Pellston News

Camp Pellston in Emmet County was once a medium security prison, however it was closed in 2002 due to budget restraints.

From 30 piping plover birds almost ready for release along the shores of the Great Lakes to 2,000 Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles thriving in Caribbean ponds, the Detroit Zoo staff is helping endangered ...

A plane is now a total loss after it crashes in a Otsego County. Sixty year old Ronald Holcomb of Birmingham was flying a plane from Detroit to Pellston when he says the engine lost power.

The 60-year-old pilot of a small plane has escaped serious injury following a crash in Otsego County.

Area businesses are beginning to feel the impact of Michigan's business tax which debuted in January.

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PELLSTON, Mich. -- Chain saws scream in a northern Michigan forest, but it's not the familiar sound of lumberjacks.

A band of bark was stripped from each tree to kill it without cutting it down. The main goal of the federally funded experiment Forest Accelerated Succession Experiment is to determine how much heat-trapping ...

Breakfast at Harbor Springs American Legion 7-9:30 am Flag Raising, American Legion 9:00 am Waterfront ceremony immediately after parade followed by a rifle salute at cemetery Other area ceremonies: Pellston 12 ...

A two-car collision left two men dead in Emmet County. It happened Wednesday morning at the intersection of US-31 and Van Road in McKinley Township.

Research scientists from the University of Michigan Biological Station killed more than 6,000 aspen trees as part of a global warming experiment.

AP Photo Christoph Vogel, a University of Michigan forest ecologist looks over equipment that measures carbon dioxide flowing into and out of a test forest in Pellston, Mich., May 5, 2008.

When Delta and Northwest Airlines CEOs appeared before the Detroit Free Press editorial board recently to discuss their impending merger, we didn't have time to ask every question that Free Press readers posed. via Detroit Free Press

By June Naylor Not headed to one of the fabulous new resorts? Think about a trip to one of these longtime favorites, all three of which are guaranteed to provide a memorable vacation: Grand Hotel, Michigan ... via Star-telegram.com

A woman driving by saw heavy smoke coming from a storage building and R&L Auto Repair Shop around 7 o'clock last night. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“I wish they wouldn't put that up there, it doesn't even make any sense.”

Due to a lack of content, this week's print edition of the Compass has been canceled. via The Compass

“I guess people are just not interested or they are and think we're doing an ok job”

In the next few weeks or so, Emmet County residents will have their final chance to throw in their two cents about the future development of the county. via Harbor Light Newspaper

Meetings Saturday, April 12 The Charlevoix County Genealogical Society will meet 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in the lower level meeting room at the Boyne District Library, 201 E. Main St., Boyne City. via Petoskey News Review

“This way, students will directly benefit for making those sacrifices.”

By Kyle Meinke 4/6/2008 7:08:54 PM In November, Grand Valley State University became one of only a handful of public universities in the nation to offer a scholarship funded by its students. via Grand Valley Lanthorn

“He put eyes on the back of a hat and it worked.”

Most Yakkers probably will have seen their first robin. Michigan's sweet-singing state bird is, after all, our No. via Detroit Free Press