Vassar News

The July 4th holiday doesn't usually pass by without incident on the roadway. At 2:22 p.m. Saturday, the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a motorcycle/truck crash on M-46 and Ringle Road.

In a tough economy, even dogs can lose their jobs. The Vassar City Council is looking to dissolve its K-9 unit program, a move that would not only pink slip two dogs, but an officer as well.

A locomotive-lawn mower, a soap box derby replica and a Star Wars rocket ship were the entrants in the first running of the Kinetic Sculpture Race and Art Fair offering $500 in prize money.

May 13, 2009 - 10:39 a.m. EST INDIANFIELDS TOWNSHIP a ' Two people were sent to St.

Vassar Schools collected more than $3,500 when the DTE Energy Foundation awarded its Mini-Grants for Educators for 2008.

Playing a musical instrument does not have to stop after high school or college.

The annual Tuscola County Sheriff's meeting is a night for the department to honor its own, and several were.

A former Vassar police officer suffered a heart attack and died at a gas station where he saved his future wife's life nearly 15 years ago Lynne Smith tells The Saginaw News she and James Smith were returning home from breakfast in Frankenmuth on Monday when their pickup truck started to veer off course.

Leland Service had a passion for words. Whether spoken or written, the man known as "Buck" by his family, friends - just about everyone in the City of Vassar - died Monday from the effects of a stroke he suffered in June 2008.

Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. The need for food is running high in Mid-Michigan with many families severely hit by the recession.A To help, Curves of Reese held a food drive Saturday complete with an ...

February 28, 2009 - 01:18 p.m. EST VASSAR a ' The Hecht family is planning another reunion.

February 28, 2009 - 01:17 p.m. EST TUSCOLA COUNTY a ' The number of students attending school in Michigan and Tuscola County is declining.

February 21, 2009 - 12:10 p.m. EST TUSCOLA TOWNSHIP a ' The four feet of water that filled Joe Callahana TMs basement last week has receded, but the odds favor its return.

Young people and those who help them overcome obstacles to success were recognized Thursday, Feb.

February 18, 2009 - 10:12 a.m. EST VASSAR a ' Residents may be feeling they dodged a bullet last Friday when their downtown flooded and the Cass River passed its flood stage.

"I thought it was electrical," said Callahan, 32, an electrician on seasonal layoff.

February 18, 2009 - 10:15 a.m. EST VASSAR a ' A graduate of Vassar High School has decided to help future students by providing scholarships through a charitable trust.

February 14, 2009 - 12:19 p.m. EST VASSAR a ' Februarya TMs thaw, combined with recent record rainfall, is impacting the city in ways residents dona TMt want to remember.

She got her first kiss in the balcony of the theater in 1963, and she wasn't telling who gave her that first smooch.

Water from the rising Moore Drain flooded M-15 in downtown Vassar this morning, prompting closure of the highway until further notice.