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- Friday, May 10, 2013
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Beekeeper's wife keeps farm going after husband dies
Mandy Jelinek is committed to keeping her husband’s dream alive. Jelinek’s husband, Jeremy, died in an October vehicle crash in Blair Township.
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Grand Traverse creates courthouse clock fund
Grand Traverse County is accepting donations to restore the 112-year-old bell that sits atop the county’s circuit courthouse.
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Guns, valuables stolen in separate break-ins
Grand Traverse County sheriff’s deputies are investigating thefts of guns and other valuable items from two separate break-ins.
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Sexual assault case headed to Circuit Court
A man accused of sexually assaulting a female family member is headed toward trial.
Continued ... - Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Body found in field identified
Grand Traverse County sheriff's officials identified a man found dead in an East Bay Township field, but haven't yet learned how he died.
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Bill would cap auto insurance coverage
Tina Cardinal sat in a motorized wheelchair, a tube attached to her throat that allows her to breathe. She described how she was hurt in a car accident eight years ago.
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Ex-Meijer attorney's case moves forward
A lawyer accused of lying under oath about Meijer’s illegal political activities in Acme Township lost his bid for dismissal of state regulators’ complaint against him.
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Kalkaska library funding denied
Voters in Kalkaska County by a 2 to 1 margin rejected a proposed millage to fund a new county library building.
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Ex-client sues attorney after business deal turns sour
A local attorney is in civil court this week on fraud allegations that stem from a business partnership with a former client turned sour.
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Man who stole donation jar sentenced
A Northport man will spend 10 months in jail for stealing a cancer victim’s donation jar.
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SUV collides with semi-truck in Kalkaska
Three were injured in a two-vehicle Kalkaska Township accident when a driver disregarded a stop sign and ran beneath a tractor trailer.
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About 2,000 lose power in Leelanau
A power outage affected about 2,000 Consumers Energy customers after a truck clipped power lines.
Continued ... - Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Man's body found in field
Authorities are trying to figure out the identity of a body found in an East Bay Township field.
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Kalkaska voters reject new library
Voters in Kalkaska County rejected a proposed millage to fund a new county library building by a 2-to-1 margin.
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Body found in East Bay field
Authorities located a body in a field in East Bay Township.
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Traverse City OKs food trucks
It’s official: Food trucks can set up their roaming shops downtown starting May 16.
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Interlochen's Jack Driscoll wins author award
Jack Driscoll is a 2013 winner of the prestigious Society of Midland Authors Award. The novelist, poet and long-time Interlochen resident earned a prize in Adult Fiction for his latest collection of short stories, “The World of a Few Minutes Ago” (Wayne State University Press).
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Maples nursing home's ex-director says she was fired
The former director of Benzie County’s publicly run nursing home disputed statements she resigned, saying she was instead fired. Now Mary Beaudry wonders whether she’s being scapegoated for the medical facility’s extensive financial problems.
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Maples nursing home financial woes
Benzie County Administrator Chris Olson provided the following information about the Maples nursing home’s financial situation to the Benzie County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday:
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Central Grade School among bond decisions
Traverse City Area Public Schools’ Board of Education members have some key questions to mull before deciding what bond initiatives, if any, to place on this year’s November ballot.
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TCAPS hires new spokeswoman
Traverse City Area Public Schools officials hired a new top spokeswoman. Christine Guitar will start as the district’s chief of communications in June.
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Police auctioning bicycles Saturday
More than 400 unclaimed bicycles go up for auction this weekend.
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Traffic stop reveals 45 grams of crack
Authorities said two Saginaw men arrested on their way to Traverse City were transporting marijuana, a large amount of crack cocaine and $1,300 in cash.
Continued ... - Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Food trucks get green light in Traverse City
Traverse City commissioners gave food trucks the OK to roll into downtown this summer.
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Foreclosure numbers down, but still painful
Bob Rienas looked at the contents of his foreclosed home that workers had piled up in a trailer. “Look at that,” he said. “Twenty-six years of my life.”
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