The Michigan Department of Education recently included two of Benzie County Central Schools' elementaries, Lake Ann and Crystal Lake, among seven honored statewide as a Distinguished School for Exceptional Student Performance.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says there are 36 other "high-risk invasive species" besides Asian carp that might migrate through Chicago waterways and have the potential to wreak ruin on native ecosystems.

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Heavy smoke and flames rebuffed attempts by family, neighbors, police and fire officials to rescue a disabled man stranded in his Kalkaska Township home.

Heavy smoke and flames rebuffed attempts by family, neighbors, police and fire officials to rescue a disabled man stranded in his Kalkaska Township home.

The frozen carcasses of two horses lay in Danelle Marie Round's pasture on the day she pleaded guilty to a single animal cruelty misdemeanor.

The frozen carcasses of two horses lay in Danelle Marie Round's pasture on the day she pleaded guilty to a single animal cruelty misdemeanor.

A former Traverse City schoolteacher waived a preliminary examination and remains in jail on a charge of having sex with a student.

A former Traverse City schoolteacher waived a preliminary examination and remains in jail on a charge of having sex with a student.

County transportation authorities are criticizing a federal bill they say could hurt state mass transit funding by putting it on year-to-year life cycle.