Fife Lake News

Bored kids, tight budgets and truncated travel plans on tap for the summer? Area libraries may have just the answer thanks to an abundance of programs for kids.

Leaders from all corners of Grand Traverse County are getting together to share ideas and address common concerns.

BY MATT DEYOUNG mdeyoung@grandhaventribune.com First one rod tip began to dip wildly toward the water, then another, and moments later, a third.

"A smile happens in a flash but its memory can last a lifetime." Perennials, flowers and herbs, a profusion of color and pungency, were planted with love in honor of Carly Belknap-Budrow. Carly's classmates at ...

Four million dollars for road repairs doesn't go far as it used to. The skyrocketing cost of oil has the Grand Traverse County Road Commission racing to bid out about 30 miles of road resurfacing projects, even ...

A Fife Lake man is behind bars on multiple felony charges after he allegedly fled a police vehicle and led officers on a foot chase.

“Alternative energy facilities usually take a few years to organize. You have to get started somewhere”

Operating Biodiesel Plants in Michigan ? NextDiesel, LLC - ' 10 million gallons per year plant in Adrian ? Michigan Biodiesel, LLC - ' 10 million gallons per year plant in Bangor ? Ag Solutions, Inc. via The Alpena News

John Klingkamer of Fife Lake, Mich., was looking for a recipe for a five-star white chili. via Las Cruces Sun-News

FIFE LAKE A Kalkaska County man apparently fell down an embankment near his home and drowned in the Manistee River, local authorities said. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

The new season is just around the corner for me. To get ready I am ramping up my efforts in the gym and waiting patiently for some more of this snow to melt so I can get back outside to throw rocks and ... via Petoskey News Review

“I had the great pleasure of writing songs for most of those groups”

' There were no Miracles present, but three words were most often heard describing the Smokey Robinson concert at Little River Casino Resort Sunday night. via Ludington Daily News

"Uncle Dan" Whipple, aged 108 years, the oldest man in northern Michigan, is dead at the home of N. C. Griswold at Hatches Crossing, the end coming in just the manner he had often wished it would come, quietly ... via Grand Traverse Herald Online

Last Thursday two dogs entered the chicken house in which Miss Nettie C. Gray had a flock of White Plymouth Rock chickens and slaughtered 16, leaving them bleeding and mangled on the floor of the coop. via Grand Traverse Herald Online

Norman Ford, the 2-year-old son of Will Ford, had the index finger of his right hand severed at the first joint Wednesday afternoon by a pair of shears in the hands of his cousin, Iva Getchell, the 2-year-old ... via Grand Traverse Herald Online

An investigation is underway into what caused an abandoned home to burst into flames in Grand Traverse County. via WTOM-TV Traverse City

Officials are investigating a suspicious fire at an unoccupied two-story home on Townline Road in Fife Lake Township. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

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View Picture Play Video Hide Video A suspicious fire leaves a Fife Lake Township home in a big pile of rubble. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“We try and work with granges, just like any organization”

Donna Martin remembers when the babies were lined up like cordwood on the tables, sleeping on piled coats while their parents danced the night away. via Grand Traverse Herald Online

“All my cousins when I won wanted to be just like me”

Katie Williams, a 14-year-old Clawson High School freshman, is the new reigning Jr. via Hometown Life

Activist Jill Bedard is the new executive director of The Leaven Center. The retreat center in Lyons focuses its work on social justice issues, including racial, sexual and economic justice; feminism, the ... via Lansing State Journal