BAY CITY, MI – It was about noon when Chris Runberg parked his car along the curb on South Chilson Street. When he got out, the sun shining brightly onto his plaid paperboy hat, round glasses and gray hooded sweatshirt, it wasn’t long before someone opened their front door to shout, “Hello.”

“Any news?” a woman asked Runberg, Bay City’s 7th ward city commissioner, through her storm door.

The resident, Wendi Garcia, walked onto her front porch, careful to close the door behind her. A dog stood up on its hind legs and whined through the window, wanting to join her outside.

She didn’t have to specify what news she was inquiring about. The evidence is all around.

Like most of her block, Garcia’s front yard is decorated for Halloween. Tiny tombstones, spooky figurines and larger, more haunt

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