialist Brandon Steffey at his funeral today.

Twenty-thousand pounds of donated food are coming to Cadillac each month for the next 14 months thanks to a group of Cadillac businesses and foundations.

Hundreds of people also turned out in Wexford County to say goodbye to a man who risked his life for others.

A Cadillac woman accused of leaving her four young children in a vehicle filling with carbon monoxide likely will avoid prison after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor.

A 21-year-old mother facing four years in prison on charges she left her four young children in a vehicle that was filled with carbon monoxide, avoided a trial by pleading no-contest to a misdemeanor that likely will result in no jail time.

A part-time Cadillac firefighter died in an off-duty traffic crash. Thomas Janik, 33, died in a single-vehicle crash on E. 34 Road east of S. 31 Road in Wexford County's Selma Township at about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday.

A south Lansing nightclub and the Lansing Police Department have struck a 22-point agreement that officials say should bolster safety for local businesses and the rest of the neighborhood.

In response to the outbreak of the seasonal flu and swine flu area hospitalsA are changingA their visitor policies.

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Gov. Jennifer Granholm is ordering another round of funding cuts for public schools already hard hit by Michigan's state budget problems.

Northern Michigan hospitals are trying to fight back against the flu. The influx of young people coming down with the flu have some hospitals restricting younger visitors.

A proposal that would raise money for the state's Medicaid budget by taxing physicians' services sparked a day of political action in white lab coats Tuesday afternoon.

After spending nearly 30 years reporting the news of Cadillac and Wexford County, veteran radio newsman Mike Paulin is out at WTCM after the economy forced the station to reorganize its news department.

A new program is preparing homeless veterans in Michigan for careers in agriculture.

Two motorists were airlifted Thursday night from the scene of a head-on crash on M-115 west of East 34 Road in Selma Township, the Sheriff's Department said this morning.

Two couples are being recognized for their contributions to the community. Thursday night, the Cadillac Area Community Foundation gave out the Philanthropist of the Year award.

Some economists may say the recession is over, but unemployment rates continue to climb.