Volunteers at animal rescue shocked by return of abused horse
Outcry shifts from Clinton County to Attorney General
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Volunteers at animal rescue shocked by Clinton County Prosecutor's decision to return abused horse
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
GRAND BLANC TOWSHIP (CCN) — Nurses were walking the picket line for a fifth straight day in Grand Blanc Township as Teamsters Local 333's Dan Glass revealed that his team was preparing to head back to the bargaining table to resume negotiations.
Glass said his members want better nurse-to-patient ratios alon
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
GRAND BLANC TOWSHIP (CCN) — Nurses were walking the picket line for a fifth straight day in Grand Blanc Township as Teamsters Local 333's Dan Glass revealed that his team was preparing to head back to the bargaining table to resume negotiations.
Glass said his members want better nurse-to-patient ratios along with better pay and benefits.
Henry Ford Health officials say they lost more than $50 million last year.
PHOTO CAPTION: Pictured above this story is a shot of nurses being joined on the picket line at Henry Ford Heath's Genesys Hospital by young people and their parents not related to them.
Police Chief Jeffrey Cross retires at city council after 25 years on the Fenton Police Department force
Police Chief Jeffrey Cross retires at city council after 25 years on the Fenton Police Department force
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
FENTON (CCN) — Police Chief Jeffrey Cross made it official at Tuesday's (Sept. 2, 2025) Fenton City Council meeting that he's retirng.
Chief Cross has been on the Fenton Police Department force for 25 years.
Fenton Mayor Sue Osborn presented Chief Cross with a proclamation, saluting him for his many years
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
FENTON (CCN) — Police Chief Jeffrey Cross made it official at Tuesday's (Sept. 2, 2025) Fenton City Council meeting that he's retirng.
Chief Cross has been on the Fenton Police Department force for 25 years.
Fenton Mayor Sue Osborn presented Chief Cross with a proclamation, saluting him for his many years of service in their city.
Cross was promoted to sergeant in May 2015 and to lieutenant in September 2017 before becoming police chief in February of 2023.
Fenton's crime numbers were among the lowest in the Metro Flint regional area under Chief Cross during his tenure as interim chief and then as the top leader on a permanent basis.
Cross took charge after the top job had been open since Jason Slater retired in June 2022. Slater attended the swearing in ceremony to show support to Cross.
Cross is a 1995 graduate of Linden High School who went on to ear his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Saginaw Valley State University in 1999. He then graduated from Delta College Police Academy in January 2000.
Cross joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1999 and was honorably discharged in 2004. In 1998, he was a student intern with the Michigan State Police Brighton Post before landing a job in Fenton where he has spent his entire professional law enforcement career.
He also graduated from the FBI National Academy during his time as chief.
Fenton City Hall was closed from noon until 2 pm on Wednesday (Sept. 3, 2025) for family, friends and city employees to celebrate a retirement ceremony for Cross.
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Metro Flint News/Talk Radio will broadcast Friday's big game in the City of Burton!
Larry Coleman and Tim Crow will bring you the action with a 7 o'clock kick-off at Bendle between the host Tigers and the defending Genesee Area Conference champion Atherton Wolverines. Bendle won on opening night last week in triple overtime while Atherton lost its non-league opener at Vassar for the second straight season. The 2024 Wolverines rebounded to make the state playoffs for the first time in 10 years and only the second time in school history.
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Volunteers at animal rescue shocked by Clinton County Prosecutor's decision to return abused horse
Our Executive Editor Mike Killbreath shares a story above you need to share with everyone you know!
Our Life Styles Section has a column that started our campaign to get RC back home at Horses Haven which is an animal rescue in Howell. The horse above was nearly frozen to the ground and had to be put down when Clinton Co
Our Executive Editor Mike Killbreath shares a story above you need to share with everyone you know!
Our Life Styles Section has a column that started our campaign to get RC back home at Horses Haven which is an animal rescue in Howell. The horse above was nearly frozen to the ground and had to be put down when Clinton County Animal Control seized RC from the property where both horses suffered terrible abuse. Clinton County Prosecutor Tony Spagnuolo reached a plea deal with the abuser. State law requires up to 10 years in prison for animal abuse but Prosecutor Spagnuola reached a plea deal that included returning the horse to the abuser.
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