Evart News

A settlement announced Tuesday marks the end of a long legal dispute between the producer of Ice Mountain bottled water and an environmental group that fought for years to prevent or reduce the company's withdrawal of groundwater in lower Michigan.

Department of Natural Resources forest recreation officials today announced the eastern half of the Evart Motorcycle Trail, located in Osceola County, will be closed for approximately one month to allow the cleanup of downed trees, which resulted from a wind storm that occurred last summer.

A once thriving plant in the city of Evart in Osceola County is now down to about fifty workers.

Police say a third-grader at Evart Elementary School threatened to shoot and kill a student who was annoying him Tuesday morning.

Clark Semaan had an extra day off for the Memorial Day holiday and was headed north, his 19-foot boat in tow.

It was already under way Thursday and will shift into overdrive this afternoon and tonight: the cavalcade of metro Detroiters hitting I-75, M-53, I-94 and other freeways headed Up North, to the Thumb and south to Ohio and elsewhere to get away for the three-day Memorial Day weekend.

A piece of history is in Northern Michigan this weekend. The Moving Wall, a half size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is in Evart.

Hide Video Two people arrested for stealing a vehicle in Evart have police looking into their possible connection to other area break-ins. It started when someone reported their car stolen.

A mom and her kids are okay after an early morning house fire in Osceola County.

Hide Video An early morning house fire has left a family without a home. The fire started around 1:50 this morning in Evart in Osceola County.

Recently sentenced by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Allen Garbrecht: Robert Bryan Caffrey, 43, of 10720 23-Mile Road, Marshall, pleaded guilty to probation violation: probation revoked; 180 days in jail with credit for 83 days; $1,285 in fines, costs and fees.

DNR investigators are trying to figure out what started what they say is the largest wildfire in Northern Michigan this season.

Phase II of the Michigan Department of Transportation extension to the Pere Marquette Rail Trail was the top item on the agenda at the Surrey Township Board meeting Tuesday evening.

Babb, 39, of Evart is serving a 52- to 75-year sentence for second-degree murder, aggravated stalking, felonious assault and possessing a firearm while committing a felony in the Jan.

Vince Mack of Traverse City would like Molly from Lake Leelanau to contact him. On Feb.

" The Clare City Commissioners approved a 99-year lease of 6,000 square feet of property in their meeting Monday, Feb.

Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. Michigan faces a 1 .4 B illion dollar budget shortfall in the next fiscal year, which starts in October.

Hide Video Some say it's diet. Others say it's a language disorder. In part two of our Healthy Living series at 5:16 and 6:54, we'll talk about the debate over the causes of autism.

Monday evening, Clare City Commissioners unanimously approved a proposed 99-year lease of 6,300 square feet of railroad property needed for construction of the rail-trail extension through the city.

With tax breaks and incentives luring filmmakers to the state, West Shore Community College and 10 West Studios have partnered to offer a film production training program to prepare area residents for jobs in ...