09/02/10

THE EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR SET RECORDS THIS YEAR. THE ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK SHOWED A TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE DAILY AND A 20 THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE MARKET LIVESTOCK AUCTION ALONE OVER LAST YEAR. THE NEW MONSTER TRUCK SHOW SOLD OUT ON OPENING NIGHT WITH THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE OTHER GRAND STAND SHOWS HAD A 15 PERCENT INCREASE OVER 2009.

THE UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN IS GEARING UP FOR ITS ANNUAL DAY OF CARING LATER THIS MONTH. THIS YEAR THE TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE WORKING ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. THE DAY OF CARING WILL BEGIN WITH A PANCAKE BREAKFAST IN THE OPEN SPACE IN TRAVERSE CITY BEGINNING AT 8AM.

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY IS CONDUCTING A FINAL COLLECTION OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE THIS MONTH. APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED AND ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT ONLINE AT RECYCLESMART.INFO OR BY CALLING 941-5555.

THE EMMET COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS LOOKING INTO THE RECENT THEFT OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF PET FOOD. THREE TO FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF NUTRISOURCE PET FOOD IS MISSING FROM A STORAGE UNIT BEHIND THE PELLSTON LODGE. THE EMMET COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WANTS TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN SOMEONE WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF PET FOOD.

 

 

09/01/10

AT LEAST A FOURTH SOLDIER WITH TIES TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN HAS BEEN KILLED IN THE FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT MATT WEST WAS KILLED DURING THE MOST RECENT WAVE OF INSURGENCY. THE 36-YEAR-OLD WEST WAS A 1992 GRADUATE OF GAYLORD HICH SCHOOL. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. THE NEWS COMES ON THE SAME DAY THAT HUNDREDS FILLED MANCELONA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE FUNERAL FOR MARINE SERGEANT JASON CALO.

AN ALANSON MAN DIED WHILE SWIMMING IN LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY ON MONDAY. THE EMMET COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM WAS 47-YEAR-OLD PAUL WIARTALLA. BY THE TIME THAT DEPUTIES ARRIVED NEAR THE PTOSKEY STATE PARK PEOPLE HAD PULLED WIARTALLA FROM THE WATER AND BEGAN CPR. HE WAS TAKEN TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.

THE GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON HASEROT BEACH ON THE OLD MISSION PENINSULA ON MONDAY. JOHN MCCREADY WAS LIVING IN THE FRANKFORT AREA BUT HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF TRAVERSE CITY. NO FOUL PLAY IS IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL DETERMINE HOW THE 64-YEAR-OLD DIED.

A NURSE FROM CHARLEVOIX HAS DIED IN A DOWNSTATE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. THE GRATIOT COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS KAYE MACMILLAN DIED FROM INJURIES SHE SUFFERED ON US 127 ON MONDAY. THE 61-YEAR-OLD MACMILLAN WORKED AT THE CHARLEVOIX AREA HOSPITAL.

 

 

08/31/10

BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS FOR MICHIGAN GOVERNOR WERE ON THE ROAD ON MONDAY. REPUBLICAN RICK SNYDER AND HIS RUNNING MATE BRIAN CALLEY WERE IN WEST MICHIGAN TO DISCUSS THEIR PLAN FOR TURNING AROUND THE STATE’S ECONOMY. SNYDER AND CALLEY MADE STOPS IN TRAVERSE CITY, FRANKFORT AND MANISTEE BEFORE HEADING FURTHER DOWNSTATE. DEMOCRAT VIRG BENERO AND LT. GOVERNOR CANDIDATE BRENDA LAWRENCE MADE IT AS FAR NORTH AS BAY CITY.

THERE WAS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON MONDAY FOR MARINE SERGEANT JASON CALO. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED BY HOSTILE FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN JUST OVER A WEEK AGO. THE FUNERAL FOR SERGEANT JASON CALO IS SET FOR 1PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT MANCELONA HIGH SCHOOL.

