Grand Traverse County News

The Commissioners voted on the future of the position Thursday and decided to not renew the contract with Mary Gillis When it expires Oct.

The developer of Hotel Indigo, a new boutique hotel proposed in downtown Traverse City more than a year ago, tells The Ticker "shovels will be in the ground" within 30 days.

ImageSoft Inc., a provider of document and process management software, announced the latest release of TrueSign, its electronic signature solution for courts.

WHAT: Meeting to discuss a US-31culvert replacement project scheduled for 2013 in Grand Traverse County.

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Bill Schuette today announced charges against a Holly woman for her role in a foreclosure-rescue fraud operation that scammed at least 60 victims across the state out of $250,000. Tashia Winstanley, 38, of Holly, and her company, TLW Mortgage Solutions, face criminal charges for collecting upfront fees and impersonating a mortgage modification ... (more)

In my last column I stepped in a pile of doo-doo regarding the implications of the April 17 state Court of Appeals decision in People vs.

Rescue workers saved a group of six people who were stranded after the boat they were riding in capsized on Lake Bellaire Sunday.

Read more: Local , Crime , Walgreens Robbery , Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office , Grand Traverse County , Walgreens Robbery Grand Traverse County , Suspect Search Grand Traverse County , Drive Thru Robbery at Walgreens Investigators say the manA drove up toA the drive thru and handed theA clerkA a note that said there was a bombA on the ... (more)

A fifth-grade student in Oscoda County was suspended after bringing rock candy laced with marijuana to school and handing it out to about 10 of his classmates.

Frank Rutherford, 65, A of Traverse City was killed in a crash Sunday afternoon on M-72 in Grand Traverse County.

On April 17, a decision with broad consequences for medical marijuana users across Michigan was sent down by the Court of Appeals in People vs.

Dunham's 3rd grade class at Kingsley Elementary in Grand Traverse County. Mrs. Dunham broke the students up into different groups to focus on writing lessons or to work on division and mathematics.