Pinconning News

You've likely heard the saying one man's trash is another man's treasure. Well, that's the case at the Whitefeather Landfill in Bay County's Pinconning Township, where your trash is being recycled into usable energy.

The National Weather Service in Detroit is tracking a storm across the midsection of lower Michigan.

The Waterfall Park project at the end of the Third Street was partially funded with DDA dollars captured in downtown Bay City.

Darren Kroczaleski, superintendent of Pinconning Area Schools, said its been a long time coming, but the district's final phase of construction is on schedule to be completed by September.

Bay County Sheriff's deputies responded to a two-motorcycle collision in Merritt Township in which three people were injured.

Amy Goring, left, and twin sister Jen cut cake to serve at Good Samaritan Rescue Mission.

For the first time in 50 years, Deer Acres Amusement Park in Pinconning is running under new management.

Michigan's program to test beaches for pollution is improving, even if some beaches aren't. Octavian Cantilli Bob Hill, a senior sanitarian for the Bay County Health Department, collects water samples from the Saginaw Bay off of Pinconning Park on Wednesday.

Dustin Daggett of Portland has won the ASCS Sprints on Dirt's first two feature races this season, with his most recent win coming last Saturday at the I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa.

For the second year in a row, the Bay County Farm Bureau and local 4-H clubs are bringing chickens home to roost, benefiting area rescue missions in the process.

Jessica Schneider and Eric Brunsell are engaged and planning to wed on August 22, 2009.

Only 20 percent of Bay City residents recycle on a regular basis - a number that hasn't fluctuated with the drive of "green" technology in the past 10 years.

The last 19 laps of Friday's Sunoco American Late Model Series feature at Attica Raceway Park had the fans on the edge of their seats as a tremendous seven car battle played out before Pinconning, Michigan's Jeep VanWormer took the victory on True Value of Woodville Night.

Now, the 90-year-old Pinconning resident gets his exercise in the classroom - substitute teaching students who walk those same halls.

Lee Thompson led the way for The Bay City Times as the paper picked up eight awards in the 2008 Michigan Associated Press Editorial Association contest on Thursday.

The Bay County Library System is celebrating National Library Week Monday through April 18 by offering patrons a week packed with prizes, discounts, freebies and a chance to eliminate overdue fines.

Women, Infant & Children - clinic at the Bay County Health Department will be closed today through Friday so officials can upgrade computer software and train staff.

Graduation, final exams and preparing for summer are all important things. This April, there is something else to add to that to-do list.

Two of four people raiding a meat cooler found themselves in the county cooler. Police responding to a 10:40 p.m. Saturday alarm at the Berthiaume Slaughter House, 2283 E. Pinconning, saw three men running from ...

The only contested race for a board of education seat in the May 5 school election will be in Bay City, where three people will vie for two open seats.