Schoolcraft News

Posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. If convicted, Kemppainen could face 20 years in prison for arson and life in prison without parole for each of the four murder counts.

What do you do with old and worn American flags? Teenager Kyle Engel wants those flags disposed of with respect and dignity as prescribed by the military and American patriots.

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office says that speed and alcohol appear to be factors in a rollover crash that sent multiple people to the hospital.

Spitz Press announced today that local teaching Chef Lynn M. Miller has released a new cookbook, titled Flavor Secrets: Back to the Basics and sub-titled A Professional Chefs Guide to Delicious Home Cooking.

A garage door was pried open and a white 1958 Corvette was stolen from a home early Wednesday on the 33000 block of Joy Road.

H1N1 vaccines are available Saturday for high-risk groups, which include pregnant women, 6-month-olds to 24-year-olds, those living with or caring for a child younger than 6 months, those ages 25 to 64 with underlying health conditions, such as diabetes or asthma, and health care workers and emergency personnel.

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.