SAGINAW, MI — Here are a few headlines from Saginaw County last week that attracted reader interest.

‘I couldn’t sleep last night’: Death of beloved education champion has Saginaw in mourning

There was no difference between Mattie Thompson the advocate of children and Mattie Thompson the human being, family members and former colleagues said of the Saginaw Public Schools leader who died this week.

Whether she was at home or behind the desk at a school board meeting, Thompson was tireless in her passion for advancing the lives of students and underprivileged youths.

Several of those loved ones expressed shock in the hours after learning of her death from a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

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Saginaw teen accused of killing stepsister, 10, awaits trial after 3 years in cu

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