Suttons Bay High School this year began a test program with NMC to offer dual-enrollment courses at home, citing rising gasoline costs and lost class hours commuting to and from Traverse City as major factors.

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There’s been another shake-up for the boards that control local brownfield and economic development funds.

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It’s a good thing there’s no peacock season in Michigan. Sue Rehmann of Grand Traverse County’s East Bay Township lost her peacock and desperately wants him back.

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A Benzie County man accused of molesting several boys pleaded no contest to criminal charges. Frankfort resident William R. Tooley, 43, pleaded no contest Friday to one count of accosting a minor for immoral purposes, a four-year felony, and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, a two-year misdemeanor.

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Nicholas James Simone, 20, is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct by force or coercion.

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A renewable energy expert will speak at a local League of Women Voters meeting.

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The Traverse Narcotics Team arrested four people after two residences were searched on Front Street in Traverse City.

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Public health officials will investigate a potential E. coli outbreak in Emmet County.

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Traverse City, Mich. — A federal court Monday overturned the Bush administration’s decision to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list.

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The Grand Haven assistant city manager could be moving up - up north, that is. Lisa Sutterfield, who came to Grand Haven in 2005, is among six finalists for the open city manager position in Traverse City.

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