Charlevoix News

The Wednesday morning drive on the AMSOIL Road Tour took us along Route 2 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

State regulators approved renewable energy plans for 40 publicly owned utilities around Michigan, including Traverse City Light & Power Co.

It doesn't get more appropriate than this. The Water Studies Institute at Northwestern Michigan College is launching an associate's degree program this fall in freshwater studies -- smack in the middle of the largest living freshwater lab on planet Earth.

There are fewer master sommeliers on this continent than NFL quarterbacks, and Ron Edwards is one of them, which means he is supremely qualified to use all of those snooty-sounding wine words and some other words that aren't. Like, on the subject of cherry wine, his evaluation is as follows: "Ghastly, most of the time." "There are a very few ...

Posted: 6-17-2009 Board wants Oceana included in wind report Oceana County Administrator Sue Johnson was directed June 11 to draft a letter to the Wind Energy Resource Zone board, advocating Oceana County being named as an additional area that has 'highest level of wind energy harvest potential.' The county board of commissioners directed Johnson ...

June 9, 2009 - The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth and the Michigan Municipal League today announce the Michigan Green Communities Challenge, a program designed to provide communities with tools to incorporate energy efficiency and conservation strategies.

One Northern Michigan car dealership asked the community to start their engines for a good cause.

Tonight bus agencies in Charlevoix and Antrim counties are re-thinking how they get passengers between the two areas.

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CHARLEVOIX, Mich. - A 14-year-old boy accused of cutting a 9-year-old girl's throat in Charlevoix County is being charged as an adult.

The Charlevoix County Community Foundation just gave around $5,000 to the Lake Charlevoix Association to help eradicate the invasive plant, phragmites.

The Gaylord Community School District is introducing a new summer meal program to help provide free lunch and breakfast meals to students.

Hundreds of people came together this weekend for a musical concert celebrating the life of a special person who played a special role in our 7 & 4 family.A Dave Walker passed away last November after a brave battle with cancer.A The concert was held in Dave's honor, and family friends, and complete strangers all turned out for the event.

Antiquing is about possibility, says Mary Stokes, of Leroy, as she browses rows of roll-top desks in a giant antiques warehouse in Charlevoix, Mich.

Charges could soon come following a fatal Presque Isle County accident earlier this year that killed three people.

Our nation needs to make some major decisions on its future energy sources. Nuclear power has taken most of the federal energy and research dollars for the last 50 years, yet serious problems persist.

Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 9:38 p.m. Jordan Valley Glassworks holds an annual Niijima float release on Lake Charlevoix and along the Jordan River.A The six-inch floats are engraved with the name of a Northern Michigan veteran who died in battle.

As the weather warms up, people are starting to take their boats out of storage and hit the water.A In many cases, boats have been covered in plastic shrink wrap all winter and now boaters have the option to keep that material out of landfills.

ST. JOSEPH -- If the first month of the Lake Michigan salmon season is any indication, this summer should see about as many fish caught as last year, and even bigger ones.

Charterboat fishing from Ludington was some of the best in the state in 2008, but fewer people took trips last year than any year since 1999.