Schoolcraft News

If things proceed according to plans, a new company locating in Redford will hold a job fair within two months to hire an estimated 100 people at an average salary of $41,000. The Redford Township board furthered those plans at its regular meeting Tuesday when it scheduled a public hearing on a request for a tax abatement from an affiliate of the ...

Dale Moore's son wanted to go to Wayne State University, but the round-trip from their Canton home was going to put too many miles on his leased car.

Schoolcraft College is now registering students for the Winter Semester, which begins Saturday, Jan.

It was a cold, wet, dirty job on Saturday. But theA members of the Phi Kauppa Tau fraternity in Hancock, along with other student volunteers, still made significant progress, cutting, splitting and stacking eight cords of wood atA a house in Schoolcraft Township.

School officials have stuck to the mantra for years: Keep cuts as far from the classroom as possible because children are the future.

An aircraft gear manufacturer has purchased the former home of the Observer Newspapers at Levan and Schoolcraft.

Police say the same person is likely responsible for two robberies - and another attempt - in Redford Township over the weekend.

Harvest time in the Schoolcraft area. ALLEGAN - West Michigan farmers are running out of time as they face the latest harvest of corn and soybeans they've seen in 30 years.

School parents, brace yourself for larger class sizes - maybe even college-size lectures at the high school level.

Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano remembers one of the most popular bumper stickers from the 1980s: "To the last one out of Michigan: Please turn out the lights." Ficano remembered Michiganders rushing to Houston out of fear that the state's economy would not recover from that recession.

More schools are reporting closures, and area hospitals have seen a surge in patients reporting flu-like symptoms as the influenza season continues to tighten its grip on the area.

Pat Murphy OBSERVER STAFF WRITER At a special meeting Monday, the Redford Union Board of Education will discuss efforts to recruit and hire a new superintendent to succeed Donna Rhodes, who recently announced her retirement.

WEST MICHIGAN New numbers show that the H1N1 flu is continuing to spread. The USDA now says it may have found the first confirmed cases of H1N1 in pigs.

MUNISING, Mich. - Alger has become the latest county in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where the tree-killing emerald ash borer has been detected.

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. A flu outbreak has closed Schoolcraft Middle School on Friday.

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. - Hiding under insulation in an attic wasn't enough to insulate a Kalamazoo man from the long arm of the law.

A man arrested for leading Schoolcraft police on a wild chase last month has ended up back behind bars.

Thayer's Cleanup Day A Thayer's Corner Nature Area Cleanup Day on the east side of Napier Road between Six and Seven Mile roads is slated from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

A snow-plowing solution? Regarding the planned delay of snow plowing on weekends for secondary roads, has the city considered making an alternative work schedule for the snow plowing crews into two different eight-hour shifts? Group A could work 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday while Group B could work 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, ...

1 after a traffic stop on eastbound M-14 in Plymouth Township. According to a Plymouth Township Police Department report, a patrolling officer spotted the suspect driving a Ford pickup truck at more than 90 mph on the freeway shortly before 9 p.m. and pulled him over for speeding.