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Baseball Game Recap: East Jordan Comes Up Short
After a string of four wins, East Jordan's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 5-0 to the Charlevoix Rayders. The loss continues a trend for East Jordan in their matchups with Charlevoix: they've now lost four in a row. East Jordan's defeat dropped their record down to...
Another game two walk-off win helps Cheboygan baseball earn split against Gaylord
CHEBOYGAN – Last Friday, the Cheboygan baseball team delivered a walk-off win to seal a split with Boyne City. Six days later, it was another walk-off ending for the Chiefs, who avenged a 7-3 game one loss to Gaylord by coming from behind to earn a 4-3 victory at home on Thursday.
Traverse City School Board considers offers for the old Bertha Vos building
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- What to do with a former school building?. Traverse City Area Public Schools board of education got an update Monday night on offers for the Bertha Vos property in Williamsburg. Scott Hardy of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors told the board there are four potential...
Grand Traverse Co. makes offer to purchase former Camp Greilick
TRAVERSE CITY — Grand Traverse County has provided an offer to the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy to purchase the former Camp Greilick property, most recently known as the Greilick Outdoor Recreation and Education Center. The offer is awaiting approval from the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy board. Located in the Boardman/Ottaway River Watershed, where the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy has protected numerous properties critical for the health of the watershed, the 196-acre property has 4,310 feet of frontage on Rennie, Spider, and Bass Lakes. It is near thousands of acres of protected land and provides connections to numerous trail systems. The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is supportive of Grand Traverse County’s vision to purchase the property, to open it to the public and especially to renew its use as a place for young people and families to experience and learn about our natural world.
Mending the spirit of veterans
Story and photos by Krista Tacey-Cater At the back of the Lovells Township Hall, tiny curls of wood begin to form a pile at the end of a long table as United States Navy veteran Jeff Ehrhart works. Ehrhart, under the instruction of fly rod-making instructor Bret Beiter of Frederic, runs a hand planer over a strip of bamboo until […]
Area students get to ‘Meet the Guard,’ Wolverine athletes
Rainy conditions didn’t stop hundreds of students in the region’s school districts from joining Michigan Army National Guard members for the May 3 “Meet the Guard” event at Camp Grayling. Staff Sgt. Ryan Kline, who welcomed students from area schools including Grayling, Roscommon, Houghton Lake, Charlton Heston Academy, Traverse City, DeTour, Gaylord, Vanderbilt and Mio, as well as others, said […]
County board trims OCCOA millage request, moves issue to November ballot
GAYLORD — Otsego County Board of Commissioners Chairman Doug Johnson is currently the longest-serving county commissioner in Michigan, having first taken office in 1981. At Tuesday's county board meeting, he did something that he had never done before. He was the lone no vote on a proposal to place...
Michigan State Police Seize Meth, Fentanyl, and Machetes in Traverse City Traffic Stop, 2 Men Arrested
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A traffic stop turned into a significant drug bust for Michigan State Police in Grand Traverse County when they arrested two men on a slew of charges including possession of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and two large machetes. The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 8, at approximately...
Grayling Department of Public Safety
The Grayling Department of Public Safety for the weeks of April 9 through May 1, handled the following 72 complaints: nine assists to other agencies, one domestic violence complaint, four stalking/intimidation/threats complaints, one city ordinance violation complaint, six civil complaints, one juvenile complaint, four suspicious situations, three disturbances, seven fire investigations/fire department assists, one alarm, 20 miscellaneous complaints, one motorist […]
Great Lakes Energy fund to benefit local nonprofits
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Nonprofit organizations in Northern Michigan will receive nearly $70,000 in funding from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. Great Lakes Energy members support the People Fund by agreeing to have their bill rounded up to the nearest whole dollar amount. That extra change is then pooled with contributions from other People Fund participants and returned to the community through grants to nonprofit, charitable organizations that provide humanitarian, educational or community development services.
Vikings show improvement despite loss to Rams
Emma Kuziel had 24 saves but the Grayling attack could not find the back of the net in a 3-0 varsity girls soccer loss to Harbor Springs May 9. The Rams took a 1-0 lead into halftime and added two goals in the second half to take the Lake Michigan Conference contest. Despite the loss, coach Craig Cobb saw improvement […]
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