Acme Township, MI

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office, working alongside the Genesee County Sheriff's Offices G.H.O.S.T. Team and federal partners, announced Friday they arrested eight men during a human trafficking sting operation. Officers say they posed as underage males and females in an undercover operation to...

A $4 million-plus capital campaign to eventually fund major property enhancements and renovations at Mt. Holiday is just getting started, with the goal of restoring and reviving one of the area’s snowsports gems. “It’s a Traverse City tradition, and a community gem,” says Nathan Noyes, the executive director at...

Traverse City has long been known as the “Cherry Capital of the World.” The first National Cherry Festival was hosted here in 1925—known at the time as “the Blessing of the Blossoms”—and the rest was history. Nearly a century later, northern Michigan’s biggest tourist...

Long Lake Township is impeding environmentally-friendly property development on local lakes in order to prevent one couple from building a retirement home, according to the couple’s lawyer. Bob and Carrie Barnes bought two pieces of property on Long Lake in Grand Traverse County to build their retirement home. The...

Here’s a roundup of recent news and photos around the Old Mission Peninsula…. 4th of July Celebration in Old Mission. Help celebrate an American Holiday with a Patriotic Walk Around the Block in the village of Old Mission. Everyone is invited to either take part or cheer on the participants. Line up on Grand Street on Monday, July 4, at 11:45 a.m.; the route will go from Grand Street to Traverse Street to Swaney Road to Bay Street to Woodland Avenue and back to Traverse Street, ending at the Legion Hall. (Note: If it’s pouring down rain, the event will be canceled.)

Some women, when they’re pregnant, crave pizza. Plums. Pickles and ice cream. Maybe some Taco Bell. Emily Stewart, former head pastry chef at Bang Bang Pie in Chicago, craved golden loaves of buttery brioche and whole wheat sandwich bread; Pop-Tarts oozing with tart cherries; malt cinnamon rolls dripping with creamy white icing; cookies; and preserves—garden-fresh, home-kitchen-made strawberry, heirloom tomato, some peach, bourbon, and cherry.

A permanent ban on parties. That’s what Airbnb says it’s imposing on renters, ahead of the busy 4th of July holiday weekend. In northern Michigan, vacation rentals have increased in recent years, along with noise and traffic, upsetting some full-time residents. Ray Draeger owns some short-term rentals near...

EMPIRE, MICH. -- Looking for something new to do on your vacation to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this summer?. Visitor programs are in full swing for the season at the Lakeshore, marking a return to normalcy after park programming was put on hold for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI (WSAU) – For a second consecutive game, the Traverse City Pit Spitters used a big inning to overpower the Wausau Woodchucks. Saturday night, a six-run fourth inning proved decisive in a 9-4 Pit Spitter win. The Woodchucks (16-18) erased an early 2-0 deficit with a game-tying...

Two Grand Traverse County commission candidates – Republican Carol Crawford and Democrat Bruce Moore – have filed paperwork in East Bay Township challenging the eligibility of fellow District 5 candidate and current Commission Chair Rob Hentschel to run in this fall’s election. Crawford and Moore argue that Hentschel is not qualified to vote in District 5 – and thus is ineligible to run – because his listed address is not his true principal residence. Hentschel had not initially seen the challenge paperwork, but notes he filed his "election paperwork in good faith."

TRAVERSE CITY – The Traverse City Pit Spitters completed a two-game sweep of the Wausau Woodchucks on Saturday night with a 9-4 win. In the first game of the series on Friday, the Pit Spitters scored seven runs in the eighth inning to win 8-2. It was another big inning on Saturday that propelled Traverse City to victory as the Pit Spitters scored six runs in the fourth inning to open up a 7-1 lead and never looked back.

Ahead of the big National Cherry festival Airshow, thousands of people went to Air Station Traverse City’s open house Friday. It’s the first time they’ve held Open Ramp since the pandemic. Lieutenant Brandon Skelly, says he’s excited for what the weekend will bring. “Kind of kicking...

Recreational cannabis sales have been legal in Michigan for nearly three years, but establishing public spaces to legally consume weed is still in its infancy. The first two state-qualified “consumption lounges” opened this year: Hot Box Social in Hazel Park and Kalkushka Lounge in Kalkaska. Michigan is among seven states to allow legal cannabis consumption lounges. Nineteen municipalities across Michigan have opted into allowing these businesses to varying degrees, and two municipalities have not specified whether they will allow the use, according to the latest state data.

From decades-long volunteers to can’t-miss festival events, here are all the details and stories you need to celebrate Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival and the 4th of July in style this summer in Northern Michigan. This will be Denny and Jeri Braun’s 39th year volunteering at the National...

It’s cherry season and you know what that means here in Northern Michigan…. The 96th Annual National Cherry Festival is finally underway in Traverse City!. There is no shortage of cherries or visitors this weekend—several hundred thousand are expected out to watch the return of the Blue Angels airshow.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For a second consecutive game, the Traverse City Pit Spitters used a big inning to overpower the Wausau Woodchucks. Saturday night, it was a six-run fourth inning that proved decisive in a 9-4 Pit Spitter win. The Woodchucks (16-18) erased an early 2-0 deficit with...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For a second consecutive game, the Traverse City Pit Spitters used a big inning to overpower the Wausau Woodchucks. This time, it was a six-run fourth inning which proved decisive as the Pit Spitters defeated the Woodchucks 9-4 in Northwoods League baseball action on Saturday.

A permanent ban on parties. That’s what Airbnb says it’s imposing on renters, ahead of the busy 4th of July holiday weekend. In northern Michigan, vacation rentals have increased in recent years, along with noise and traffic, upsetting some full-time residents. Ray Draeger owns some short-term rentals near...