Snow flurries last week turned into a windfall for an Owendale - Gagetown school teacher.

A few dollars' worth of quarters turned into the fortune of a lifetime for an Owendale woman Wednesday evening.

In an eleventh-hour move, state lawmakers changed rules for schools. On Monday, Governor Jennifer Granholm signed bills that will reform the state's educational system.

Two towns in Tuscola County received some good financial news this week. According to State Representative Terry Brown , the villages of Gagetown and Millington have received about $950,000 in federal grants for road, water and sewer improvement projects that will help create local jobs and stimulate economic development.

Two Mid-Michigan villages will soon be getting their piece of the stimulus pie with grants designed to accelerate economic development.