Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing changes in the way Michigan punishes nonviolent criminals, saying the state is spending too much on prisons and not enough on schools.
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing changes in the way Michigan punishes nonviolent criminals, saying the state is spending too much on prisons and not enough on schools.
By TONY BRUSCATO * OBSERVER Staff Writer * May 25, 2008 Motorists who filled their tanks at the Sunoco gas station on Main Street in Plymouth didn’t have to wait until the Memorial Day weekend to pay $4 a …
An owner of a local hotel faces criminal charges for sending a bulldozer into Grand Traverse bay to reshape his beach.
Court officials contend there won’t be lasting ramifications after they fixed an “oversight” involving a magistrate who wasn’t approved to perform her duties.
He was the second-to-last speller in his heat, and by the time his name was called, Chris Rice was ready. Until he heard his word. Chris, a sixth-grader at Elk Rapids’ Cherryland Middle School, said he was “blindsided” when he learned he would have to spell “sidereal.”
Grand Traverse County could get a captain to steer its floundering recycling program.
Four Michigan state forest campgrounds remain closed because of inoperable wells, including two in this area. Two state forest campgrounds in the Upper Peninsula also are affected.
A Leelanau County man faces charges for allegedly forging checks.
A Frankfort man is charged with criminal sexual conduct. James Lee Parrotte, 47, is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person between 13 and 15.
A Grawn man faces several criminal charges after he allegedly sold several items he stole.