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Thursday, February 02, 2012  It was a packed house at Freeman Elementary School on Flint's south side, where the public got to speak with Mike Brown for the first time since Governor Snyder put him in charge.

Monday, January 30, 2012  Starting in September Michigan public schools, already strapped for cash after an approximately $470 per pupil funding cut this school year, will be facing another dilemma.

Sunday, January 29, 2012  Blight is a major problem for Mid-Michigan cities like Saginaw, but today a neighborhood stabilization program is offering some hope by renovating old homes for new buyers.

Saturday, January 28, 2012  Saginaw police are investigating the first two homicides of the year after the bodies of two young men were found in an East side home this morning.

Friday, January 27, 2012  A Mt. Morris Township ordinance is raising eyebrows, after a woman got billed for police services.  Margaret Lazell of Genesee Township could have to pay $300, after her daughter totaled her car in December.

Friday, January 27, 2012  President Obama introduced a new program called "Race to the Top", which shares the same name as a similar plan introduced in 2009 that targeted K-12 educational standards.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Burton police are investigating a string of arson fires at the Twin Meadows Mobile Home Park.  Authorities say there have been more than a dozen since September, several of them this month. Some nearby homeowners say the recent rash of fires is disconcerting.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  A Burton school is rallying to help a first-grader fighting a rare form of cancer. Six-year-old Allie See was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia in December. She’s been home for chemotherapy treatments, which could last another three and a half years.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  In an era where higher education is getting more expensive, Mott Community College in Flint has become a melting pot of high school grads, non-traditional students, and displaced workers.

Monday, January 23, 2012  Flint police are looking for the man who gunned down an 18 year old woman then left her for dead in the street.