Benzie County News

Donald Jones often rides with other veterans in the Frankfort Fourth of July parade.

Leah Cox was 16 and in high school when she learned she was pregnant with her son.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 1:48 p.m. We've all heard it's good to recycle. But a viewer wanted to know why some counties are getting tougher about who can recycle using their bins.

Plans are revving up for a new bus route between Traverse City and Frankfort. Bay Area Transportation Authority and Benzie Transportation Authority will jointly investigate the possibility of establishing a fixed route from Frankfort to Traverse City, through Interlochen.

Benzie County commissioners asked authorities to search county Administrator Chuck Clarke's e-mail files after a reference to a citizen's ethnicity popped up in a state Freedom of Information Act request.

The renovations are complete on a run-down Benzie County movie theatre. Its new owners hope it can thrive like they say it once did decades ago.

Kyle Huggett tugged at a stubborn tree root with gloved hands, his teeth gritted as he twisted the stump out of the ground.

Passports are getting a lot of attention, whether you're traveling to Bermuda or Benzie County.

Friday, June 12, 2009 at 6:21 p.m. Transition times A : UPDATED 8:40 pm WGTQ Channel 8 - transition to a digital only signal between 1am-3am. This is our ABC 29 & 8 tower that serves the tip of the mitt area and the Eastern UP.

Even if you've climbed the Sleeping Bear Dunes a hundred times, there's a new way to view their beauty, from the water.

The Fast family is trying to stay positive. That's despite losing their house to fire and facing an uncertain future.

Fire destroyed a single-story wood home in Crystal Lake Township. No one was injured in the Adams Road fire, Benzie County Sheriff Rory Heckman said.

Staked on the front lawn of the small white farmhouse, the sign is hard to miss: "Free House -- You Move It." It's no joke, say James and Cindy Larson, owners of the century-old home along Lake Street between Frankfort and Elberta.

Freshly painted Art Deco panels and new seats are two of the improvements that will greet movie patrons when the Garden Theater in Frankfort opens this month.

A new state study on wind energy reinforces a point Manistee County Commissioner Allan O'Shea constantly promotes: Manistee County is a good spot for windmills.

Spencer Stockfisch became a walking encyclopedia for the Grand Traverse County's prison transport van.

The weather held off just long enough this weekend for visitors to enjoy all of northern Michigan.

We're at the beginning of Michigan Week, which runs through Friday. It's a time to celebrate all things Michigan.

Building a house, it turns out, doesn't take all that long. It was a surprise to Phillip Gillespie, who last year as a first-time building trades student assumed there was no way he and his classmates could start and finish a home by June.

Voters will go to the polls today for an annual school election. A number of area districts have items on the ballot.