The News-Herald

SOUTHGATE — A new mayor will begin leading the city Nov. 17. Full Story »

WOODHAVEN — Councilwoman Patricia Odette was elected Tuesday as mayor of the city she has called home for a decade. Full Story »

FLAT ROCK — Residents spoke loud and clear at the polls Tuesday when they elected Councilman Jonathan Dropiewski as mayor. Full Story »

LINCOLN PARK — Three political newcomers — including two former city supervisors — were elected to the City Council in Tuesday’s balloting. Full Story »

TAYLOR — A 68-year-old resident was hospitalized after she tried to get her belongings back from two purse snatchers. Full Story »

RIVER ROUGE — A memorial service is planned for Tuesday to remember the 29 men who died when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. Full Story »

ALLEN PARK –– Police are putting more eyes and ears on the streets with the help of two additions to the department. Full Story »

ALLEN PARK –– Andrew Jackson, an Allen Park High School English teacher, values the lessons that can be learned from veterans. Full Story »

WYANDOTTE — In keeping with a recent trend of naming playgrounds after notable residents, the city plans to honor a former recreation commissioner. Full Story »

LANSING –– The state Senate will receive a plan to restore $184 million to Michigan schools as early as next week. Full Story »

TRENTON — If the holidays cause you stress and you’d like to learn how to just enjoy them, the Michigan Institute for Health Enhancement is offering a Healthy for the Holidays workshop. Full Story »

ALLEN PARK –– Lowanda Jarvis’ opening line says it all: “I am woman, hear me roar.” Full Story »

“Living is giving; giving is living” were words Rosalind Murray Meyer lived by. Full Story »

TAYLOR — Jeffrey Lamarand will be sworn in as mayor at noon Monday. Full Story »

WOODHAVEN — Drivers on Allen Road will be traveling under the railroad tracks near Van Horn Road by 2013, Wayne County officials said Wednesday. Full Story »

ECORSE — An emergency financial manager suspended the city controller without pay Wednesday in light of federal charges that allege he accepted bribes and mishandled the city’s money. Full Story »

With his “back against the wall,” Timothy Scanlon, principal at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Wyandotte, let students take turns taping him to a pillar in the school gymnasium. Full Story »

ALLEN PARK — A Pittsburgh-based film and TV production company owned by a former Detroit Piston will relocate to Unity Studios. Full Story »

First-term Taylor Councilman Jeffery Lamarand, 40, handily won the mayor’s post Tuesday, defeating longtime political figure Cameron Priebe. Full Story »

RIVERVIEW — What is one of the best ways to remember a former beautification commissioner? Full Story »

TRENTON — Cathy Collins Villarreal is in the fight of her life as she battles breast cancer. Full Story »

State Reps. Douglas Geiss (D-Taylor) and Deborah Kennedy (D-Brownstown Twp.) said last Friday that although Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the final state budgets to avoid a government shutdown, the overall budget takes Michigan in the wrong direction. Full Story »

WYANDOTTE — Most motorists don’t get hit by a train and live to tell about it. Full Story »

WYANDOTTE — The annual Marine Corps birthday celebration has gotten so big that it will be held on two separate days this year. Full Story »

WYANDOTTE — When you have a good number of properties to market, sometimes the best way to do it is through a tour. Full Story »