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Brandy Muz is a Saginaw resident and journalism major with the class of 2024 at Michigan State University. With dreams of success in the field of crisis reporting, she loves to connect with people as she writes her stories, and hopes to one day make it to the front page.
For the past few years, mopeds have consistently been taken from Michigan State’s campus.
Capt. Dan Munford of the Community Engagement Unit with the MSU Police and Public Safety Department says moped have always been stolen on campus, but in the past few years, thefts have increased along with the number of mopeds on campus.
After this election season, Monday nights are going to look different for the Brown family. Marlon Brown, Mason’s first Black councilmember, isn’t running again. His seat won’t be empty for long, but his impact on the city will stay after his departure.
In 2012, at just 28, Brown was one of five running for a seat. With only four spots open, he spent months campaigning around the city, only to end up in a tie for his first position with councilwoman Barbara Tornholm. “The number has forever been embedded in my memory. It was 1,183 votes that I received.”
Mason residents cast their ballots alongside their children on Election Day at Mason City Hall. Polling booths and tiny chairs sit by the customer service desk.
“We do this to encourage kids to become adult voters,” said City Manager Deborah Stuart.
The one-page sheet includes superheroes, colors and animals this year. All choices were made by Girl Scout Troop 30590 as part of their Democracy and Voting badges.
One hundred fifty vendors selling everything from antiques to handmade crafts came to the Finders Keepers Vintage Market at the Ingham County Fairgrounds Nov. 6.
One vendor was self-proclaimed “picker” Mike Hochberg. This was his second year at Finders Keepers, Hochberg said, but he has “been picking janky stuff for probably about 10 years.”
Greeting guests as they enter, a giant jack o’ lantern smiles. Running Thursday-Friday every weekend in October, many have come to see exhibits like this circus one. Families gather around the various displays each night. Jack O’ Lantern Journey artists created exhibits for the Ingham County Fair. Taylor Swift’s number one fan shows her title with her idol posed for guests.
MASON – One in five households nationally adopted pets during the COVID epidemic. With the lockdown, life changed not only for the humans, but also for the animals around them.
For Debbie and Jesse Hodges, foster parents to various animals over the years, that looked like raising a litter of bull mastiff puppies born right at the start of the pandemic. Debbie Hodges said, it “gives you something to do, a little bit of self-worth.”
A loss in the family early in lockdown compounded the Hodges’ challenge of a half dozen puppies and a major world event. Of the 10 puppies born, five survived.
“I kinda latched onto the puppies,” Debbie Hodges said. “You have to get up, you have to move, you have to take them on a walk.”
Animal shelters face struggles, as well.