Thomas Swartzmiller, a second-grader at Norris Elementary, has Stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the lymph nodes. His family travels about twice a week to Grand Rapids, where Thomas, 8, receives chemotherapy treatments. Chemotherapy likely won’t end until fall, he said, and the back-and-forth travel expenses are beginning to add up.

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Harry W. Armstrong battled alcoholism for most of his life, but that didn’t stop him from helping others.

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The federal government approved trust status for a large land tract owned by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, but tribal officials said there’s no immediate plans to launch commercial development there.

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He sunk his boat on his bachelor party, but Bryan Wyzgoski figures his bride-to-be will forgive him.

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Reservations tripled over the last week for a statewide reunion of World War II veterans titled the Last Lasting Tribute.

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Wayne and Lana Packman recently found themselves in a financial “stranglehold” and facing foreclosure when their monthly house payment ballooned from $600 to $800 per month. But now they’re are among a growing list of more than two dozen area homeowners whose homes and financial futures are back on track, thanks to a Foreclosure Rebound program through the nonprofit Benzie Housing Council.

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Residents of Traverse City’s French Manor Inn won’t be evicted.

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A Williamsburg man faces an arson charge.

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A former employee of Shanty Creek Resorts is charged with embezzlement.

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The city’s water department will be flushing water mains through fire hydrants.

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