Sheriff Federspiel continues to back off outsourcing proposal

Now he says that he doesn't know if his own proposal will work.

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Saginaw Art Museum likely to move out of historic mansion

The Saginaw Art Museum's leaders are facing a difficult reality... the museum can’t afford to stay in its building.

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Saginaw man's attempted murder conviction vacated

The Michigan Court of Appeals vacated Terrence J. Sheppard's attempted murder conviction, but he still will spend a minimum 10 years in prison for four counts of first-degree home invasion and seven other felonies.


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Update: Opposition to police outsourcing fizzles

Organizers fear that Campaign's low turnout may signal declining momentum in fight against outsourcing Saginaw police to sheriff.

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Citizens oppose Saginaw police outsourcing to sheriff

A group of citizens plan to start a door-to-door campaign today in their fight against a proposal outsourcing the Saginaw Police Department’s services to the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Department.

Organizers are family members of police union members.

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Davenport University to hold Active Shooter Drill

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A full-scale active shooter simulation will take place on Tuesday, August 21, from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Davenport University Saginaw Campus. Saginaw Township and Saginaw County emergency responders will take part in the drill as well as Davenport University faculty and staff. Students will not be on campus. The exercise will simulate two active shooter scenarios within the campus setting.

Local emergency responder teams will be on site and fully deploy their equipment and personnel to practice their response to this situation.

Sheriff Federspiel backs off proposal to police city

Saginaw County Sheriff 

William Federspiel

"It is not my intention to police the city under contract even though I have presented the numbers"

"I'm not going to get in the middle of any labor strife, I'm not a union buster."

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