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County and city employees are raising concerns about their safety in the Governmental Center – particularly over unfettered access to staff and th. ....
NEW POINTS OF CALL: Michigan’s manufacturing shift has helped spawn a change in the vacation business in the state, too. (Bridge illustration/A.J. Jones) Richard and Patricia Dolland spent countless warm summer days and cold winter nights in their rustic cottage in Northern Michigan. ....
Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. A 71-year-old elected official in the Traverse City area claims she hasn t had a raise in eight years because the county wants to force her out of office. Peggy Haines, the register of deeds in Grand Traverse County, has filed an age discrimination lawsuit. She has been in office since 2000 and was reelected in November, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. Haines, who is paid $67,000 a year, said she was excluded again when county commissioners in December gave raises to the county administrator, the elected clerk and themselves. She said she took a pay cut eight years ago and hasn t had a raise since then. ....