Mancelona News

Marleen Whitney never made it to one of the Father Fred Foundation's community Thanksgiving meals.

The expiration date is an often over-looked number on the box of food you eat. But it's those very printed numbers that has an Antrim County couple concerned about some of the food they're receiving at a Mancelona area food pantry.

Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:53 p.m. Amongst her fellow lawmakers, she may not be the most popular Michigan Senator.A But what she is proposing, in terms of slashing legislative perks and letting all of us see exactly where the money is going may make her a favorite among Michigan taxpayers.

An Antrim County couple concerned about some of the food they're receiving at a Mancelona area food pantry.

Many businesses look forward to hunters bringing dollars into the local economy.

A major Antrim County road project is just about finished in Mancelona. The Michigan Department of Transportation is wrapping up a $3 million overhaul this week on U.S. 131, the major thoroughfare through the village.

Age 79, of Hartland, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

High winds whipped up by a late-season storm caused power outages for hundreds of area residents.

An Antrim County man faces up to life in prison after he is found guilty ofA assault and kidnapping charges.

A jury convicted an Antrim County man of kidnapping his own step daughter and raping her over the course of two years.

A man who kidnapped, raped and kept an Antrim County girl under video surveillance for two years faces life in prison.

Police hope to solve a long string of Antrim County business break-ins. Break-ins at three Alden-area businesses were discovered Saturday, marking nine separate incidents throughout the county in recent weeks.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. MANCELONA -- Deputies in Antrim County are asking for your help to find whose behind a series of business break-ins. A A In the last week and a half, more than half a dozen different businesses have had doors and windows busted as a thief, or thieves, made their way in.

Michael Moore has a treat for capitalism lovers and haters. He'll buy your ticket to see his movie at the State Theatre this week.

The Sheriff's Department is investigating a rash of business break-ins in the Mancelona area.

Deputies are working to solve a series of break-ins in Antrim County. According to the sheriff's office, several businesses in the Mancelona area have been broken-into over the last two weeks.

Kristi Fries struggled tremendously learning to control her prosthetic forearms, but gradually learned to cope with clamps instead of hands.

Antrim County upgraded and expanded its recycling program. County commissioners approved spending up to $300,000 a year to pay for a program that increases the number of recycling drop-off spots from three to eight.

A woman in Mancelona is frantically trying to reach all of her email contacts - thousands of dollars could be on the line.

Hide Video We have an update to a vandalism case at two Antrim County schools. One of the two people accused of causing the destruction has admitted to the crime.