Benzie County News

Swine flu immunizations at Traverse City West and East middle schools planned for next week are canceled after a vaccine shipment was delayed.

Budget cuts and a hike in salt prices could make it tougher for motorists to travel on northwest Michigan's icy roads this winter.

An arbitrator upheld the firing of a Benzie County corrections officer accused -- but not convicted -- of sexually assaulting a teen girl.

Thanks to strong winds, it was 'lights out' for over 30 thousand people in Michigan.

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

Barbara Hoffman knew she had to change her lesson plans: nearly a third of the desks in her second-grade classroom were empty.

Workers sealed a 240-foot well in Benzie County as part of a statewide program to prevent chemicals from contaminating drinking water.

There's a hot button issue in Manistee County's Norman Township. Three board members face recall on Nov.

Workers sealed a 240-foot well in Benzie County as part of a statewide program to prevent chemicals from contaminating drinking water.

A Benzie County community is going to be celebrating its new theatre with its first film festival.

The Cherryland Post 2780 VFW Ladies' Auxiliary in Traverse City is asking the community's help to make a difference.

Accused murderer Joni Holbrook will be released from jail and allowed to live with her parents as she awaits trial in the shooting death of her husband, a Michigan State Police sergeant.

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

Local schools, heeding advice that the swine flu virus could cause a new round of outbreaks, plan to offer inoculation clinics when a vaccine becomes available this fall.

Monday, October 12, 2009 at 12:11 p.m. According to MDOT spokesman Bob Felt "the interesting thing about the green on the sign posts is they are kind of hard to see.

Benzie County didn't violate laws designed to protect veterans when commissioners fired Administrator Chuck Clarke, the county prosecutor said.

Benzie County sheriff's deputies are trying to figure out who planted and cultivated what they said was $4 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a dense forest off Pioneer Road in Weldon Township.

Ghostly sheets flutter in the wind near the bayfront, and there's even a fortune teller this year to add a mystical feel, but giant pumpkins will always steal the show at Benzie County's Fall Fest.

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Danielle Wegrecki's day began with a bang. Wegrecki, 30, rents a home not far from Bowers Harbor on Grand Traverse County's Old Mission Peninsula.