Shields News

Saginaw County Youth Leadership Institute volunteers from Swan Valley High School, from left, Heather R. Schemp, 17, daughter of Paul R. Schemp, of Ludington, and Kelly J. Koch, of Shields, Alexander P. Webber, 16, son of Tobias M. Webber of Thomas Township and Brenda S. Paquette of Saginaw Township and Christian M. Knutson, 17, son of Michael and ...

30, in the parking lot of The Rehmann Group, 5800 Gratiot; and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Martin Chevrolet, 8800 Gratiot.

The Saginaw County Sheriff's Department has added some bite to its force. An explosives-detection and person-tracking Belgian malinois named Bobo is the newest member of the department and the first acquisition in its nascent K-9 unit.

Six Saginaw County companies invested nearly $6.6 million in expansion, upgrades and machinery purchases in the first quarter of 2009, according to the economic development group Saginaw Future Inc.

A plan to cut down dozens of mature trees on Geddes Road has sparked concern among residents.

Steven W. Meacham, 6, of James Township, gets a kiss from his step mother, Marion K. Meacham, of James Township, during Monday's Freedom is Not Free, Memorial Day Parade which ran through downtown Saginaw, from the corner of Federal and South Washington to the Saginaw County Veterans Memorial Plaza, at Hoyt Park.

Joseph R. Cistone will become the sixth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw.