DeWitt-Bath Review

EATON RAPIDS - Eaton Rapids police officer Lisa Kirby was on a routine patrol when she spotted and pursued a stolen van. Full Story »

Budgets for agencies across mid-Michigan are looking thin. That, coupled with the rising cost of snow removal, means it will be a challenging winter for local road crews. Full Story »

LANSING - All Michigan residents will able to be an H1N1 vaccine as of Monday (Dec. 14), state health officials announced this morning. Full Story »

Shoppers walk past a Christmas advertisement outside Sears on Nov. 27 in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press file photo) Full Story »

LANSING – A ban on texting while driving was closer to becoming law today, but it probably wouldn’t allow police to pull over texters on sight. Instead, they could be ticketed if they were pulled over for other offenses, under bills approved in the House and Senate. Full Story »

DIMONDALE - Records show the five prisoners who assaulted a corrections officer, stole a corrections van and escaped today were serving sentences for crimes including: home invasion, possession of methamphetamines, failure to pay child support, receiving stolen property and possession of a gun by a felon. Full Story »

Eaton Rapids schools were put on lockdown as law enforcement scoured the area looking for an escaped prisoner. Five prisoners escaped from Montcalm County earlier today. They were spotted near Dimondale. All five have been captured. Full Story »

UPDATED 5:15 p.m. - EATON RAPIDS - A corrections officer is in serious condition after being attacked when five prisoners escaped custody in Carson City earlier today and stole a van. Full Story »

LANSING — Sexually oriented businesses in Michigan would face tighter restrictions on their onsite advertising signs under terms of legislation that has passed the state Senate. Full Story »

WASHINGTON – With job creation continuing to lag in Michigan and across the nation, President Barack Obama today outlined a series of small business tax credits, infrastructure funding and clean energy investments in hopes of getting companies hiring again. Full Story »

DETROIT - General Motors Co. said Monday it will spend $700 million at eight Michigan facilities to get its new rechargeable electric car road-ready - a technological and economic boost for its home state. Full Story »

DETROIT — One day after their first meeting with new CEO Ed Whitacre Jr., two top General Motors Co. executives said their marching orders are clear. “No.1, I think that we need to repay the money that we borrowed,” said Mark Reuss, GM’s North American president. Full Story »

DETROIT — General Motors Co. is getting close to hiring a new chief financial officer, its CEO said today. The automaker has a good candidate and should have news in two or three weeks, Board Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said in a Web chat with reporters. Full Story »

LANSING - A winter storm is expected to move into the Lansing area this afternoon and persist through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. Full Story »

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LAPEER — A National Guard unit has returned to Michigan after an 8-month deployment to Afghanistan. About 130 members of the Army National Guard 464th Quartermaster Company came home three months early after having suffered no casualties or injuries. Full Story »

LANSING - A fire caused significant damage to a house on Lansing's north side Monday, according to the city fire department. Full Story »

CINCINNATI — Supermarket giant Kroger Co. plunged into the red during the fiscal third quarter. The grocer, which has seven Kroger stores in the Lansing area, reported today it lost $875 million, or $1.35 per share, for the quarter that ended in October. Full Story »

WESH-TV in Orlando reported early this morning that a woman was taken to a Florida hospital from the home of beleaguered golfer Tiger Woods. Full Story »

DETROIT — A judge has set an Aug. 2 trial for a Detroit-area man charged with conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of Iraq and illegally obtaining 2 million barrels of oil. Full Story »

• Griest, Mildred A., 93, of Charlotte, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Burkhead-Green Funeral Home, Charlotte. Full Story »

LANSING - About two dozen members of the military gathered at the Capitol today to honor veterans and those who are currently serving in the armed forces. Full Story »

LANSING – Officials announced today that 54A District Court – the tri-county area’s busiest – will close three days this year and five additional days in 2010 because of city-mandated furloughs. Full Story »

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Kalin Lucas scored 17 points to lead No. 12 Michigan State past The Citadel, 69-56, on Monday at McAlister Fieldhouse. Full Story »

LANSING - Union leaders for Lansing firefighters announced today that they have a ratified, concessionary agreement with the city of Lansing that will save $483,614 within the next six months and help close the city’s $3 million deficit. Full Story »