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Saginaw Police detectives are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting at the Birch Park housing community that left a 19-year-old male dead. Officers arrived at the housing community, 3000 Birch off Hess on Saginaw's South Side, about 1:30 p.m. after the department's ShotSpotter picked up shots fired in the location. They found the man collapsed just inside the home at 3105... Full story »

Buena Vista Township firefighters and two other agencies spent about three hours Friday night battling a fire at the Vista Villa apartment complex. The fire started about 8:40 p.m. near the center roof area that covers the common entrance of the complex, Captain Craig Gotham said, and spread to the apartments on each side of the entrance. The fire caused... Full story »

About 20,000 people showed up this morning for the 29th annual PRIDE Christmas parade, organizers say. “I thought it was a wonderful parade,” said Jeanne Conger, coordinator of PRIDE, or Positive Results in a Downtown Environment. “It was much larger than last year.” Conger said the estimated 20,000 people was about double what the organization usually expects. “The weather... Full story »

Like a scene from a Frank Capra movie, the holiday season kicked off in Saginaw from Borchard Park in Old Town all the way down Ezra Rust Drive to the Children’s Zoo in Celebration Square. Horse drawn carriages, carolers, gingerbread houses, and trolley rides were all part of the 14th annual ‘Holidays in the Heart of the City’ celebration.... Full story »

Shoppers at Fashion Square Mall are getting a look at a new arm mobility device developed by a former Saginaw resident to help stroke patients. The Tailwind, a hand-operated exercise machine, uses a digital metronome to help patients recuperate at home and regain upper-body strength.  “They can do it on their kitchen table,” said Encore Path owner Kris Appel,... Full story »

Holidays in the Heart of the City events ring in the season as Santa Claus turns on the Christmas lights at the Saginaw Water Treatment Plant. Full story »

Michigan Blood, formerly known as Michigan Community Blood Centers,has announced blood drive locations for Saginaw County mobile and bus visits for the week of Nov. 22. Drives are scheduled for these locations: Frankenmuth — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, in the meeting room of Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance, 1 Mutual. St. Charles — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday,... Full story »

The Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum will host a Community Shred Day  from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Saturday Nov. 21 at the museum, 315 W. Genesee in Saginaw. Andrew Southwell, play director for the children’s museum, said Shred Experts, 516 S Main in Frankenmuth, is donating its mobile unit and will shred anything from compact discs to identity-sensitive documents.... Full story »

Instead of filling a sleigh with gifts, Santa filled up a different vehicle Friday  — a bus. Stuff the Bus, which happened Friday at Garber Buick, 5925 State, in Saginaw, is a part of the Send Santa to Baghdad campaign. The project collects donations for care packages to send to troops overseas. The Bay City Times is one of... Full story »

More than just Saginaw families will unite at the PRIDE Spirit of Christmas Parade today. Members of the Saginaw neighborhood associations and watch groups linked up to present a float.  Bonnie Leiner, president of the Covenant Neighborhood Association, said this is a first for all city neighborhood and watch groups to show their combined effort at the annual parade.... Full story »

Column: News looks for readers' take on race relations in Saginaw Vote now: Saginaw Township DJ Vicki Hill up for Stellar Awards' gospel announcer of the yearMidland family wins financial makeover, surprised by Trump's 'apprentice' Bill RancicFood Bank of Eastern Michigan services help record number of needyA Life Remembered: Ramiro Gonzalez, Hispanic education championSwan Valley football player tackles cystic fibrosisPolice:... Full story »

Michael J. Henry was in Saginaw County Jail today awaiting an early December preliminary hearing after a nearly two-hour armed standoff with police earlier this week. Henry, 19, of Ann Arbor is charged with nine felonies — extortion, felonious assault, carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, manufacturing and delivering marijuana, four counts of possessing a... Full story »

A judge today recessed the trial of a Saginaw man accused of killing Tiffiny L. Smith in September 2008 to give his attorney time to find two witnesses. Saginaw County Circuit Judge Janet M. Boes recessed Barry S. Coleman Jr.’s trial until Tuesday morning to give Coleman’s Saginaw-based attorney, Jeffrey J. Rupp, time to find two witnesses he planned to... Full story »

The Stark family of Midland decided not to dress up that much when they knew a group from Gradient Financial came to their house to further interview them for a financial makeover. “We are what we are,” said Bobbi Stark, whose family was a finalist for the Gradient Gives Back financial makeover. The Midland family was in for the... Full story »

HARRISON — Jacob D. Renshaw, 19, of Harrison was arrested Tuesday and arraigned Wednesday on two counts of larceny in a building and two counts of breaking and entering, Clare County sheriff’s officials say. His bond was set at $30,000. They said employees reported break-ins at the Jackpine Restaurant and Twenty Lakes Fabric and Floral Shop on May 1... Full story »