Bear Lake News

Authorities are inching closer to charging a Frankfort man with homicide. Police on April 29 found the body of Valerie Maidella Smith in the bedroom of a Frankfort mobile home where she lived with Robert Lester Cheek.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 10:38 a.m. An investigation is underway in Benzie County after the body of a woman is found in a home.A The body of Valerie Smith was discovered Wednesday night at a residence in Frankfort.

Robert Young was playing cards when a swarm of police vehicles poured down the main street of his small mobile home community.

A man who allegedly assaulted a Bear Lake man faces felony charges. Robert Lester Cheek, 54, was arraigned Wednesday on felony counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and assault with a dangerous weapon.

Hide Video A police dog helped deputies find an assault suspect who they say critically injured a person.

Helen G. Reihmer, 94, 1500 Pepper Ave. , Wisconsin Rapids, and formerly of Grand Rapids, Mich., passed away Friday morning, April 3, 2009, at her residence.

Toiling away in a mom and pop business is a familiar duty for Leland restaurateur Skip Telgard.

Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. The event was held on Wednesday Feb 25 as a joint training exercise for Manistee, Wexford and Missaukee County EMS, Fire Departments and First Responders to work with ...

It's been a long winter, and the temperatures hover around freezing with no relief in sight.

A Bear Lake woman was treated for a broken leg and other injuries after her boyfriend ran her over Monday evening following an argument between the couple, police say.

The opportunity of a lifetime faces dire fundraising deadlines. Four members of the Manistee Mounted Search and Rescue Patrol have been selected to participate in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade for ...

Named after the Manistee County lakeside town that the six lifelong friends in this band call home, Bear Lake first earned mass critical acclaim with its debut album, Catch the Sun .