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Saginaw has most affordable housing market in nation
Saginaw has the most affordable housing, or the most depressed housing market, in the nation, real estate experts say. The National Association of Realtors on Tuesday released results of a third quarter survey of single-family home prices showing average costs...

Reduce your turkey footprint
It's only a week until Thanksgiving - the togetherness, the food, the gluttony. But there are things you can do to reduce your turkey footprint. The Union of Concerned Scientists and other green groups have come out with lists of...

Hogan knows best in Pick The Winners contest
Matt Hogan Matt Hogan is ready to play the lottery. "I'm on a roll, I guess," the 30-year-old Vassar native said. Hogan took home the $50 first prize in the Pick the Winners contest, going 26-3 for the victory...

Contest-winning photographs prove Saginaw Bay is beautiful place
For the second year, the Bay City-based Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy challenged residents to find beauty in the Saginaw Bay watershed. The residents found plenty. This photo, "Serenity at Daybreak," by Yvonne Pollick, took first place in the 'People & Nature' category of the conservancy's photo contest. The Times has a gallery of more winners.

Road work forces closure of two Saginaw County streets
Saginaw County motorists will have to side step a couple of road closures....

More wind projects gust into Thumb - Ubly turbines tested on Monday
These turbines along Atwater Road near Ubly are close to being put to work. General Electric, which manufactured the 1.5-megawatt turbines, plans to hire and train about 10 local people as wind technicians for the 46-turbine park, which will sell its power to Consumers Energy.

Detroit Lions sign former Heritage High School star Stuart Schweigert
Aristide Economopoulos | Newark Star-LedgerStuart Schweigert, shown in this preseason photo with the New York Giants, signed Tuesday with the Detroit Lions. Former Heritage High School star Stuart Schweigert signed with the Detroit Lions on Tuesday, the team confirmed on...

Company to pay $1.7M for abandoning toxic equipment
A now-defunct corporation has been sentenced in a Bay City federal court for abandoning a transformer containing PCBs at its Hamburg facility near Whitmore Lake. The former Hoskins Manufacturing Co., now known has HSKM Inc., was sentenced on its guilty...

Carrollton Township house fire contained
David A. Sommers | The Saginaw NewsCarrollton and Zilwaukee township firefighters quickly brought a fire under control at noon Wednesday at 4575 Cadillac in Carrollton Township. Flames were through the roof when the first fire units arrived. The cause of...