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Council learns about mortgage, property fraud

If someone tries to file a fraudulent or bogus lien or deed against your property, you can be notified immediately, the register of deeds told Lansing City Council members recently. The FBI has reported that mortgage or property fraud is one of the fastest growing white collar crimes, said Register of Deeds TerriLois G.

IN BRIEF

Hutchinson, Milton, Weaver honored for college comebacks Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Kentucky linebacker J.J. Weaver are the winners of the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award.

A salute to a Special Forces chapter member

Since 1992 on the third Saturday in December, people across America have placed wreaths at national and state cemeteries to honor veterans, their spouses and their minor children who are buried in those cemeteries.

Act of respect

Each December, many of the white headstones at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery receive a fresh green wreath adorned with a bright red bow as part of the national Wreaths Across America program. On Saturday, hundreds of volunteers, family members, corporate sponsors and their employees braved the cold and windy morning to be part of that annual wreath laying dedication event.

Magic of Santa could be as real for kids as adults

The bishop of Noto in Sicily this month decided to tell a gathering of young children there is no Santa. Antonio Staglianò pulled the pin on this grenade during his speech at the Feast of Saint Nicholas. The Diocese of Noto quickly weighed in with a ho-ho-ho, nono-no-no response from Staglianò’s press secretary, Father Alessandro Paolini. The bishop merely meant to “reflect on the meaning of Christmas and the beautiful traditions that accompany it with greater awareness and regain the beauty of a Christmas now increasingly ‘commercial’ and ‘de-Christianized.’ ”