Frankenmuth News

The Salvation Army of Saginaw County will kick off its 2009 red kettle drive on Monday outside the covered west entrance of Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth.

Greg Schmid was worried about a low turnout in Saginaw's election Tuesday night.

It's election day across Michigan, with races for City Council, Saginaw School District Board of Education and proposed changes to the city's governing document - including lifting the tax cap in place since 1979 - before voters.

Monday, November 02, 2009 at 3:43 p.m. You likely know about Flint's Koegel Meats and Michigan Sugar, but did you know that some of the largest custom wool processing operations in the country are in Frankenmuth? The process starts in old-fashioned bathtubs.

Though considered an off-year election for most of Saginaw County, Tuesday's election holds much more importance for voters in the city of Saginaw.

Southbound lane of M13, Huron, is reopened as of 7:15 a.m. at Coggins where it was previously closed because a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle.

Grand Rapids junior Hilary Kavanaugh stands in Lot 28 near Foust Hall Tuesday night as firefighters extinguish a small engine fire that damaged her car.

Some Mid-Michigan residents belonging to the Frankenmuth Credit Union have been targeted in a text message scam.

"Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly Matthew 26:75 "The third time He said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know ...

An American Civil Liberties Union settlement with Salem Township officials may help restore free speech and vigorous dissent at public meetings in the Washtenaw County community.

Charges have been dropped against a Michigan man, one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon in Iraq following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman in August, the military said Friday.

About 75 township supervisors from around the state will descend upon Frankenmuth this week.

DELHI TWP. - The dedication of one special group of Delhi Township employees has reached yet another level.

Sue M. Parker, 50, of Otter Lake performs as 'Sakeena' in the gypsy music and dance troupe Zingara during their show at the second annual Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival outside of Vassar on Sunday afternoon.

Charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon in Iraq following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman, the military said Friday.

The U.S. Army has dropped criminal charges against a Frankenmuth soldier who had been accused of mistreating other soldiers.

Some motorists in Mid-Michigan probably did a double-take Wednesday as they drove down the highway, as a passing truck transported a stuffed elephant.

Frankenmuth School District teachers will receive raises for the next three years according to their new contract, and the president of the district's teacher union said educators are "very thankful" for the increases.

A man who can't seem to tolerate the repeated whistle blasts of a paddlewheel boat in Frankenmuth took his complaint all the way to the Michigan Court of Appeals.

'Buddy', a four-year-old chihuahua dressed as a Michigan national guardsman waits in a mororized car with his owners Phyllis P., 47, and Kevin J. Wrubel, 49, of Port Huron, before the start of the 4th annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade along S. Main Street in Frankenmuth on Saturday afternoon.