Empire News

Mike Bolton was out for a walk on his property when he reached the peak of a small hill that gave him a view of his home and barn.

Officials are looking into what caused a fire that destroyed a wood shed adjacent to a historic barn in northern Benzie County.

Tonight, the Garden Theater in Frankfort pre-screened the major motion picture "Youth In Revolt." "Youth In Revolt" stars Michael Cera, and much of it was filmed here in Northern Michigan.

Filmmaker Michael Moore started a summer film festival five years ago in his adopted hometown of Traverse City, Mich.

The Annual Park Pass for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore makes a great gift! Date: December 15, 2009 Contact: Paul Purifoy, 231-326-5134 If you are looking for a long-lasting, fun-filled holiday gift for someone who loves to regularly visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , why not wrap up an annual park pass for them? For just $20, a ...

Andy Fowler sees nothing but snow when he tunes in to recently relocated public access channels.

Author and poet Anne-Marie Oomen, recipient of the Michigan Notable Book Award for Pulling Down the Barn , is coming to Alma College to read from her works.

Three northwestern Michigan counties will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from the federal government for transportation-related projects.

Whether driving through the woods of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park or further north to the lighthouse in Leelanau State Park, spectacular scenery lies around every turn on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

EMPIRE - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will receive $1 million to use for land acquisition.

Would you like to patrol the beach at night searching for shipwrecks? Discover fall fungi, colors, and animal adaptations? Hear tales of history, mystery, and murder in a lumbering ghost town? Then come enjoy the flurry of fall leaves, crisp air, and changing colors at free Park Ranger-led programs at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in ...

The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department is investigating several incidents of windows being shot out.

Deputies are searching for the person responsible for a shooting spree, damaging more than a dozen windows in Leelanau County.

The National Park Service and WCMU Public Broadcasting invites the public to two, free preview screenings of the Ken Burns documentary series, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", which will premiere on PBS in late September.

"Dad, what in the heck is that?" my son Wyatt asked as we passed the telephone pole scale trellis system along M-72 near Empire.

In July of this year, my column on recreation and accessibility generated a great deal of mail.

A rehabilitated bald eagle is being released into the wild in Leelanau County. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that the release is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday near the corner of state highway 72 and county road 667, west of Glen's Landfill.

A rehabilitated bald eagle will be released into the wild this weekend. The release is set for 5 p.m. Saturday near the corner of M-72 and County Road 667 in Leelanau County, west of Glen's Landfill.

Henry Allingham was the world's oldest man when he died this month. He was 113. And crowds turned out for his funeral today in Brighton, England.

'It's all true stories from the heart. Just tell the truth and make it rhyme,' says singer-songwriter Don Duprie.