Vassar News

It seemed like preaching to the choir, but there was much more to the first M-15 Heritage Route economic development expo than extolling the virtues of hiking, biking and horseback riding.

Barry S. Coleman Jr. told Tiffany L. Smith he would kill her if she didn't pay him the money she owed, a witness testified Wednesday.

It's election day across Michigan, with races for City Council, Saginaw School District Board of Education and proposed changes to the city's governing document - including lifting the tax cap in place since 1979 - before voters.

Because of the timing of Tuesday's election, the Tuscola County Advertiser will not be able to have the information available for Wednesday's newspaper.

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Vassar senior Troy Hecht, right, rushes the ball for yardage with senior Trent Bellamy following behind during their football game Friday evening at Vassar High School.

Sarah Bertoia is thankful for her life, thankful that her cancer is in remission, and really thankful that her chemotherapy treatments are over.

Sue M. Parker, 50, of Otter Lake performs as 'Sakeena' in the gypsy music and dance troupe Zingara during their show at the second annual Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival outside of Vassar on Sunday afternoon.

Pig out at the fourth annual pig roast and baked goods auction to benefit Juniata Christian School set for Saturday, Oct.

Painter Josh J. Larkin, 28, of Vassar works on a window on the front facade of the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, 500 Federal Thursday morning.

Vassar City Council members approved bids totaling $200,000 for Neighborhood Revitalization projects.

Betty Jane Warle's home was buzzing with yellow jackets. So were her neighbors' homes and the schools.

Vassar hasn't formally set any goals for improvement in quite awhile, and new City Manager Julius Suchy wants to change that.

Deputy Toby Sewell is anxious to begin his duties in the Saginaw County Sheriff's Department new K-9 unit, but he has to go to school first.

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.

A 68-year-old Vassar woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Arbela Township.

A Vassar High School student died Thursday night after a car collided with the moped he was driving along M-15 near Miller Road in Tuscola County.

A Vassar High School student died Thursday night after a car collided with the moped he was driving along M-15 near Miller Road in Tuscola County.

A Vassar High School student died Thursday night after a car collided with the moped he was driving along M-15 near Miller Road in Tuscola County.

A Vassar High School student died Thursday night after a car collided with the moped he was driving along M-15 near Miller Road in Tuscola County.