Kalkaska News

Due to an approximate 35 percent reduction in federal funds , major changes are afoot for Northwest Michigan Works.

"People don't know who we are even though we have been here for 25 years," she admitted.

June 13--KALKASKA -- Truckloads of municipal water recently were carted to a Kalkaska County natural gas well when there wasn't enough groundwater to fracture the bedrock.

Both drivers in a crash that killed the Grayling golf coach, one of his golfers and a passenger in the other vehicle, were at fault, state police say.

Longtime American Quarter Horse breeder James E. Evans, 69, of Webberville, Michigan, died June 11. Jim was best known as one of the breeders of Mr Conclusion, the 1982 sorrel stallion who will go into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in March.

Seven grants totaling to $241,000 were given to nonprofits and local units of government in the Rotary Charities spring grant round.

An oil and gas well being "fracked" in Kalkaska County is taking more water than is available on site, forcing the well operators to buy truckloads of water from nearby municipalities, an environmental watchdog group said Wednesday, June 5. Encana Oil and Gas Inc.'s plan to draw up to 8.4 million gallons of water from on-site wells at its Rapid ... (more)

Merit Network Inc. announced Friday the completion of three key segments of its Round II REACH-3MC network build-out: Cadillac to Mio, Gaylord to Mackinaw City, and Grayling to Kalkaska.

Employee-owned Kalkaska Screw Products is the 2013 Hagerty Small Business of the Year.

In the past couple of weeks, many of us have followed the news of the Buena Vista School District and the Pontiac School District who were in jeopardy of having to close their doors early before the end of the school year.

Rachel and Jeff met at Camp Tanuga in Kalkaska, Michigan in 1999 and, 13 years later, they exchanged vows at the same campground.