Michigan's unemployed residents face tough prospects in a downtrodden state. While they search for work, many tangle with a system that's supposed to help. Getting an unemployment check can be a full-time job.

Michigan's unemployed residents face tough prospects in a downtrodden state. While they search for work, many tangle with a system that's supposed to help. Getting an unemployment check can be a full-time job.

Northwestern Michigan College’s aviation program is spreading its wings. NMC President Tim Nelson signed an agreement last week with a Beijing-based group to explore exchange programs and possibly partner on a flight training academy in China.

Northwestern Michigan College’s aviation program is spreading its wings. NMC President Tim Nelson signed an agreement last week with a Beijing-based group to explore exchange programs and possibly partner on a flight training academy in China.

Manistee bands give winter concert; Open house at the Pathfinder School; Concert for nature school scholarships; and more.

Manistee bands give winter concert; Open house at the Pathfinder School; Concert for nature school scholarships; and more.

City Commission support is wobbly for a parks board proposal to ban tobacco at all Traverse City parks.

Fire investigators believe they might never find out what caused a blaze that killed a World War II veteran.
Clifford Merrick, a Battle of the Bulge veteran who turned 90 in December, died in a house fire Jan. 28.

Taxpayers will have to kick in an estimated $102,000 to cover last year's losses at the Grand Traverse County septage treatment plant.

A federal appeals court determined Leelanau County's sheriff and undersheriff don't have immunity from some legal claims made by a group of deputies.