THE MANISTEE CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH. 72-YEAR-OLD CLIFFORD AKE JR DIED WHEN HIS MOPED COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK AT MAPLE AND 4TH STREETS. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF AKE AND HE COULDN’T AVOID THE COLLISION.

 

 

08/30/10

POLICE IN TRAVERSE CITY ARE INVESTIGATING A PONTOON PLANE ACCIDENT ON EAST GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER 3PM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY THE PLANE FLIPPED WHILE ON THE WATER. WHY EXACTLY THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER IS NOT KNOWN. NO ONE WAS HURT.

A HIGHLY ANTICPATED PARK FINALLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NEW PLAYGROUND AT THE GREILICKVILLE HARBOR PARK OFFICIALLY OPENED ON SATURDAY. THE NEW PARK HAS MANY FEATURES. THE BATHROOMS ARE PARTIALLY LIT WITH SKYLIGHTS AND EVEN THE GRASS IS A SPECIALLY MADE GRASS, WHICH REQUIRES LESS WATER. THE PARK IS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.

THE STATE SENATE HAS APPROVED LEGISLATION BANNING THE USE OF SYNTHETIC FORMS OF MARIJUANA. “FAKE POT” OR K2 IS CURRENTLY LEGAL AND UNREGULATED IN MICHIGAN, BUT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, WHO SAY IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY.

 

 

08/27/10

 

A FALLEN NORTHERN MICHIGAN SOLDIER RETURNS HOME ON FRIDAY. YOU CAN PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO MARINE SERGEANT JASON CALO WHEN HIS BODY IS RETURNED TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN AROUND 1:10PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE PROCESSION WILL LEAVE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, THEN TAKE THREE MILE ROAD OVER TO US 31, IT WILL CONTINUE UP TO M-72. FROM THERE IT’S A LEFT ON US 131 TO KALKASKA. THE PROCESSION ENDS AT THE MORTENSON FUNERAL HOME ON STATE STREET IN MANCELONA.

THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING FIVE PEOPLE TO DEATH AND HURTING AT LEAST 11 OTHER PEOPLE IN THE FLINT AREA WAS ARRAIGNED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE 33-YEAR-OLD FACES ONE COUNT OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER IN THE STABBING OF A 26-YEAR-OLD VICTIM ON JULY 27TH. ELIAS ABUELAZAM WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE STATE VIA A PRIVATE PLANE FROM GEORGIA ON THURSDAY. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

 

 

08/26/10

AFTER LOSING TWO SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN THIS SUMMER NORTHERN MICHIGAN GOT A CHANCE TO WELCOME SOME HEROES BACK HOME ON WEDNESDAY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED WHEN NEARLY 70 MEMBERS OF THE 1437TH NATIONAL GUARD UNIT RETURNED TO THE SAULT ST MARIE ARMORY. THE UNIT SPENT THE PAST RIGHT MONTHS BUILDING AND MAINTAINING BRIDGES IN IRAQ.

THE TRAVERSE CITY TEENAGERS WHO SHOT AND KILLED A COW WITH A BOW AND ARROW WILL BE GOING TO JAIL. 18-YEAR-OLD JARED KALTENBACH AND 17-YEAR-OLD KODY RICHARDSON COULD SERVE UP TO A YEAR BEHIND BARS, BUT AT LEAST 90 DAYS, UNDER TERMS OF A PLEA BARGAIN. THE PAIR PLEAD GUILTY TO A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE THIS WEEK. THE SENTENCING DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR MID SEPTEMBER.

A MANTON MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GAVE ALCOHOL TO AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED TWO GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WHILE VIEWING PORNOGRAPHY. DAVID LESTER IS FACING UP TO LIFE IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. THE GIRLS WERE TREATED AT MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASED. THE STATE POLICE SAY FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST THE 32-YEAR-OLD OLD LESTER ARE ANTICIPATED.