Are We Spoiling Our Pets, Or Treating Them Like The Family They Are?

By Beth Milligan

Many northern Michigan residents are not alone when it comes to treating their pets like kids. As Todd VanSickle writes in this week's Northern Express - sister ...

Anonymous Donation Sets Stage For Botanic Garden Expansion

By Craig Manning

Thanks to a big contribution from an anonymous donor, The Botanic Gardens at Historic Barns Park is getting its next major expansion this year. According to Karen ...

NMC Pilots Join Air Race

Two women from the aviation program at Northwestern Michigan College will be teaming up for the oldest air race of its kind. Hannah Beard of Interlochen and ...

GT Metro Reaches Tentative Deal; Garfield Township Reverses Decision To Withdraw

By Beth Milligan

The three township members of the Grand Traverse Metro Authority Fire Department have all approved a tentative agreement to move forward together – with Garfield Township reversing ...

GT County Jail Administrator Resigns

By Beth Milligan

Grand Traverse County Jail Administrator Captain Todd Ritter – who has been on paid administrative leave since April 4 pending the results of an internal investigation – ...

Enjoy Sleeping Bear Free This Saturday

In celebration of National Park Week April 20-28, the $25 entrance fee to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be waived on Saturday, April 20. The National ...