Recent disbursements by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians from slot machine gambling totaled $949,482.08 and were given to local governments and agencies.
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Recent disbursements by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians from slot machine gambling totaled $949,482.08 and were given to local governments and agencies.
A downstate teen was injured in a snowmobile crash in Wexford County’s Henderson Township.
Emergency responders were called Saturday around 9:30 a.m. to a snowmobile trail where Russell Lowell Denker IV, 19, of Ionia, crashed.
The Grand Traverse region for years fended off much of the recession that consumed most Michigan communities, but the full effects of a decade-long, statewide downturn and subsequent national recession finally are in full bloom here.
Large, idled and tax-delinquent developments in Grand Traverse County caused a sharp spike in projected foreclosures and may lead county officials to borrow millions to cover unpaid taxes.
Northwestern Michigan College trustees are expected to decide next week whether to buy property for program expansion. College officials remain tight-lipped about the property’s size, location and cost.
A local physician praised as a healer of both nature and his fellow man received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce.
Commissioners at their Monday meeting are expected to discuss a potential settlement with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, though they likely won’t finalize a deal.
To raise 25,000 dollars for an endowment fund for Traverse City West Senior High, organizers took a grassroots approach.
Voters in Grand Traverse County won’t decide a road millage proposal until November, leaving a single measure on the August primary ballot.