As the sun rose Tuesday morning, a crowd gathered at the Bay City Boat Lines dock in downtown Bay City to board the Princess Wenonah.The Princess Wenonah took passengers on a cruise down the Saginaw River to greet the USS Edson as she arrived at her temporary dock at Wirt Stone Dock.

SAGINAW, MI - Saginaw Mayor Greg Branch said the shootings of 4-year-old Miyona Alexander on Monday and 12-year-old Tamaris "T.J." Steward Jr. early Thursday morning are indicative of deeper problems within the community. "We're still trying to get a handle on what the problem is," Branch said.

SAGINAW, MI - Arthur Hill High School alumnus Paul Ruiz, 63, decided to take an unconventional route to his 45th class reunion next week. Ruiz, a former Marine and retired worker at Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, is on the home stretch of his 1,300-mile solo bike ride from a small town near Casper, Wyo., to Saginaw for a family reunion and his 45th high school reunion.

THOMAS TOWNSHIP, MI - Almost 200 people gathered Wednesday evening at the Mid Michigan Singh Sabha for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the six killed and three injured in an attack on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. on Aug. 5.

On Monday afternoon, a large red dumpster parked in the driveway of the Monitor Township home Diane Regulski shares with her husband Mike. It was filled to the brim with the contents of their basement: a sodden jumble of furniture and electronics ruined by the water.

SAGINAW, MI - Edward Hall Jr. served in World War II, spoke seven languages, traveled the world, carried the Olympic Torch and was honored by General Motors for working more than 50 years without missing a single day of work. The 89-year-old longtime Saginaw resident and retired Saginaw Metal Casting Operations employee died July 4 after a short illness.

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI - When Renee Buitron of Saginaw enrolled her son Ray Jr. at the Saginaw Learn to Earn Academy almost two years ago, she knew it might be his last chance. "I remember when I was in the office to register him the secretary said that this was the last straw," she said.

SAGINAW, MI - On Monday morning, Saginaw Habitat for Humanity's executive director Cameron Brady sat in a golf cart outside of one of the group's work sites. A drop of rain fell from the sky. "I didn't feel that," he said. "Nothing's happening." The rain began to fall faster.

MT. PLEASANT, MI - Dominic Sheahan-Stahl got his chance to address the Sacred Heart Academy class of 2012 Sunday, although it was before their commencement ceremony and at a different venue. Sheahan-Stahl, 32, is and alumnus of the school and is now an actor living in New York City.

SAGINAW, MI - Sitting in the living room of his Saginaw home, 18-year-old Raymond Buitron Jr., son of Renee and Raymond Buitron II, looks like any other high school senior. He is softspoken with close-cropped dark hair and wears an unassuming black polo shirt and gray shorts.

Bailee Schultz rescued an orphaned baby squirrel in his grandparents' back yard and placed it with a litter of newborn kittens. The kittens' mother has taken it in and cared for it as her own.