Kalkaska News

Flu season arrived earlier than normal this year and area health department officials assume all people with flu-like symptoms have swine flu - the H1N1 virus.

The governor cannot fix what is wrong with our schools by forcing a tax increase.

A downstate man will be sentenced to life in prison this afternoon for killing a woman found dismembered in Kalkaska County.

KALKASKA, Mich. - A suburban Detroit man is headed to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of a woman found dismembered in a northern Michigan swamp.

Everyone made it out safely of a Kalkaska County home that caught fire early this morning.

There are firsts for everything, whether it is getting your first car or your first real job.

High winds whipped up by a late-season storm caused power outages for hundreds of area residents.

Cathryn of Chester has created an album of photos from the Vikings Come Home event which took place September 9, 2009 in the Barony of Donnershafen .

Hide Video Some Northern Michigan State Troopers are celebrating a big win for their shooting skills.

Calling all crazy bikers. OK, just kidding. But I'd like to know how any sane person would sign up for the annual Iceman Cometh Challenge, a grueling 27-mile off-road bike race between Kalkaska and Traverse City.

Officials with the Department of Natural Resources will discuss proposed forest management treatments for the Kalkaska area of the Traverse City Management Unit next month.

By Wednesday afternoon nearly 20 schools across the Northern Michigan viewing area planned to shut down for at least a day as student illnesses and absenteeism piled up.

Hide Video A beauty salon is cleaning up today after someone threw a cement block through their front window.

Kristi Fries struggled tremendously learning to control her prosthetic forearms, but gradually learned to cope with clamps instead of hands.

Don Wood doesn't allow the rain, sleet, snow or sun to stop him from straddling his all-terrain bicycle and pedaling 20 miles or more a day.

Police arrested three minors this weekend for consuming alcohol on the Northwest Michigan College campus.

As the oldest of five kids, Terri Kimble was thrust into a leadership position early in life - good practice for her current job as president and chief executive officer of the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce.

Tons and tons of potatoes will go to waste instead of to local families in need.

Tobacco users at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City may have to take it off campus next year.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. On Saturday, Department of Natural Resources conservation officers responded to a 911 call regarding two hunting dogs that were shot and killed on state-owned land in Kalkaska County.