Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
Gringo’s Grill opens its doors HOLLAND TOWNSHIP — Gringo’s Grill has opened at 2853 Westshore Dr. The 180-seat restaurant, owned by Joe Murray, serves Mexican and North American “Gringo” foods. Murray said he has invested more than $600,000 in remodeling….
Press Photo/Delbridge Langdon Jr.Karen Jones works at the Admiral gas station in Sparta, where a $50,000 winning ticket in the Michigan Lottery’s Fantasy Five game was sold March 22 and is still unclaimed.SPARTA — About one in four customers at…
Press Photo/T.J. HamiltonShoppers battle the snowy parking lot Tuesday night at the Knapp’s Corner Meijer store. SNOWIEST DECEMBERS We’ve had it worse, but not very often. 2000: 59.2 inches 2001: 53.9 inches 1951: 51.3 inches 2008*: 46 inches 1983: 34.8…
Santa Claus (Randy Scales) clears snow off his car after a holiday visit with Gerald R. Ford International Airport workers Tuesday afternoon. “I’m used to this kind of weather,” he said, adding that his sleigh is “in the garage ready for the big day.” (Press Photo/Rex Larsen)
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U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra LUDINGTON — A longtime congressional critic of preferential treatment for a federal agency that employs prison inmates wants the Bush administration to suspend the policy during the current economic downturn. U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, says…
AP PhotoMichigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm talks to the media during her annual year-end news conference on Monday at the state Capitol in Lansing. Gov. Jennifer Granholm says 2009 promises to be another rough year of recession in a state sure…
HOLLAND — The city and its municipal utility have retained one of the nation’s leading law firms to defend a lawsuit filed last week by the Sierra Club, alleging the utility has made modifications to its James DeYoung power plant…
Press Photos/ Dave RaczkowskiOutside and in: At right, Saturday afternoon traffic waits to ease out into a major backup on Alpine Avenue, while at left, Woodland Mall shoppers flow around a seating area. The weather broke. The shoppers came. The…
GRAND RAPIDS — Up to 80,000 Michigan seniors and disabled persons will get free food cards worth up to $105 a month next year, Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) officials said Thursday. The cards will sent automatically to low-income…
Michigan’s gasoline tax will not change, at least not yet, after the lame-duck Legislature refused to take up the issue today. “It was a missed opportunity,” said Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association spokesman Mike Nystrom. “Our system is crumbling.”…