Two Central Lake Public Schools students died in a Charlevoix County traffic crash.

Diversity in the area's business base continues and will help the region weather economic woes in Michigan and beyond, local economic officials said at a business expo and 2009 economic forecast.

The National Cherry Festival Board of Governors will roll the dice with a former gambling industry executive to lead it into its 83rd year and beyond. Timothy Hinkley, 53, former president and chief operating officer of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., was named Tuesday night as the festival's fifth executive director.

A corporate boss who outraged local environmental groups will now take direction from one of them as punishment for the destruction of protected Great Lakes bottomlands. Eighty-Sixth District Judge Michael Haley sentenced Joseph Moffa to one year of probation on Tuesday.

Derek Bailey could soon become tribal chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, putting an end to a half-year election process involving several challenges, court hearings and a special second election.

An Interlochen man is charged with domestic violence.

Vendors are needed for an upcoming craft show at Traverse City High School.

A man faces criminal charges for a Charlevoix County crash that left two children dead.

Glen Arbor residents and business owners can question state highway officials about a $3.4 million bridge replacement project slated over the next few months.