Wheeler News

A Midland County man is headed to trial on charges that he masterminded a plot to kill his estranged wife and hired his nephew to be the hit man.

Barring plea deals, three men will face jury trials in a murder-for-hire case in Midland County.

The Breckenridge-Wheeler Area Historical Society is hosting its annual Back in Time program from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Plank Road Museum.

Saginaw police are investigating two incidents that left three people shot within 90 minutes late Wednesday.

Royce J. Brister, 20, of Wheeler, was driving a 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis east on East Mier from M-30 about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the crash occurred, Midland County sheriff's deputies said.

A number of Mid-Michigan communities are dealing with flooding. In Bay County, flooding has forced three roads to be shut down.

Hon. Randy L. Tahvonen of the 29th Judicial Circuit Court handed down the following sentences the month of May 2008.