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Sheriff John E. Miller says control panel problems at the county jail, located inside the Bay County Law Enforcement Center in downtown Bay City, pose an enormous liability for the county.

Several years of discussion later, Washington and Ray townships may have found the solution to a problem that has plagued them both for a long time - sewage.

Water main repairs are complete at the Rochester/Shelby Township border. Crews fixed a 96-inch line that ran along Dequindre.

Water service is to be disrupted starting at 7 p.m. today for several communities because of repair work on a leaking water main at Dequindre Road, just south of Auburn Road, at the border of Rochester Hills and Shelby Township.

WASHINGTON - Michigan employers have been more generous than most in providing health insurance coverage to their workers, picking up the fifth-highest share of the premium cost, according to the most recent figures available.

Travel Michigan and ClickOnDetroit.com have been urging viewers to produce their own :30 second version of the memorable Pure Michigan commercials.

Both houses of the Arizona legislature have now approved the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative , which will appear on the ballot in 2010! If voters approve the measure, Arizona will join the voters of California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska, all of whom have amended their state constitutions to prohibit the state from discriminating against, ...

Hammers are pounding on McKinley Street with construction crews diving into the final phases of contruction at Washington Elementary School.

Michigan lawmakers on Thursday mourned the loss of former U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell, a Plymouth Republican who spent eight terms in Congress.

A new facility in Marine City with a unique program for adults with special needs may just be the answer for families struggling with developmental disability issues.

Michigan lawmakers are fighting in Congress for a larger share of scarce transportation dollars that they hope will result in better roads, money for the planned Ann Arbor-to-Detroit commuter rail system and a bigger return on gas taxes that are going to other states.

A Warren woman died Monday after a two-week sickness, making her the first Michigan fatality of the swine flu or H1N1 virus, state officials said.

U.S. Small Business Administration's Michigan District Director Richard Temkin and Don Lane & Keith Robinson, Owners of Greenfield Collision Inc.

Michigan officials discussed the possibility of relocating Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Upper Peninsula in February or before, far earlier than the recent discussion kicked off by former Gov.

UPDATED 4:47 PM - WASHINGTON - Michigan's spellers couldn't stay perfect forever.

Top-seeded Florida blanked Arizona 3-0 to cap off a Day 1 at the WCWS that also saw Washington, Michigan and Arizona State win Thursday.

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney weighed in today on President Obama's impending choice to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the President to name a bitter psycho to the bench.

A month before Washington Elementary School closes its doors for the last time, students, parents and staff gave it a festive and loud send-off. The Marine City school has a field day to close out every school year, but this year's event was of special significance, Principal Robbie Kafcas said.

WASHINGTON - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on President Barack Obama's short list to join the U.S. Supreme Court, the Associated Press reports this afternoon.