Traverse City

The Grand Traverse Kennel Club began its annual “Cherry Capital Classic” Friday, a multi-event dog show featuring dogs of every shape and size. Taking place at the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, the weekend-long event ranks dogs based on conformation, rally and obedience.

Traverse City Facebook groups are being flooded by fake real estate listings, featuring photos of real properties and luring in renters with affordable prices. Renters are struggling to find homes amidst the city’s housing shortage are expressing their frustration on social media.

Beginning on July 14, Traverse City Street Medicine will offer its services to residents of Cadillac. Then, after Labor Day, the program will expand into Kalkaska.

The Elk Rapids Township Board unanimously voted to sell the 142-year-old Historic Township Hall, citing financial constraints and ending its lease with the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall Association (HERTHA). While community members and HERTHA leaders voiced strong opposition, the board emphasized that the decision must follow fair market procedures.

As the minting process stops and the coins are phased out, businesses will be instructed to round their change up or down five cents to accommodate the anticipated discrepancy for cash payments.

Beginning this week, the city of Traverse City is conducting a Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Study (SSES) to identify areas of inflow and infiltration, or non-sewer water infiltrating the sewer system.

Local officials hope the project will go on to improve healthcare access in rural areas by moving the drone's travel radius to 20 miles and allow quicker transports of medical supplies and lab records.

Green Door Folk School in Traverse City creates diverse relationships through communal learning and getting back to basic skills.

The Traverse City-based shelter Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse will be receiving $400,000 in county funds to help extend its services from seasonal to year-round. Grand Traverse County commissioners said it is the first step towards addressing the region's homeless population.

An amicus brief argues that a 1977 treaty between the United States and Canada gives Michigan a say over the pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.