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Highway 56 construction in LeRoy starts Monday
LEROY, Minn. - Road construction on Highway 56 is scheduled to begin on Monday. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says prime contractor Rochester Sand and Gravel will rebuild 1.2 miles of Highway 56 through LeRoy. The majority of the work is expected to be finished in October. MnDOT says the project includes the following:
Two people await charges after police suspect them of several violations
State police say two people are in the Grand Traverse County Jail after being arrested for several violations. On Wednesday night troopers from the Traverse City post stopped a car for an equipment moving violation in Blair Township. They say the driver of that car, a 45 year old Kingsley man not only had two civil warrants for his arrest over child support but his car didn’t have a registration plate or insurance. The above photo is what police say they found on the passenger in the car-a 41 year old woman from Kingsley.
Huge Hail in Onekema MI – 144 Tornadoes in 2 Days in the U.S.
2-inch diameter hail did considerable damage to homes and cars in Onekama MI Saturday evening. Onekama is on Portage Lake, north of Manistee. The Onekama Community facebook page has lots of pictures of the hail. Check it out. Some other areas got hail in northwest Lower Michigan Saturday evening: ping...
Ferris State students involved in research indicating waste from wildlife is the likely source of Billings Lake E. coli levels
BIG RAPIDS — Students from Ferris State University’s Shimadzu Core Laboratory for Academic and Research Excellence participated in research looking into the cause of E. coli readings in a Wexford Count recreation site. E. coli are a large and diverse group of bacteria. Although most strains of E. coli are harmless, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said some can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia, and other illnesses. The Shimadzu Core Lab coordinated with Wexford County Drain Commissioner Michael Solomon since 2016, attempting to determine the source of fecal contaminants impacting access to Billings Lake’s “Kiddie Beach,” a body of water fed by Manton Creek. Shimadzu Director Schuyler “Sky” Pike indicated there was no evidence of human or swine waste in samples taken following large rain events, with that testing pointing to E. coli contamination from canines, such as foxes and coyotes, ruminants such asor deer or other animals.
Police seek new clues in 1989 cold case murder of mother of 5
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI – Police are renewing their efforts to solve a cold case murder of a mother of five who died 35 years ago. The body of homicide victim Linda Marie Meteer, 41, of the Traverse City area, was found during the late afternoon of Thursday, April 27, 1989, police said.
4 relatives who died in Easter rollover crash to be remembered in Cadillac
CADILLAC, MI -- A figure skater. A racoon rehabber. An aspiring welder. A basketball player. The lives of four people who died in an Easter Sunday crash will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Wexford Civic Center, 1320 N. Mitchel Street in Cadillac. Mary Ann Fitzgerald,...
Missing man’s body found in lake near Interlochen State Park
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI -- The body of a boater who went missing on Green Lake was recovered Tuesday, according to UpNorthLive. The Grand Traverse Sheriff’s Office was able to locate the body while scanning the lake using sonar. Police had been searching near the shoreline Tuesday morning, trying...
A Fresh Take on Tradition
La Catrina Mexican Nishinaab blends two cuisines and two cultures. Fusion restaurants are not a new concept; the joining of cultures in unique food creations is a practice that’s been around (and popular) for a while. What is less common, however, is finding a restaurant that creates surprising and distinctive menu items from two cultures that are not traditionally combined.
City: Loose materials on Cadillac, Richford buildings should be fixed by weekend
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Loose materials on the exteriors of the old Richford Hotel and the Cadillac Hotel that posed a safety hazard should be fixed by this weekend. “The condition of 45 Chestnut in particular, we had some failing of the soffits around the building,” City Corporation Counsel Patrick Beath said Wednesday of the old Richford Hotel.
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