Judge Philip E. Rodgers sentenced Kyle Leiter, 17, to five months in jail and five years of probation on a count of malicious destruction of property between $1,000 and $20,000 and a count of malicious destruction of a building in the same amount.
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Judge Philip E. Rodgers sentenced Kyle Leiter, 17, to five months in jail and five years of probation on a count of malicious destruction of property between $1,000 and $20,000 and a count of malicious destruction of a building in the same amount.
Judge Philip E. Rodgers sentenced Jillian Kerby to a minimum of four years in prison for causing an August traffic crash that killed Raymond, a popular barber who worked for many years at Robertson’s Hair Center in downtown Traverse City.
Traverse City commissioners are expected to set the city’s budget for next year, including increased spending on streets and sidewalks.
Traverse City Light and Power awarded three grants to local agencies.
Negotiations between teachers and administrators in Traverse City Area Public Schools have not yet yielded an agreement, almost nine months since the previous contract expired.
Traverse City leaders hope a new push will help them extinguish smoking in bars and restaurants. State Rep. Gary McDowell, D-Rudyard, agreed to sponsor a bill in the Michigan Legislature to allow local control of smoking in bars and restaurants. It would give local officials the authority to ban smoking in such places and could spur legislators in Lansing to enact a statewide ban, McDowell said.
Grand Traverse County will use its borrowing power to help private developers build affordable housing, starting with the downtown Whiting Hotel project.
This year’s Relay for Life, a 24-hour fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center.
A Traverse City man faces felony drunken driving charges after three previous convictions.
An East Bay Township teen faces a criminal charge for attempted arson.