REGION – Although most will not open until spring, approximately 6,300 miles of roads in Michigan’s four-million-acre state forest system will open to off-road vehicles Jan. 1, while about 1,200 miles will remain closed.
KALKASKA – Kalkaska village officials announced that they have placed the village treasurer on indefinite suspension after she was given a written warning for insubordination effective Friday, Dec. 22.
REGION – For most throughout the area, 2017 was a good year overall – with one of the best tourism seasons in years, while welcoming more employment, construction, real estate sales, new businesses and residents to the area.
KALKASKA – Three Kalkaska Middle School students raised more than $10,000 for the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan as part of their eighth grade community project.
KALKASKA COUNTY – For most Kalkaska County residents, when they wanted to recycle, they had to travel to the Kalkaska County Recycling Center on Island Lake Road in the village to drop off items.
REGION – A 27 year-old Central Lake man could be facing up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted of causing the death of a Torch River resident last Tuesday in a fatal vehicle crash on U.S. 31.
KALKASKA – Officials at Kalkaska Public Schools know how generous local business can be, with community members having stepped up to contributing their time and money again and again over the years.
MANCELONA – Dan and Ann Steiner of Bellaire, and Grand Traverse Industries (GTI) in Mancelona held their annual Christmas Party last Thursday, Dec. 14, in memory of the Steiner's son, Todd, who was a client at GTI. He passed away in September 2015.
BELLAIRE – Shanty Creek Resorts and hundreds of residents in a nearby subdivision got an early Christmas present with last week’s announcement that a toxic underground plume of contamination known as TCE has turned and now appears to be headed away from private wells providing water to the resort