Charlevoix County, MI

For the past 10 years, each Leadership Charlevoix County (LCC) class has taken on a Community Service Project that focuses on a need within the Charlevoix County community. This year, the 2022 class of 12, have partnered with the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging to construct a. While throwing around...

Are you aware of the emergency notification system that Charlevoix County utilizes? Did you know that this system is FREE for our county residents?. Charlevoix County, along with Cheboygan and Emmet counties, utilize an emergency notification system called RAVE Be-Alert/Smart911. This emergency notification system provides accurate, immediate emergency notifications from your local public safety agency and the National Weather Service to your cell, work or home phone via text, email or voice message.

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- A group usually found exploring underwater took part in a special show-and-tell in Charlevoix County. Members of the Personal Submersible Organization brought their mini submarines to Boyne City Elementary May 16. It wasn't just students who enjoyed checking out the watercraft. Once word spread the...

CHARLEVOIX — Steven Edward Broman, 46, Indian River, was sentenced to serve 28 months to 15 years in prison recently in the 33rd Circuit Court, according to a press release from Charlevoix County Prosecuting Attorney Allen Telgenhof.  According to police affidavits filed in two cases against Broman, in 2019 and 2020, he agreed to perform residential construction work for two Charlevoix County victims. ...

CHARLEVOIX — Planning is underway for the Women Can/Women Do-Charlevoix County fundraising luncheon to be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15 at the Castle Farms. Since 2007, the event has signaled the start of the summer season and has been instrumental in raising vital dollars for Women’s Resource...

When 50-year-old meth addict Brian Groh was sentenced to jail last month, he went through a severe withdrawal.    “When I first got here, I was really bad,” he said, describing how he was put in solitary confinement and strapped to a chair to keep under control. “I mostly don’t remember my first week.”  ...

GAYLORD — Residents of several counties in Northern Michigan are being urged to wear a mask while indoors following a jump in COVID-19 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In Michigan, 16 counties, including Antrim, Cheboygan, Emmet and Chippewa, now have "high" community levels, a CDC classification designed to show...

The head of a northern Michigan Downtown Development Authority was arrested on charges of criminal sexual conduct. Tony Cutler is the director of the DDA in Sault Ste. Marie. He’s also a past candidate for the State House of Representatives. 9&10 News confirmed Cutler was arrested on two separate...

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) – A former schoolteacher and GOP candidate for State Representative has been charged with two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to documents from the 90th District Court in Charlevoix. Tony Cutler, of Boyne City, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday, May...

CHARLEVOIX —Tony Cutler, director of the Downtown Development Authority in Sault Ste. Marie, was recently arrested in Charlevoix County on two separate charges of second degree criminal sexual conduct. According to the Charlevoix County District Court, Cutler, birth name Antonio Cutler, was arrested on May 10 on two counts of criminal sexual conduct - second degree causing...

We are all indebted to the sacrifice our nation’s heroes make each and every day. but it doesn’t come with out a cost including what they often refer to as invisible wounds. Josh Galle is a Marine Corps veteran and an accredited veterans services officer with the Charlevoix...

Steven Broman from Indian River was sentenced to serve 28 months to 15 years in prison Friday afternoon. According to police records in two separate cases from 2019 and 2020, Broman agreed to perform residential construction work for two Charlevoix County victims. Broman was paid $13,700 in one incident that...

CHARLEVOIX — Thirty years ago, a group of well-intentioned people got together around the idea that a community foundation might be the perfect place for donors, large and small, to exercise their charitable intentions in a positive way and do good in the community. Since 1992, the organization they...

CHARLEVOIX — The Charlevoix dog park will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony from 10 a.m. to noon on May 21. The event will include an "All Things Dog" expo with local pet-related businesses. All donors and community members are invited to attend. ...

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- People have a chance to learn about and listen to candidates running for northern Michigan’s 37th District Senate Seat and the 107th House Seat. It is this Sunday, May 15, at the Charlevoix Public Library from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. There will also...

There were 389 reported cases of COVID-19 in Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego counties from April 26 through May 10, according to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan. While the severity of illnesses continues to be significantly less than before vaccines were introduced, the uptick represents a 172% increase compared to the 14 days prior.  ...