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By Tom Carr

Acme Township will soon decide the fate of the 160-year-old house on Grand Traverse Bay built by the town's founder Leonard Hoxsie.

It's one of a few remaining...

By Linda Stephan

A 300-year-old violin valued at $20,000 dollars has been recovered today by the Traverse City Police Department. It was taken from a Sixth Street home as part of a...

By Tom Kramer

The city of Frankfort will soon be handed the keys to the north breakwater lighthouse.

Senator Carl Levin announced yesterday that ownership of the 80-year-old...

By Tom Carr

Acme Township is trying to decide if founder Leonard Hoxsie's house is historical enough to be saved.

The tan Victorian home, built in the 1870s, is on land...

By Aebra Coe

Authorities on Mackinac Island say no laws have been broken as human remains have been removed from a construction site over the last two weeks. But that's...

By Brad Aspey

A Manistee man is trying to prove Father Pere Marquette died in Manistee. That makes four northern Michigan communities at odds over where the legendary explorer died. The...

By Brad Aspey

When Eastport artist Betty Beeby found a bunch of old letters in a trunk, she discovered a story of maternal love and deep heartbreak. Now, that story is being turned into...

CORRECTION: In all cases where we referred to "tax credits" in this story, we should have used the term "tax increment financing." We regret the error.

As explained by the developer, tax increment financing, or TIF, is...

By Peter Payette

A moratorium on demolishing buildings on Mackinac Island ends today, but island officials are still debating how to preserve their 200-year-old village.

The...

By Peter Payette

Manistee will own the North Pierhead Light after tomorrow. The city will take over the property from the U.S Coast Guard in a ceremony Thursday afternoon.

The...

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