TRAVERSE CITY -- Cherry Knoll Elementary, part of Traverse City Area Public Schools, received a $20,000 grant for a family literacy program.
With the grant, the school will be able to develop a program that offers students math coaches and materials to improve basic skills both in the classroom and at home.
The funds are available through the Alcoa Foundation and Grand Traverse Stamping.
Skiers aren't the only ones thrilled the annual Vasa race will proceed despite warm temperatures and little snow.
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Traverse City Light & Power wants a new southside substation to shore up its electric system, but Mayor Michael Estes fears the big site is a Trojan horse for a new power plant.
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Grand Traverse County plans to freeze elected officials' salaries and eliminate a car allowance in 2013 because of continued uncertainty over its revenue stream.
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A Traverse City teacher accused of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a student is expected to waive a preliminary examination in 86th District Court.
Continued ...A Blair Township man was arrested for assault after police said he threatened his girlfriend with a meat-carving fork.
Continued ...A drop-off recycling site on LaFranier Road is being relocated.
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Fire and police officials found a victim about 3:30 p.m. today inside a Kalkaska Township home engulfed by flames.
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A Fife Lake woman pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in a case involving several malnourished horses discovered on her property.
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The 2012 elections will bring a major change of the Grand Traverse County guard. The county's long-time clerk, treasurer and prosecutor won't seek re-election this year — three officials whose combined county experience spans more than 90 years.
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Chet Janik hopes to come home. The Leelanau County board offered its administrator job to Chet Janik, who came to Leelanau as a child when his parents emigrated from Poland.
Continued ...Dog park supporters raised more than a third of a $15,000 goal just a month into efforts to pay for Traverse City's first park for pets. Work continues to bring in the remaining money.
Continued ...Police said a man on Traverse City's east side tried to stop a fight outside his home with a handgun.
Continued ...A man stunned by police Taser in a home invasion incident was arraigned in 86th District Court.
Continued ...Authorities say a dive team has recovered the body of a 33-year-old fisherman who fell through the ice of a pond near Mesick.
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Downtown streets in the Cherry Capital soon will bloom with the color of another fruit.
Continued ...Despite unseasonably warm temperatures and a lack of significant snowfall, the 36th annual North American Vasa cross country ski race is on for this weekend.
Continued ...Acme Township officials deferred a decision on a long-proposed Meijer store along M-72 until a special meeting in two weeks.
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City Commissioner Jim Carruthers wants more time to work on smoking rules at city parks.
Continued ...Grand Traverse sheriff's deputies used Tasers to subdue suspects in two separate incidents this week.
Continued ...Traverse City Light & Power Executive Director Ed Rice said 1,525 customers lost power Monday at 6:05 p.m. when the wire fell. Power was restored in an hour to all but 75 customers. Those remaining 75 customers had power returned at 9:20 p.m.
Continued ...The Inland Seas Education Association will conduct a free public seminar on planning and research for the Great Lakes' sturgeon population.
Continued ...A man is in Grand Traverse County jail after police said he assaulted a man with an aluminum bat.
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More changes are in store for downtown's Warehouse District, where a new brew pub will serve food from an adjacent cafe.
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Suttons Bay Public Schools received a big boost from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, eliminating the threat of a state takeover.
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Plans for a city utility efficiency review are taking shape.
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