GREENVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) - It came as quite a surprise to neighbors as they watched a black bear roaming the Coffren Street neighborhood Sunday evening.

The Greenville Daily News is reporting that Department of Public Safety and the Michigan State Police are tracking a young black bear in downtown Greenville.

It did come down out of a tree and the officers tracked it south.

Officers are asking people to stay inside.

They the hope is that the bear will find it's way back into the woods, however if it starts to charge the officers are required to shoot it.

by Kelli Ameling
from The Daily News

GREENVILLE — The Greenville city budget beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2013, has been completed and proposed to the Greenville City Council for its first look.

Although City Manager George Bosanic said the budget was one of his hardest yet to balance, he said it was able to be balanced without cutting services or layoffs.

“We keep experiencing increasing expenses and have declining revenue wherever we turn,” Bosanic said. “It has been one of the hardest budgets to balance.”

One major impact to the budget, along with other companies, was the Feb. 14 bankruptcy filing of United Solar Ovonic. Bosanic said the company used a large amount of water from the city and paid a...

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GREENVILLE, Mich. (WZZM)-The remaining employees at United Solar Ovonic in Greenville had hoped the company would be sold by Monday, but instead, about 180 people were laid-off.

"It's frustrating to see this happen to so many good people," says Rodney Rockham. He and his son Michael both worked at the plant in Greenville. Rodney was one of the first employees, in 2007. Last year, Michael got a job there too. "I quit my previous job, doing lawn care, to better myself, which I did. Went back to school for it."

On Monday, Rodney and Michael found out, along with the others, that they would lose their jobs. "Oh frustrating, the way things are going 'round here. Not too many jobs around here as it is."