SW Michigan

PORTAGE, MI - Portage water and sewer customers will have a chance to comment on the proposed 2013-14 rates at a Tuesday public hearing. The 7:30 p.m. hearing during the Portage City Council meeting calls for the Portage customer paying a 2.73 percent higher bill, or $19.40 more a year.

The Grand River reached 21.67 feet at 5 a.m. this morning, according to the National Weather Service. Flood stage is 18 feet, and the river is projected to rise to 22.7 feet by Monday morning, , according to the latest predictions.

It all depends upon which way the wind is blowing, but much of the Holland area is reminded daily that pickles and vinegar are produced at the Heinz plant at 431 W. 16th St. Sniffing out those products at local markets isn't nearly as simple.

Washington -- Debbie Dingell, a long-time Democrat and member of the Wayne State board of governors, said Saturday she will not run for U.S. Senate to replace Carl Levin.

BANGOR, MI - Numerous parents milled in and out of Bangor High School Friday picking up their children after news spread of a lockdown prompted by what school district officials described as two small, homemade bombs. "She doesn't want to go but she's coming home," "said Pamela Lowe, as she waited for her daughter, a 10th grader at the high school.