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Officials from Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections are set to visit the now-closed Standish Maximum Correctional Facility in Arenac County and one other Michigan prison next week.

Top prison officials from Pennsylvania's corrections department have scheduled a two-day visit to Michigan next week to review the suitability of a pair of closed state prisons for housing of the Keystone State's excess population.

HOLLY: You may deck the halls -- but not the residents -- of this northern Oakland County township and village.

Bay City soon could be selling water up in Arenac County. As part of a plan to get more water to the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish Township, Saginaw Chippewa tribal leaders are exploring tapping into Bay City's water.

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra is highlighting his efforts to keep Guantanamo Bay prisoners out of MIchigan in a letter to donors asking them to open their wallets and support his gubernatorial campaign because of his work.

Michigan to Close Prison Considered for Gitmo Detainees By ALEX P. KELLOGG Wall Street Journal- Oct 31, 2009 A state prison in Michigan that is being considered as a potential location for holding terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay is expected to close Saturday, a state Department of corrections spokesman said.

After months of protests and pickets, rumors and town hall meetings, the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility will officially close Saturday.

The deadly shootout near Detroit involving the FBI and the leader of a radical Sunni Muslim group has fueled already simmering fears of some residents in Standish, Mich., where a proposal to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to an empty maximum security prison is dividing the community.

Next>> Low barriers to entry Terror Cells Darrell Dawsey Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:00 pm Faced with the prospect of closing a state prison that provides some 350 jobs to area residents, the city council of tiny Standish, Mich., voted to support a resolution that makes the town a possible relocation site for suspected terrorists currently being ...

Pinconning-Fraser firefighters were in the right place at the right time to catch a Saturday night fire but a Friday blaze got a head start on them.

Over the last month our nation has focused a great deal of attention on General McChrystal's substantialtroop request for our mission in Afghanistan.

One of the first things Barack Obama did as president was promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by January 2010.

Magic Frank says Michigan deserves answers on Gitmo North , which is really a very coy way of saying that what Michigan needs is a good dose of rightwing fear mongering.

STANDISH - After hearing from many skeptical citizens, the Standish City Council delayed action on a proposal to tell the Obama administration it is eager to make the town's soon-to-close state prison the new home for suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

The City Council in Standish, Mich., says it has delayed a plan to allow detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be housed at the Standish state prison.

The Standish City Council has postponed action on a resolution expressing interest in a proposal to house Guantanamo Bay prisoners in the northern Michigan community.

ST. LOUIS, Mich. -- Layoff notices are coming in to Mid-Michigan prison workers, and it's not just Standish Max that's taking a hit.

While politicians across America furiously resist the idea of transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to their communities, one small Michigan town is lobbying to get them.

The possible plan to bring Guantanamo Bay terror suspects to Michigan drew intense fire as a group opposed to the move says transferring prisoners here will make the state a magnet for terrorists.

A coalition working to quash any chance of detainees from Guantanamo Bay ending up at the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility in northern Michigan held a forum in Rochester Hills on Monday night where it issued dire predictions of what could happen if the prisoners are transferred.