Manistee County News

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.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. A Northern Michigan homeowner is waging a war to try and save what she says is one of the centerpieces of her backyard.

Hide Video Michigan State Police in Manistee County are trying to figure out how an infant died.

There's a hot button issue in Manistee County's Norman Township. Three board members face recall on Nov.

Complete coverage of Grand Traverse Area elections in 2009. A look at the area's election issues There's a hot button issue in Manistee County's Norman Township.

Jobless rates rose only slightly between August and September for Mason, Manistee, Oceana and Lake counties but are much higher than they were a year ago.

Onekama Schools will beA closed Wednesday and Thursday due to a flu outbreak. School leaders say 119 students were sick Tuesday.A There are a total of 408 students in the district.

Time is precious when a person with Alzheimer's disease or who is autistic wanders away.

Business leaders are still working their way through the Great Recession but some in Manistee County say they've found tried and true principles are helping them succeed.

A group of more than 30 teens in Manistee County are spending the night outside in the cold.

Hide Video Deputies say someone is stealing from unlocked cars in Manistee County.

Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers in West Michigan put some poached fish to a good cause recently by donating 292 pounds of salmon to two women's shelters.

Monday, October 05, 2009 at 10:15 a.m. When it comes to explaining the lure of raising the trophy fish of tomorrow at his privately owned hatchery, Frank Orsini sounds an awful lot like a proud parent.

October's first morning frosted pumpkins and windshields as it brought cold air to western Michigan.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. Two schools shut downA Tuesday after strong storms caused power outages to across Northern Michigan.

Extreme weather caused a power outage Monday afternoon on Forest Trail Road in Grant Township near the northern boundary of Mason County, and to the south, in Oceana County, Pentwater Schools closed at 1 p.m. due to a power outage.

WORLD RECORD BROWN? - Tom Healy of Rockford holds the 41.45-pound brown trout he recently caught on the Big Manistee River.

A 12-year-old Wellston boy took his family's sport utility vehicle for a joy ride early Tuesday morning and ended up crashing into a utility pole in Manistee County, according to police reports.

The Michigan State Police is not the only law enforcement agency feeling the pinch of the state budget crisis.

Traffic was slowed for hours on U.S. 31 near the Mason-Manistee county line Tuesday after a semi truck loaded with corrugated cardboard left the road and spilled its load.