Maxwell Howard

There have been calls to improve or replace the Grand Traverse County Jail for years. This week, we go inside, hear about some problems and learn why the conversation around the jail has been stuck for so long.

There seems to be wide agreement that Grand Traverse County needs a new jail. So why, after decades of conversation about it, is the idea still seemingly stuck in place?

A group of about 30 protesters gathered Wednesday morning at the Governmental Center in downtown Traverse City ahead of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners meeting. They were calling for the resignation of Board Chair Rob Hentschel after allegations of sexual assault surfaced.

How did a German sub end up at the bottom of Lake Michigan?

You might not believe it, but there are actually pirates on the Great Lakes. Not the kind you see in the movies — swashbuckling or making their prisoners walk the plank.

In 1998, a hunter named Mitch Rompola claimed he’d shot the biggest whitetail in North America. It was all over the news, and people waited in anticipation for it to be entered in the record books. But then Mitch just went silent. And instead of becoming a famous hunter, he became an infamous one.

Jim Dreyer didn’t used to be the kind of person who would end up with a nickname like 'The Shark.'

A 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, helped shape the future of federal environmental protections.

Elijah Hacker was 14 when his parents died from overdoses of fentanyl. Now he's processing it. "I want to get it figured out," he said, "so it doesn't explode."

In a recent "Stories that Heal" workshop, community member Diana Priest was paired up with Tobi Lacroix and Addison Paige, songwriters from Interlochen Arts Academy. Together, they wrote a song called “Phantom Pain” to help process the loss of a limb.