Midland

Attendees were invited to participate in a silent walk and to climb stairs of the football stadium to remember those killed in the terrorist attacks 25 years ago Friday.

The city of Midland has shut down roads to upgrade its stormwater mitigation system. In order to keep state funding for the projects, the city has to work on all seven at once to meet its deadline.

"We don't have a clear answer from Dow as to how many employees in Midland are going to be affected," Dave Clark, editor of the Midland Daily News, said.

Chedrick Greene joined the Michigan Senate after winning a special election earlier this month to serve out the remainder of a term in a seat left vacant last January.

The long-awaited race will determine if Democrats are able to maintain their slim one-seat majority in the chamber for the final months of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tenure.

A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the Saginaw River will fall below its flood stage Wednesday at the earliest as roads close across the region due to flooding.

The May 5 special election between Republican Jason Tunney and Democrat Chedrick Greene will determine if Senate Democrats will be able to hold a one-seat majority in Lansing.

Democrat Chedrick Greene and Republican Jason Tunney both held campaign events in Midland on Wednesday to rally support for a special election on May 5 that will determine if Democrats in the Michigan Senate will be able to maintain their one-seat majority.

The group ProgressiveMI has spent thousands of dollars on ads for Pamela Pugh. Democratic leaders say ProgressiveMI is tied to a conservative ad firm, seeking to sway the race.

The early numbers provide insight into the state of primary races in the Saginaw Bay region at around the halfway mark in the lead up to election night on Feb. 3.