Williamsburg News

It's time again for the ever-growing Horse Shows by the Bay. The sixth annual equestrian festival kicked off Wednesday at the Flintfields Horse Park off M-72 near Williamsburg.

Sometimes it takes a different perspective to see the whole picture. Such was the case on Sunday for Traverse City residents Karyn Oncu and Ellen White, friends who reminded themselves once again of northern Michigan's unique beauty.

Every seven weeks, Mariah Sika cuts fatty foods and dairy from her diet. Eliminating extra triglyceride from the system is important for blood and plasma donors like Sika, 18.

Hide Video Dive Teams are back on Easy Bay in Grand Traverse County searching for a man they believe drowned over the weekend.

It's day three in the search for a man police believe drowned in East Grand Traverse Bay on Saturday night while on a family fishing trip.

Priscilla Cogan had an uninvited guest show up and lounge around in her backyard, about a mile outside Leland.

Authorities identified a man who likely drowned in East Grand Traverse Bay. Robert Wayne Smith, 61, jumped off his 20-foot cabin cruiser near Deepwater Point in Acme at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday after his granddaughter fell in the water.

Some laid off employees in Grand Traverse County are having problems getting paid for the work they've done.

A local cherry processor that shut its doors and laid off dozens of employees is being sued in a dispute over stored cherries at the operation.

Barbara Bee, of Traverse City, would like to thank the two young teens who found and returned her purse and wallet to her on May 20.

AA pilot is hurt after crashing his kit plane in Grand Traverse County. It happened aroundA 3:00 p.m. south of Williamsburg.

Hide Video Crews in Grand Traverse County are at the scene of an experimental plane crash.

Farmers on the east side of Traverse City "are holding their breath" to see if they have a market for this year's cherry crop.

To the four finalists for 2009 National Cherry Festival Queen -- Franki Price, of Elk Rapids; Angela Sayler and Stephanie Paulosky, of Williamsburg; and Samantha Dunn, of Gaylord.

Leola Yankee, who lives at Boardman Lake Glens Assisted Living in Traverse City, wrote to share just how kind people are in Traverse City.

A local company and some Grand Traverse County residents are crying foul over $87,000 spent on six new work stations for 911 central dispatch.

Tickets are available for the 14th annual Hibernian Cigar Dinner to benefit the Father Fred Foundation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold back-to-back public hearings about proposals that involve deep-injection disposal wells in Grand Traverse County.

Hide Video A Grand Traverse County man is accused of shooting and killing a dog for no apparent reason.

The conversation about what to do with the Boardman River dams continued Thursday night, as area residents and experts weighed in on the issue.