Deerfield News

Michiganders nearing the end of their unemployment benefits may not be able to claim an additional six weeks of benefits approved in a measure signed last week.

For local corn producers, the old cliche "better late than never" applies perfectly to this year's corn crop.

State wildlife officials said a virus carried by a tiny biting fly killed 300-450 deer in northeastern Livingston County, making it the largest recorded outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in Michigan.

Deerfield Township residents are still concerned over the township's handling of the Deerfield Hills Nature Area.

No wrongdoing took place when Deerfield Township Trustee Doug Taylor asked dairy farmer Bill Laier - husband of Deerfield Township Clerk Nancy Laier - to cut 25 acres of hay in the Deerfield Hills Nature Area the weekend of July 17, township officials say.

Michigan apple grower-shippers and officials expect a high-quality crop that should be significantly larger than volume in recent years - and maybe a record-breaker. The latest forecast pegs the crop at about 23.5 million bushels, though some growers are saying it could be as high as 25 million bushels, said Denise Donohue, executive director of ...

Having only lived three years in Livingston County, Jim Mantey says his relative unfamiliarity with the area can be both a blessing and a curse.

Police are looking for a Deerfield Township woman missing since Saturday. Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte said police received a report on Monday that 42-year-old Christine Marie Desonia was last seen about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at a friend's home after spending the evening with her estranged husband at their Flint home.

The Advance spent Memorial Day at parades and services around the Blissfield area.