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A Suttons Bay inferno of controversy
Confessions of a once reluctant Michigan Wolverine
Nicaraguan political prisoners take refuge in Empire
Ukrainian refugee arrives in Michigan to meet her grandchildren
Meet the public health workers protecting our community from COVID-19
Man swims to North Manitou Island
Sleeping Bear Gateways Council aims to help National Lakeshore
National Park increases water-safety awareness
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 […]
Views on legendary Jim Harrison
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. […]
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 […]
Michigan’s first farm-based distillery opens near Thompsonville
New brewing and bottling plant coming to Frankfort
National Park tries to curtail dangerous behavior on Platte River
Questions & Answers with community faces
Tourism economy booms, but finding help proves elusive
Elberta Farmers’ Market welcomes Grow Benzie
The ins and outs of a small town
Elberta’s cultural watering hole re-opens
Protecting bridges and saving fish on the Betsie
“L’chayim, Beulah. To life!”
Song of the Lakes releases first album in over a decade
Last fall, Kurt and Samantha Dellicker scored their own piece of Northern Michigan heaven, right here in Benzie County.
“Cadillac of sauna stoves” are made right here in Benzie