Bear Lake News

A former family court referee who spent the last 12 years hearing cases in the courtroom will now have his case heard.

Small school districts like Bear Lake in Manistee are really feeling the impact of the latest round of state budget cuts in Lansing.

Mason County Eastern junior Mike Stickney finished in fourth place as his Cardinals took third at the Western Michigan D League championship cross country meet Wednesday.

While much of the rest of the community slept nights this week, a small army of cast and crew has been pulling all-nighters to create a good portion of 10 West Studios' third film so far, turning Manistee into a backdrop for motion pictures.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. Two schools shut downA Tuesday after strong storms caused power outages to across Northern Michigan.

Grampie, my Mom's dad, was a kind man with a near-photographic memory. To memorize lengthy sermons, he glanced at them.

Fire destroyed a house in Manistee County and investigators are working to figure out what started it.

On July 15, 2009, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission started accepting testimony on the state of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Michigan.

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.