Benzie County News

A 32-year-old Grand Rapids resident is behind bars in Manistee County after leading police on a high speed chase, fleeing the scene of an accident and taking refuge in a lake to avoid capture, authorities said.

Drive through Honor, and you'll see a gas station, a couple restaurants, some stores, some used-to-be stores, a park in short, it seems like it pretty much any other rural town in northern Michigan.

A judge will hear testimony that could lead to a new trial for a Detroit-area man convicted of killing his wife by dragging her into a lake in northwestern Michigan.

About a month ago, Ava Hill, a third-grader at Bursley Elementary School in Jenison, wrote a letter to the Grand Rapids Press' Public Pulse.

The Northwest Michigan Chapter of the Quality Deer Management Association, in partnership with Leelanau Whitetails, has proposed new antler point restrictions for the following 12 counties: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Osceola and Wexford.

The new kidney dialysis center at Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Benzie County's Frankfort is making life a lot more convenient for patients.A During Your Health Matters we spoke with patients about the new center and how it's impacting their daily treatments.

A 26-year-old man today was charged with open murder resulting from his wife's recent death about 30 miles from Traverse City.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that 26-year-old Deshawn J. Stanton was arraigned Tuesday in Benzie County on a charge of open murder.

A jail officer in the northern Lower Peninsula has been placed on paid leave while he's investigated for sexual contact with a former inmate.

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The fourth annual Traverse City Wine & Art Festival will be held on Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the historic Village at Grand Traverse Commons .