The deaths of Gwendolyn Fay Smith, 17, a 2025 Bedford Public Schools graduate, and Ryne Jacob Leist, 33, of Temperance, were ruled as homicide and suicide.

Gwendolyn Fay Smith, 17, a 2025 Bedford Public Schools graduate, and Ryne Jacob Leist, 33, of Temperance, were found dead inside a home.

Pioneer High School’s varsity football team was supposed to host Bedford Friday night, but the game never happened.

TEMPERANCE, Mich. – Smith Road Elementary is closing face-to-face instruction on Thursday through Nov. 4 due to cases of COVID-19 within the building. The district was notified of a positive COVID-19 case within the building on Wednesday and received confirmation of an additional case on Thursday. There are three positive cases within the building and a fourth individual tested positive who visited the building. The district received notification of a positive COVID-19 case within the building yesterday and immediately sent out a parent communication. READ: Michigan school districts face difficult decisions with COVID-19 cases on the rise

BEDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A petition and a Facebook group has been started with the goal of recalling Todd Bruning from his position with the Bedford Township School Board. Section 1107 of the Revised School Code states that the Governor may remove a school board member. There is nothing in the law that provides procedures for a school board itself, or any employee of the school board, to remove a board member. Bedford Public School Board members only speak on behalf of the District through formal action at public School Board meetings. The Bedford Public Schools Board of Education does not endorse any statements made by individual Board Members."

A three-foot long caiman seen Sept. 19, 2019, in the biology pond at Bedford High School. (WDIV)TEMPERANCE, Mich. - Officials with Bedford Public Schools said an "alligator-type reptile" was seen swimming in the biology pond on the campus of the junior and senior high schools. The creature has been identified by animal experts as a 3-foot long caiman, officials said. Caimans aren't indigenous to Michigan, but they're often kept as pets, school officials said. All students and residents are asked to stay clear of the pond until the caiman can be relocated to a proper home.

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