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The Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging has launched its annual Baskets of Bounty Campaign to assist senior citizens across Grand Traverse County during the holiday season.
Michigan’s black bears are busy preparing for winter, and their search for food can bring them surprisingly close to campgrounds, orchards, and residential neighborhoods. One western Michigan township even issued a bear alert on October 30, 2026. Michigan is home to thousands of black bears, with most living in...
The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County invites the public to a public forum on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 12-1 pm at the Leelanau County Government Center titled “Who Will Keep Leelanau Working? A Conversation About Housing, Workers and the Future of Our Community.” The forum the day after the midterm election will explore local housing challenges and innovative approaches to helping essential workers live closer to the communities they serve.
Traverse City planning commissioners will review 2026 and start setting priorities for 2027 at their 6pm meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Governmental Center. One long-running goal – to create a riparian buffer ordinance – is ready to move forward, with city commissioners to review a draft in December. Other goals related to housing, zoning updates, development standards, and EV regulations will likely carry into next year.
Board members side with residents they say have safety and quality of life concerns.
A committee of local leaders is working to put a new Housing and Homelessness Task Force plan into action. The new Oversight and Alignment team aims to develop an implementation plan by the year’s end. However, Garfield Township leaders are opposed to one key recommendation – creating a consolidated shelter campus, potentially at the Goodwill Inn property on Keystone Road – saying the township shoulders an “unfair” share of the region’s low-income and shelter housing.
A new trails millage, a higher 911 surcharge and renewals for BATA and the Grand Traverse Conservation District are up for a vote
Thanks to a recent six-figure grant, Traverse City Central High School will soon have a brand-new building on campus: its first-ever greenhouse. The new facility will be built in the courtyard behind the school’s F building (pictured) and could be up and running as early as next spring, according to Assistant Principal Nathanael Kepler. Once built, the greenhouse will become a key component of the school’s Trojan Integrated Experience (TIE) program, which offers an alternative to typical science, language arts, and history curriculum.
The request covers crossings on Brown Bridge, Supply and South Airport roads, with the road commission’s director calling it a long shot and county leaders pointing to April’s flooding
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Grand Traverse County leaders are taking a closer look at plans for a new jail. At a jail committee meeting Wednesday morning, discussions focused on four proposed plans. The first two plans focus on keeping the jail and courthouses together in the current location...
Downtown Traverse City is holding its final Farmers Market day of the season on Saturday, Oct. 31, alongside the annual downtown Halloween Walk. Front Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday to protect pedestrians during the trick-or-treating event. The seasonal transition comes as the Downtown Development Authority manages temporary locations for summer events while progressing on permanent downtown infrastructure projects. The market operated temporarily out of Rotary Square during the summer months while work proceeded on a new permanent facility. Harry Burkholder, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority, noted that Saturday’s final market runs from 7:30 a.m. to noon. The market operated temporarily at Rotary Square for the summer to maintain accessibility and parking while construction takes place on a permanent structure. Funding for the new facility includes tax increment financing. “The market is one of the oldest traditions we have in downtown Traverse City,” Burkholder said. “We’ve had a very successful summer. The weather has been super helpful. So today is our last market, our Wednesday market. And then Saturday, unfortunately, is our last market day of the year. 730 to noon.” “We are currently building the new Farmer’s Market pavilion
Status report shows riparian ordinance headed to city leaders in December while six of 11 zoning rewrite items show no progress
Deputy and school resource officer Matthew McKinley will be taking on the role of undersheriff.
Several thousand attendees are expected in downtown Traverse City Saturday for the annual Halloween Walk, where they’ll find smiling merchants handing out candy and creative costumes galore. They’ll also likely run into areas where city sidewalks are closed due to construction, which reroutes pedestrians abruptly – and for those with mobility and visual impairment issues, sometimes dangerously – away from clear pathways. The Ticker looks at how those sidewalk closures happen, how long they’ll last, and how enforcement could soon increase to better protect pedestrians.
Only two Michigan cities made WalletHub's national safety study and they landed far apart. Grand Rapids easily finished ahead of Detroit.
Road commission manager says Hammond could reopen in early November and the Beitner Road bridge should wrap up the same month
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Plans for a $25.5 million renovation of Traverse City Central High School are drawing mixed reactions, with some community members opposing the potential demolition of the school's 1958 gymnasium as the district considers new athletic facilities and accessibility improvements. Traverse City Area Public Schools...
A $105,000 Michigan coastal grant will help Arcadia Township improve public beach access and stabilize dunes at Sunset Station.
