BIRCH RUN — The lawyer for ex-Birch Run Police Chief Robert J. Mowatt Jr. said an arbitrator’s award will pay “about $700,000” to Mowatt, who claims he was fired without just cause in 2006 ...

Robert Mowatt Jr., 60, of Frankenmuth, alleges he was fired without just cause by the village of Birch Run in 2006. He is retired from the state police and works as a part-time police officer for ...