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- Friday, June 7, 2013
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Study: Few area kids swim well
Young people in the Grand Traverse region are drowning at a pace that dwarfs such deaths elsewhere in Michigan, and poor swimming skills are the impetus for a local YMCA’s $17 million construction project that will include two pools and resources to teach 2,000 kids each year how to swim.
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Land use plan unveiled
A proposed Grand Traverse County master land use plan calls for protection of the county’s pristine natural resources, preservation of rural and agricultural lands, and infill development in town and village centers.
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Scholar will talk about India, religious past
Religious scholar John Stratton Hawley will speak on India and how its religious past shaped the heart of the country, then and now.
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Benzie administrator resolves flap over traffic tickets
A Benzie County official who received three traffic citations from a sheriff’s sergeant while en route to a meeting to discuss sheriff’s department personnel matters resolved the issue.
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Ice cream social cancelled
The United Way of Northwest Michigan cancelled an ice cream social planned for this weekend.
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Larcenies from cars spike in Grand Traverse
Grand Traverse sheriff's officials are reminding people to lock their vehicles after two dozen reported larcenies from vehicles in May.
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Six people involved in three-car crash
Six people sustained non life-threatening injuries in a three-car crash in East Bay Township.
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Fire damages Elk Rapids home
Crews responded Wednesday about 4 p.m. to the 15700 block of Clearwater Pointe Drive in Elk Rapids Township. Firefighters battled flames through the roof and heavy smoke.
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Grand Traverse County sued over pond dewatering
A husband and wife argue their property south of Traverse City lost substantial value because of the ongoing Boardman River Dam Removal project, and they're suing Grand Traverse County for compensation.
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Legislators seek offshore wind power restrictions
Two northern Michigan legislators are pursuing significant restrictions on offshore wind power in Michigan and have drawn criticism from those who view wind energy generation as a source for new jobs on the state’s horizon.
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Veteran finally receives high school diploma
Berdyll Hanrath signed up for World War II while still in the eighth grade and never went back to school. Now 87 years old, he took his place on Sunday among 39 graduates of Frankfort High School to accept a high school diploma.
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Man beaten outside bar
A man needs facial reconstruction surgery after he was assaulted outside a local bar.
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Drownings at Twin Lakes raise safety concerns
Owen Williamson is the third person to drown at Grand Traverse County’s Twin Lakes Park since 2010, and one county official said she raised concerns about safety there after a previous death.
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Man charged with sex crime
A Central Lake man is accused of criminal sexual conduct against a cognitively impaired teenager.
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Nurse gets jail time for stealing medication
A home care nurse was sentenced to five months in jail for diluting and stealing medication from three children for whom she cared in Kalkaska County.
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Clearing the Record: 06/06/2013
Because of a reporter’s error, a story that appeared in Wednesday’s newspaper about the drowning death of Owen Williamson requires a correction.
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Hartman-Hammond connection up for debate again
Old tensions over whether to build a Hartman and Hammond roads connection and bridge flared again during a special joint meeting between two county governing boards.
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Man loses arm in lawnmower accident
An Elmwood Township man lost an arm when he rolled his riding lawnmower. The man, 63, rolled his lawnmower on a hill off South Bayview Court Tuesday, said Elmwood Township Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Tampa. Rescuers responded about 11:30 a.m.
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Twin Lakes drowning details still murky
Conflicting accounts of efforts to save a drowning student emerged as classmates mourn Traverse City West Senior High School junior Owen Williamson.
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DNR and residents to discuss gun range
“Nonstop shooting.” That’s how Beate Raffaele described noise that thunders from makeshift shooting ranges on public land near her home on Hoosier Valley Road 10 miles or so south of Traverse City.
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'Common Core' education funding in limbo
Some local school officials are puzzled and frustrated by state lawmakers’ efforts to prevent Michigan’s Department of Education from funding the implementation of Common Core education standards.
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Man pleads guilty to Grawn attack
A man accused of beating a senior citizen in his Blair Township home pleaded guilty to the assault.
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Man faces felony charge in domestic violence case
A reconciliation gone bad left an area woman battered and bruised and a Traverse City man facing multiple charges for assaulting the victim as she tried to leave a house.
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Traverse City OKs fire department consolidation study
The city commission agreed to participate in a study of consolidating the Traverse City and Grand Traverse Metro fire departments.
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Teens hospitalized after drug overdose
Two teenagers are hospitalized after consuming alcohol and prescription drugs in Benzie County, authorities said.
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