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Yesterday at 4:55 PM  At the Saginaw County Animal Care Center, you can adopt shepherds, labs, and beagles - but no pit bulls. That's because the county has a long-standing policy to euthanize the controversial breed.  Officials say it's a policy worth revisiting.

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.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012 

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.

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.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  Its that time of year when fishermen and snowmobilers like to take to the ice, but its also a dangerous time.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Pat Ball is bringing her passion for running to Mid-Michigan, as the newly-appointed director at the Crim Festival of Races, one of the region’s largest events.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  Testimony has ended in the murder trial of Brandon Hayes in Genesee county. The jury won't begin deliberations until Thursday but today the family of the four-year-old victim Dominick Calhoun is calling for the death penalty which Michigan doesn't have.

Monday, January 16, 2012  The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Monday, January 16, 2012  Forty-four years after the death of a civil rights icon and Mid-Michigan residents took time out on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.