Ukrainian refugee arrives in Michigan to meet her grandchildren
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A Moment of Joy and Happiness Amid War
Jacob Wheeler
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A Moment of Joy and Happiness Amid War
A Year into the Pandemic
Meet the public health workers protecting our community from COVID-19
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Late Summer Swoon
Man swims to North Manitou Island
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Growing Pains
Sleeping Bear Gateways Council aims to help National Lakeshore
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Preventing Drowning Deaths
National Park increases water-safety awareness
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BREAKING: Jordan Bates Cleans His Room!
From staff reports There’s breaking news in downtown Frankfort, Michigan, tonight. Jordan Bates has cleaned his room! The Betsie Current co-editor and all-around-town cheery good guy has lived almost his entire life in Frankfort (in the purple house near the stoplight) and he’s known for good jokes, winning at trivia, bad jokes while fishing, and […]
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Northern Michigan Authors Remember Jim Harrison
Views on legendary Jim Harrison
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Benzie’s Decoration Man
When the holidays arrive, Marley’s decorations thrive. By Jacob Wheeler Current Editor Back when he was a student at Benzie Central, native son Marley Demers got the idea to place Christmas decorations in the school cafeteria. He contacted the food service director, and she approved. Ever since then, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s, and St. […]
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From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock
A Benzie Thanksgiving among the Dakota Sioux to protest an oil pipeline. By Jacob Wheeler Current Editor “They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.” —Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of […]
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Steelhead-Inspired Scotch at Iron Fish Distillery
Michigan’s first farm-based distillery opens near Thompsonville
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Stormcloud—Michigan’s Best New Brewery—Set to Expand
New brewing and bottling plant coming to Frankfort
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Booze Cruise: Animal House on the River
National Park tries to curtail dangerous behavior on Platte River
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Ethan Przekaza and Meg Doby’s Boomerang Home to Benzie
Questions & Answers with community faces
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Where Are the Workers?
Tourism economy booms, but finding help proves elusive
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Food-glorious Food Trucks
Elberta Farmers’ Market welcomes Grow Benzie
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What’s New in Beulah
The ins and outs of a small town
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Cabbage Shed 2.0
Elberta’s cultural watering hole re-opens
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A Bridge Story
Protecting bridges and saving fish on the Betsie
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Bagels Are Back
“L’chayim, Beulah. To life!”
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Getting the Band Back Together
Song of the Lakes releases first album in over a decade
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A Benzie Home: 2015 was a banner year for real estate
Last fall, Kurt and Samantha Dellicker scored their own piece of Northern Michigan heaven, right here in Benzie County.
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Winter Survival in the Sauna
“Cadillac of sauna stoves” are made right here in Benzie
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The Cabbage Shed’s History
According to Allen L. Blacklock’s book, History of Elberta, and records from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, the site where The Cabbage Shed now sits, on Waterfront Lots 16 and 17, was first occupied by a general merchandise store, built in 1867 by George A. Douglas. It was the first commercial building in Elberta, which […]
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The Cabbage Shed: A Musical History
Popular venue that rocked Betsie Bay for three decades will continue
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Community Resilience After the Megastorm
How Glen Arbor picked itself up
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