Mancelona News

Age 79, of Hartland, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

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

An Antrim County man faces up to life in prison after he is found guilty ofA assault and kidnapping charges.

A jury convicted an Antrim County man of kidnapping his own step daughter and raping her over the course of two years.

A man who kidnapped, raped and kept an Antrim County girl under video surveillance for two years faces life in prison.

Police hope to solve a long string of Antrim County business break-ins. Break-ins at three Alden-area businesses were discovered Saturday, marking nine separate incidents throughout the county in recent weeks.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. MANCELONA -- Deputies in Antrim County are asking for your help to find whose behind a series of business break-ins. A A In the last week and a half, more than half a dozen different businesses have had doors and windows busted as a thief, or thieves, made their way in.

Michael Moore has a treat for capitalism lovers and haters. He'll buy your ticket to see his movie at the State Theatre this week.

The Sheriff's Department is investigating a rash of business break-ins in the Mancelona area.

Deputies are working to solve a series of break-ins in Antrim County. According to the sheriff's office, several businesses in the Mancelona area have been broken-into over the last two weeks.

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

Antrim County upgraded and expanded its recycling program. County commissioners approved spending up to $300,000 a year to pay for a program that increases the number of recycling drop-off spots from three to eight.

A woman in Mancelona is frantically trying to reach all of her email contacts - thousands of dollars could be on the line.

Hide Video We have an update to a vandalism case at two Antrim County schools. One of the two people accused of causing the destruction has admitted to the crime.

Authorities are investigating after a Kalkaska woman was found dead in her van. Amanda Brookz Harding, 27, was found dead in the parking lot of Glen's Market in Mancelona at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Mancelona Police Chief William Robbins said.

MANCELONA -- Someone opened his big mouth, and this time it wasn't me. The great grouse cover that Tony Petrella and I discovered and hunted for years used to be worked pretty lightly.

An occupant of each car involved in a freeway crash died Monday morning, as a semi struck an SUV on I-196 near Chicago Drive around 8 a.m. The Westbound lanes of the freeway were where 82 year old Robert Gorter of Grand Rapids and his wife Edna were traveling, 70 year old Robert Osborne of Mancelona was driving a 1999 Freightliner Semi.

Hide Video Police say a truck driver and a passenger in a sport utility vehicle died in a crash on an Interstate 196 overpass in western Michigan that sent burning debris onto a road below.

From awards to revenue most people in Michigan will agree the "Pure Michigan" ad campaign is a success.

It's not the way some Mancelona businesses hoped to start the Labor Day weekend -- they have to boil their water after a water main break.