POLITICS
A two-term councilman is accused of fabricating his résumé and moving $41,000 in public funds. Neighbors say they still aren't sure who they voted for.The growth found under his collar was not a skin condition. Three more council members have skipped their annual physicals. Bring a trowel to Tuesday's meeting.
TECHNOLOGY
A Michigan State team says the hardware was never switched on. The toys keep talking anyway.Recordings recovered by the MSU team hold hours of the same voice repeating one word: Baraga.
Public Works says the water is safe. Barbers on Main say business has never been better.The hair isn't a side effect. It's the point.
Residents who followed the marks found capped stone wells in fields off Baraga Dr. Public Works director Ray Dunleavy: "Nothing down there worth worrying about."Ray Dunleavy's own 1994 survey maps 41 shafts linked by tunnels under the east side. In the margin, in his handwriting: "Nothing down there worth worrying about."
LOCAL CONSTRUCTION
Public Works director Ray Dunleavy calls it routine. "Nothing down there worth worrying about."No asphalt has been delivered. Neighbors hear drilling after midnight. Dunleavy: "Nothing down there worth worrying about."
ENVIRONMENT
Several east-side neighbors say the smell is strongest just before they fall asleep.Residents who walk the river after dark wake up three days later on their porches.
SCHOOLS
The high school station first broadcast on November 10, 1975, and it has not missed a night since. Station manager June Albers has run WBHS from the beginning. "Former students still call in," she said. "Some of them haven't been students in forty years. They still know the frequency." An open house is planned for Saturday in the east wing.Between 2 and 3 a.m., under the oldies, June Albers reads the names. Tune to 88.3 and listen past the static. If you hear your street, stay inside. She has read them every night since November 10, 1975, and she has never once been wrong.
COMMUNITY
Animal control says it has never seen anything like it. Most of the missing pets were last seen near Hollow Creek.The posters are real. So are the tracks along Hollow Creek.
LIBRARY
R. Calloway's free Thursday workshops promise scissors, glue sticks and "no screens, no exceptions."Thursday's class isn't about zines. Ask for R. Calloway at the back table.
COMMUNITY
Three families on Creek Rd. woke up to empty rooms. Police say the doors were still locked.Every emptied house sits within a block of Hollow Creek. Police found the locks still warm.
BUSINESS
lofi.pizza pairs handmade pies with a carefully curated atmosphere of analog nostalgia.lofi.pizza pairs handmade pies with a carefully curated atmosphere of analog nostalgia. It's exactly what it says it is.
BUSINESS
The new rental store on Main is hiring for evenings. Must love movies. Must stay until close.The new rental store on Main is hiring for evenings. It's exactly what it says it is. Ask about the staff picks.