Manistee County

More than a dozen Michigan counties are still working to recover from April floods that washed out roads and bridges. One school district in Manistee County is spending tens of thousands of dollars in new transportation costs while losing tens of thousands of dollars as students transfer out of the district to avoid the long detours.

The Manistee Fire Department is spearheading an effort to create a new fire authority. Response to the plan has been tepid.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources planned to start collecting 4.6 million steelhead eggs on Tuesday. “This is all of our worst nightmare,” said one DNR fisheries biologist.

Grand Traverse County is getting millions of dollars from opioid lawsuit settlements. County officials want your help figuring out how best to spend that money. Plus, Arsenic and Old Lace and a whole bunch of yarn, in Manistee.

The Arts and Culture Alliance of Manistee County is putting up a statue of James Earl Jones. Community members are invited to nominate a mentor whose names will also be included in the monument.

The project aims to reroute about 3.5 miles of track around Lake Manistee and eliminate aging bridges. The grant would finance the planning phase of the project.

150 years ago, a feud between farmers and lumber mills helped create the channel between Portage Lake and Lake Michigan. This channel made Onekama the village it is today.

If you call for an ambulance in northern Michigan, chances are it will show up within ten minutes. But lately, sending out ambulances has become a…

Two medical buses will soon begin traveling to rural areas in northern Michigan to deliver Covid-19 vaccines.Inside them, special coolers will hold about…

The Benzie and Leelanau County Democratic parties say sheriffs up north made a mistake by undermining Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s ‘stay at home’ order.In a…