Monday News---- Sun and clouds mixed. High 56F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. ----------------------------------------- Voters in Gratiot County will determine on Tuesday whether some of their county commissioners keep their jobs. In Gratiot County, commissioners John L. Renneberg of District 1, Jan Bunting of District 2 are facing opposition Tuesday. Democrat Caroline Ross of St. Louis is running against Bunting, and challenger Edward Lorenz, a Democrat, is running against Renneberg. Interim Gratiot County Commissioner Jane Keon of District 4 is not seeking election. Republican Joseph H. Richards and Democrat Tim Lambrecht, a former county commissioner, are running for the District 4 seat. Gratiot commissioners George Bailey, a Republican representing District 5; and Chairwoman Laura McCollum, a Republican representing District 3, are running unopposed. ------------------------------------------ Tuesdays election is the first in Michigan and first across the nation to reflect a widespread movement in the change of attitudes on the issue of legalizing marijuana. Marijuana proposals will be on ballots in Clare, Frankfort, Harrison, Lapeer, Mt. Pleasant, Onaway, Port Huron and Saginaw. In metro Detroit, proposals will be on ballots in three neighboring cities of southeast Oakland County. --------------------------------------------- With polls showing the Michigan governors race in a statistical dead heat, money is still pouring into the campaigns of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger Mark Schauer as they continue to air TV ads and crisscross the state in search of votes. The two candidates campaign committees have together taken in just under $1 million in the past week, with Schauer taking in more late money than Snyder as of noon Sunday. ------------------------------------------- Sports----Red Wings lost to Buffalo 3-2 in a shootout Sunday.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:41:32 +0000
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