At its meeting Monday, May 16, the City Commission approved a first reading of a new ordinance that will temporary turn the stretch of Saginaw River into a no-wake zone for this boating season.

“The Saginaw ... river between there to the railroad bridge again calls for no wake. The part of the river that travels through Bangor and Hampton townships and Essexville are all no-wake zones ...

The rest of the river outside the city limits to the mouth of Saginaw Bay consists of no-wake zones. Once the study is complete, the DNR will present its results, and if it finds that an open ...