Manistee News

It's never too early in the morning to embark on an adventure. So it was that I found myself at 5 o'clock in the morning, packing up to leave for a weekend road trip with a woman I had never met.

A Manistee woman is in jail today and charged with first degree child abuse after her 3-month-old son was hospitalized with a fractured skull and bleeding on his brain - injuries that are considered consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

More than $2.2 million in federal funds is headed to the Manistee County community of Onekama for improving its wastewater treatment system.

The Manistee City Council agreed Tuesday to seek ownership of the north pier lighthouse.

Late fall and early winter are prime time for hungry walleye, pike and bass and the whitefish should be spawning, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said in its weekly fishing report.

A scientist has finished a two-year, 26,000-mile mission to assemble a panoramic photo image of the night sky.

Hide Video A Northern Michigan woman who committed welfare fraud will spend a month in jail.

Sherri Craig, a 20-year-old West Shore Community College student, wowed the crowd with her vocal rendition of Etta James' 'At Last' Saturday night at Peterson Auditorium, helping secure her position as Miss Ludington Area 2010.

Manistee, Michigan's Magoon Creek is a gorgeous place to hold your wedding free of charge! Rhonda Rowley Not only is Manistee's Magoon Creek one of the most beautiful and scenic places in Northern Michigan to hold a wedding, it is also free.

The Lake Michigan Tour, an 1100-mile designated scenic route that spans four states, begins "officially" at Ludington, halfway up the western edge of Michigan.

Nevada-based Mariah Power is manufacturing its Windspire wind turbine in Manistee.

November 5, 2009 -- Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that $1.5 million in state Transportation Economic Development Fund Category A grant funding will help to create 678 jobs in Lapeer and Manistee counties.

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.

Bridal shows are a great place to collect ideas, compare prices, and enter to win great prizes! meisax On Saturday, November 14, the Historic Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee, Michigan will play host to the West Michigan Bridal Association's 2009 Fall Bridal Show and Expo.

Hundreds of area children were home with flu-like symptoms again today, but their absence did not close any more local schools.

School district consolidation might be required if legislators follow a commission's recommendations.

Never mind the multimillion-dollar plans to build soundstages in Pontiac and Allen Park.

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

Many area children are back in school today after being sick earlier in the week.

The retired U.S. Coast Guard cutter Acacia has a new home in Manistee. Click to enlarge The 180-foot-long cutter arrived in Manistee's harbor on Saturday, the Ludington Daily News reported.