Good morning, Saginaw.

Trick-or-treating across Saginaw County is scheduled for Oct.

31 (Saginaw 6-8 p.m., Saginaw Township 5-7 p.m., Birch Run 5-7 p.m.); follow your town's designated hours.

The Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum will host its annual Halloween Monster Mix and Mash on Saturday, Oct.

31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Saginaw with $3 admission per person. Families can make sugar skull plates, tube monsters, beaded broomsticks, enjoy face painting, pumpkin tic-tac-toe, and mummy bowling (museum serves ages birth to 10 years).

Positive Results Downtown Saginaw has named Jeanne and Jim Conger grand marshals for the 48th Annual Christmas Parade, set for Saturday, Nov.

21 at 11 a.m. in downtown Saginaw (starts at Johnson Avenue and North Washington, ends on Ojibway Island). Organizations can submit entries by Friday, Nov. 13 for $25; high school bands enter free.

Consumers Energy Foundation awarded $92,000 to five local groups to expand services across Lapeer, Genesee, Saginaw, and Shiawassee counties: Mission in the City + Houghton-Jones $20,000 each in Saginaw; Inside Acceleration Tutoring $20,000; Village of Byron $20,000; Love in the Name of Christ $12,000.

Gas prices rose last week and Michigan averaged $4.82 per gallon as of Monday, Oct.

26, with Saginaw at $4.81; several Upper Peninsula counties hit as high as $5 while others were in the mid-$4.60s, and analysts expect regional declines this week.

With Halloween approaching, the Michigan DNR says a fungal disease (white-nose syndrome) wiped out many of the state's bats more than a decade ago, and researchers are tracking colonies, studying spread in caves and mines, and testing ways to protect surviving bats so populations can rebuild.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined the FTC and 19 other states on Monday, Oct.

26 in suing Dollar General, alleging thousands of stores charged customers more at the register than shelf, tag, or advertised prices and collected millions in overcharges.

Michigan launched an online tool (MI WEST) to help Healthy Michigan Plan members check if they qualify for exemptions, already meet work requirements, or must take steps before new work rules begin in 2027; the tool provides information only and is not an application or renewal.

After a 20-17 walk-off win over Green Bay, the Lions showed stout defense and strong pass protection but must clean up fumbles and interior run blocking before they host the undefeated Vikings next weekend.

MLive has an interactive playoff simulator for Michigan high school football that fans can use now to run bracket simulations or predict single games; Saginaw-area supporters can test odds for 14 local teams, including No. 1 seeds Frankenmuth and Merrill.

Saginaw Spirit president Craig Goslin will be inducted into the Bay County Sports Hall of Fame and honored Nov.

8 at the DoubleTree in downtown Bay City after leading the Spirit to host (the 2024 Memorial Cup) and win the championship; tickets are $50 or $70 with a deadline of Oct. 30.