Traverse City News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- President Barack Obama is requesting $300 million to continue funding a wide-ranging Great Lakes environmental cleanup program in the 2013 fiscal year.

Every available reel of hose was pressed into use and volunteers took hold and worked like veterans in an effort to keep the fire confined to the mill.

Walk into a doctor's office and chances are that some of your most private information - from your Social Security number to the details of your last cervical exam and your family's cancer history - is stored electronically.

This is the second part of the two part series providing S&P500 earnings reports for Traverse City, Michigan.

A funeral is planned Monday at a Detroit-area synagogue for best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow, killed when he lost control of his car on a snowy northern Michigan road.

Schopieray's 4-5-6 Grade class at the Grand Traverse Academy located in Traverse City! Multiple age groups were learning about writing plays when we visited the academy.

Queen Of Pop Madonna was the headlining halftime act for the Super Bowl on Sunday, and it seems her homeless brother made his way to the big game too - not that he got any further than the parking lot.

Open enrollment is taking place now through Wednesday, April 4. If applications received exceed the number of positions available, a random lottery selection will follow on Thursday, April 5. For more information on the enrollment process, call the school office at 995-0665 or visit www.grandtraverseacademy.com. ABOUT GRAND TRAVERSE ACADEMY A - A ... (more)

"He's extremely upset," added the source, saying Sorrentino is concerned those comments could hurt his brand marketing efforts, which are very much focused on straight male customers.

There will be ice skating at Campus Martius Park as part of the annual Motown Winter Blast in Detroit.

One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused by age 18, according to the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center , a group dedicated to the identification, treatment, awareness and prevention of sexual and physical abuse of children.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - An environmental coalition is asking this year's presidential candidates for a pledge to continue an extensive restoration of the Great Lakes and action to keep the lakes free of Asian carp.

I finally convinced the in-laws to move the family vacation north. We're heading up to Traverse City, MIA this summer.

Don't get me wrong. I like wildlife just fine, as long as it stays on TV - where it belongs.

Blues Traveler performs at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the City Opera House in Traverse City as part of the kick off to the 3rd Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew & Music Festival.

The U.S. Coast Guard says an aircrew from its air station in Traverse City rescued a male kayaker who was stranded on South Manitou Island in northern Lake Michigan.

His family poured almost $500,000 into the old railroad depot off Eighth Street in Traverse City, and in February he'll open the Filling Station Microbrewery.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Two popular winter events that were scheduled for this weekend have been canceled because there's too little snow.

Connie Deneweth , CEO of Traverse City State Bank, presents Cmdr. Joseph Buzzella, commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, the Caught Thriving Award, Feb.

A local shelter program designed to keep people off the streets at night is seeing a spike in the number of people it serves, The Ticker has learned.