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Grand Traverse County commissioners Wednesday approved the county’s 2026 budget, which includes an additional detective ...
12/19/2025

Grand Traverse County commissioners Wednesday approved the county’s 2026 budget, which includes an additional detective position at the Sheriff’s Office, a new planning/community development department with two employees, an upcoming county operations audit, planning contracts for the future of the Governmental Center and new county jail, and a down payment for Project Alpha. Commissioners also approved awarding $500,000 in ma*****na funds to 13 local organizations in awards ranging from $20,000 to $80,000.

Grand Traverse County commissioners Wednesday approved the county’s 2026 budget, which includes an additional detective position at the Sheriff’s Office, a new planning/community development department with two employees, an upcoming county operations audit, planning contracts for the future of ...

FYI
12/19/2025

FYI

SCHOOL IS CLOSED: All TCAPS schools are closed today, Friday, December 19, 2025 due to inclement weather. Students in Michigan Virtual, Acellus, or Dual Enrollment classes should follow the direction of the instructors for those programs.

For more information on snow days, including how they are communicated and how decisions are made, go to www.tcaps.net.

FYI
12/18/2025

FYI

Temperatures will rapidly drop below freezing tonight and into the teens and low 20s by Friday morning, likely resulting in a flash freeze of wet surfaces – especially secondary roads. Lake effect snow will also begin late tonight and last into Friday afternoon. Strong winds are expected to create blowing snow and quick drops in visibility on roads. All of these are expected to lead to hazardous travel conditions late tonight through Friday morning across parts of northern Michigan. For more detailed forecast information for your specific location across northern Michigan, please visit: https://www.weather.gov/apx/

Stone Hound Brewing Company is taking over the former McLain building at 750 East Eighth Street, targeting a May or June...
12/18/2025

Stone Hound Brewing Company is taking over the former McLain building at 750 East Eighth Street, targeting a May or June opening for a second local taproom with a kitchen and basement lounge with pinball and arcade games. Two Sons Pizza – which is leaving The Coin Slot at the end of this month – is also coming to Eighth Street, targeting a late January opening inside Silver Spruce Brewing Company. The Ticker has the latest on these and numerous other restaurant/retail updates from around town.

Stone Hound Brewing Company is taking over the former McLain building at 750 East Eight Street, targeting an early summer opening for a second local taproom with a kitchen and basement lounge with pinball and arcade games. Two Sons Pizza – which is leaving The Coin Slot at the end of this month .....

Regarding its potential purchase of the NMC Boardman Lake Campus, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians...
12/17/2025

Regarding its potential purchase of the NMC Boardman Lake Campus, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians has announced plans "to repurpose the facility as a centralized governmental services center dedicated to delivering programs and services for Grand Traverse County and the surrounding region.”

Two days after The Ticker broke the news that Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) was eyeing the potential sale of its Boardman Lake Campus to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB), the tribe has shared more details about its plans for the property. In a press release sent to....

Traverse City commissioners knocked out several key items of business at their last meeting of the year Monday, approvin...
12/17/2025

Traverse City commissioners knocked out several key items of business at their last meeting of the year Monday, approving a contract for Benjamin Marentette as permanent city manager, a long-discussed complete streets policy, density changes in several neighborhoods, and a contract to help plan the future of the Governmental Center.

Traverse City commissioners knocked out several key items of business at their last meeting of the year Monday, approving a contract for Benjamin Marentette as permanent city manager, a long-discussed complete streets policy, density changes in several neighborhoods, and a contract to help plan the....

Northwestern Michigan College officially has a new strategic plan.
12/16/2025

Northwestern Michigan College officially has a new strategic plan.

Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) officially has a new strategic plan. At their regular December meeting on Monday evening, the NMC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the college’s new 2026-2029 strategic plan. The document establishes three core strategies to orient NMC’s directio...

Forty-three percent of the regional workforce would prefer to work remotely full-time. So says a newly-published study f...
12/16/2025

Forty-three percent of the regional workforce would prefer to work remotely full-time. So says a newly-published study from Networks Northwest. The study includes data from the 10-county Grand Traverse region and kicked off this spring in response to a dearth of empirical data about remote work in northwest Michigan. In the view of Networks Northwest CEO Janie McNabb, the results show two things: That remote work is here to stay and that northern Michigan needs more resources to support its growing base of teleworkers.

Forty-three percent of the regional workforce would prefer to work remotely full-time. So says a newly-published study from Networks Northwest. The study includes data from the 10-county Grand Traverse region and kicked off this spring in response to a dearth of empirical data about remote work in n...

Just months after relocating its University Center operations to its main campus, Northwestern Michigan College is poise...
12/16/2025

Just months after relocating its University Center operations to its main campus, Northwestern Michigan College is poised to sell the since-renamed Boardman Lake Campus to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

Just months after relocating its University Center operations to main campus, Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) is poised to sell the since-renamed Boardman Lake Campus to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB). In the closing moments of their regular December meeting on Mond...

Socks Construction – the company behind the mix-used Loop development on West Front Street – will present a proposal to ...
12/15/2025

Socks Construction – the company behind the mix-used Loop development on West Front Street – will present a proposal to Traverse City commissioners tonight to partner on reviving a stalled third downtown parking deck and workforce housing/retail project on State Street.

Socks Construction – the company behind the mix-used Loop development on West Front Street – will present a proposal to Traverse City commissioners tonight (Monday) to partner on reviving a stalled third downtown parking deck and workforce housing/retail project on State Street. Owner John Socks...

The Women’s Resource Center is launching a $3 million capital campaign to expand and reimagine its transitional home for...
12/14/2025

The Women’s Resource Center is launching a $3 million capital campaign to expand and reimagine its transitional home for women fleeing abusive households.

The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) is launching a $3 million capital campaign to expand and reimagine its transitional home for women fleeing abusive households. Since 1999, the nonprofit has relied on the transitional house as a bridge to get domestic violence survivors out of emergency shelters a...

A long-discussed trail that would greatly improve the flow of students between Interlochen Center for the Arts and downt...
12/13/2025

A long-discussed trail that would greatly improve the flow of students between Interlochen Center for the Arts and downtown Interlochen is moving closer to reality. The Interlochen Community Art Trail is a planned 3.5-mile pathway that would stretch from Green Lake Township Memorial Park north to U.S. 31. The non-motorized, 10-foot-wide, multi-use paved path is expected to feature ADA-accessible ramps, enhanced crosswalks, art installations and a scenic bridge over the Betsie River.

A long-discussed trail that would greatly improve the flow of students between Interlochen Center for the Arts and downtown Interlochen is moving closer to reality. The Interlochen Community Art Trail is a planned 3.5-mile pathway that would stretch from Green Lake Township Memorial Park north to U....

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