Jake is a sweet-faced, 3-year-old golden retriever who has never met a person he didn’t like and didn’t lick. And, he minds well.  The pooch has just one little flaw.  He loves his owner Mike Zuraw and he loves his owner Linda Zuraw. It’s Mike and Linda together that upsets this ball of fluff. Whenever the couple gets cozy,... Full story »

More than half of the 11 tall ships scheduled to dock in Bay City for this summer’s Tall Ship Celebration will be making their way to this port city for the first time. The lineup of ships was announced Friday by Shirley Roberts, event coordinator for the Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City, which is expected to draw tens of... Full story »

Amistad www.amistadamerica.org Appledore IV www.baysailbaycity.org Appledore V www.baysailbaycity.org Dennis Sullivan www.discoveryworld.org HMS Bounty www.tallshipbounty.org Madeline www.mhatc.net Pathfinder www.torontobrigantine.org   Playfair www.torontobrigantine.org Pride of Baltimore II www.marylandspride.org Roald Amundsen www.sailtraining.de Roseway www.worldoceanschool.org  Full story »

Pastor Jonathan Herron says his church wanted to do something special this Easter season for area families. Full story »

The official celebration of St. Patrick’s Day may have been Wednesday, but the real fun takes place this weekend in Bay City, where a St. Pat’s Mass, an Irish ball, a road race and a huge parade are on tap. More Information • Bay City's St. Patrick's Day Web site The following is a schedule of events for St.... Full story »

When filling out your taxes this year, you may have noticed an additional box to check off to donate a portion of your return to the United Way. On Friday morning, the United Way of Bay County held a news conference promoting the new tax check off system, hoping that people who haven’t filed yet consider making a donation.... Full story »

The Great Lakes Bay Region began 2010 with high hopes of some new jobs on the horizon, with projects such as the Dow-Kokam advanced battery factory on the drawing board. But for now, the region’s unemployment rates continue to hit record highs. For the first time since the recession of the early 1980s, Bay and Saginaw counties recorded unemployment... Full story »

It appears there will not be a recall vote of two Auburn commissioners on the city’s August primary ballot. On Feb. 25, Auburn resident Gerald Janowicz submitted two recall petitions, with the signatures of 591 Auburn residents to start the process to recall commissioners Brian “B.J.” Raab and William A. Reder. There were 295 signatures submitted for Raab and... Full story »

State Sen. Jim Barcia, D-Bay City, said he hasn’t been as nervous as he was Wednesday night in a long time. Barcia was the first-ever recipient of the James A. Barcia Award for Excellence in Public Service at the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce’s 127th annual meeting held at the Doubletree hotel and conference center in downtown Bay City.... Full story »

Move over steamed corned beef and cabbage, Bay City's Brooklyn Boyz Pizza is offering green pizza in honor of St. Patrick's Day. "It's St. Patrick's Day," said Kevin Novellino, owner of Brooklyn Boyz Pizza, 612 E. Midland on Bay City's West Side. "Get into the spirit." Novellino, whose heritage is a mix of Irish and Italian, said his pizzeria... Full story »

More than two months have passed since the Bay Area Family Y decided to split their $15.5 million project into two phases until more funds are raised. Comments are showing up on past articles wondering when the general contractor will be chosen. And as of this week... it’s still undetermined. Executive Director Chuck Brooks wouldn’t comment on when they... Full story »

The Michigan Township Association will host its 2010 Michigan Township Association Capitol Conference on April 21. Regstration for the biannual conference at Lansing's Radisson Hotel, 111 North Grand, is available online, by downloading the registration brochure, or by calling Erma Linn at (517) 321-6467. According to the Michigan Township Association, the conference is an opportunity to meet with legislators... Full story »

The Auburn City Commission appointed Robert McCloy to the Auburn Board of Review last night at its regular meeting in Auburn City Hall, 113 E. Elm. McCloy has served on the board of review before. McCloy replaces Ben Zurvalec, who resigned. The Auburn Board of Review will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.... Full story »

Eating at the Big Boy restaurant in Bay City tonight can help the Salvation Army of Bay City come another step closer to opening its new building. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, at the Bay City Big Boy, 500 N. Euclid, the Salvation Army will host a buffet and proceeds will go toward its effort of raising... Full story »

Incident reports are written as received by Bay County Central Dispatch and indicate preliminary descriptions of events and not necessarily actual crimes. Locations indicate where reports were taken, not necessarily where the incidents occurred. BAY CITY POLICE Assault Sunday, 3:55 p.m., 500 block of Center Breaking and entering Sunday, 10:02 a.m., 300 block of Lafayette Car Theft Sunday, 3:43... Full story »