Crawford County News

High gas prices may be hammering Michigan consumers and the overall economy. But in one sector -- the state's relatively inconspicuous, but well-established oil and gas industry -- they're contributing to a ...

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 4:49 p.m. Severe thunderstorms Tuesday night left some Northern Michigan residents with a lot to clean up.

During an emergency time is critical but, when it comes to large emergencies or disasters, to be able to coordinate a response space is just as important.

Police in Roscommon County are looking for a man that wandered off around 5:00 last night.

A Roscommon man died in an early morning roll-over accident. Deputies say it happened on Deerheart Valley Road near M-18 in Crawford County around 1:30 this morning.

A Roscommon man is dead after a rollover accident in Crawford County. Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. I t happened around 1 : 30 Thursday morning on D eerheart V alley R oad near M -18 in S outh B ranch T ...

A would-be financier of a proposed Crawford County theme park is under investigation for alleged business misconduct.

Relatives said Gregory J. Petrie didn't cower in the face of epilepsy, and lived free in the face of its seizures.

A Mecosta County nursing home could lose its medicaid and medicare funding. Metron of Big Rapids performed poorly on recent federal inspections.

A dramatic Crawford County stand-off ended with a swat team storming into a home.

The family of the man involved in a stand-off in Crawford County's South Branch Township is speaking out about a failed system for mental health patients.

Richard Kiessel, a resident of Crawford County, who was Michigan's 2007 Hunter Education Volunteer Instructor of the Year, was selected as a national finalist for the 21st Annual Winchester Volunteer Hunter ...

Posted by The Bay City Times May 30, 2008 11:37AM The 2008 Summer Reading Program offered by the Crawford Library System and titled, "Catch the reading Bug," begins with the Read to Me portion of the program.

“There were burning embers falling in the parking lot”

Signs of a massive wildfire that ripped through Crawford County and burned dangerously close to Grayling are easily found: charred tree trunks, blackened forest floors and three houses burned to the ground. via Traverse City Record-Eagle

A recent 1,300-acre forest fire in Crawford County is causing a setback for a proposed $160 million theme park near Grayling, according to the project's developer. via Bay City Times

Their situation is not unlike the situation many families face, struggling to make ends meet. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“We love it up here. It's beautiful and peaceful”

Barb Waldorf didn't go to the office last week, but not by choice. There wasn't any work to do at Long's Canoe Livery, where reservations for summer canoe trips on the Manistee River are down to a trickle this ... via Traverse City Record-Eagle

A trooper making a traffic stop on I-75 near Grayling ended up arresting the driver for having drugs in his car. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“We did scratch around on some dirt the other day”

Rumors that a 35-year-old missing person case has turned into a murder investigation are untrue, Crawford County Sheriff Kirk A. Wakefield said on Friday. via MLive.com

“I knew it was a big fire. I took a drive about a mile north and lots of smoke is what I saw.”

It was a normal ride home from school for two 11-year-old Grayling boys, that is until smoke rolled into their school bus and some of their classmates began to panic. via Traverse City Record-Eagle