Featured Stories – The Betsie Current Newspaper

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Victoria & Chris Mekas: Serial Entrepreneurs in Benzie County

Aubrey Parker February 22, 2026February 22, 2026 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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Doe and Dough Donations

Aubrey Parker December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 0 comment

Local and state-led initiatives to get venison into food pantries

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Monthly Movie Club on IPR

Aubrey Parker November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 0 comment

Celebrating two years of community

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I Am An Athlete

Jessica Gardner October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 1 comment

It took 54 years, but I finally love my body

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Crystal Downs Country Club

Staff Reports October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

History, legacy, and community connections

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Anaplasmosis

Aubrey Parker October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

A new-to-us tick-borne disease in Northern Michigan

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Their Luck Is Our Luck

Staff Reports October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

ultural exchange workers help in Benzie and Leelanau counties

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Soaring High

Staff Reports October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

Green Point Flyers sustain local tradition of motorless flight

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Disaster Averted

Aubrey Parker October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 0 comment

The importance of being prepared at Sleeping Bear Dunes

2024 , Essays , Featured Stories , Issue 14 , Print Editions

Leaving The Lights On

Staff Reports October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 0 comment

An essay on neighbors and nostalgia

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Funding Shortfalls and Low Vax Rates

Jacob Wheeler October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 0 comment

Health Department faces federal funding cuts and low measles vaccination rates

2025 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Issue 4 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions , Question and Answers , Railroad History

Arlene Sweeting and David Beaton: WUWU Community Radio

Aubrey Parker May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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Taxes Made Easy

Aubrey Parker April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 0 comment

Free, expert help available

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Fiber Optics and Me

Annis Pratt April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 0 comment

Broadband internet improvements in Benzie County and beyond

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Kelly and Kevin Masters: East Shore Market

Aubrey Parker April 2, 2025April 2, 2025 1 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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The Betsie Current, Still Flowing

Aubrey Parker March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 0 comment

Tap into your inner George Bailey

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Staying Connected

Beau Vallance March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 0 comment

Incarcerated parents read aloud from Benzie County jail

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Northern Michigan Chaos Theory

Tim Mulherin March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 1 comment

An essay advocating for appreciative adaptation

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Alex Moravec: Villa Marine Bar & Grille

Aubrey Parker March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 2 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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A Tale of Two Piers

Jed Jaworski March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 0 comment

And the city they built

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The Frankfort Land Company

Andrew Bolander February 19, 2025March 4, 2025 0 comment

And the men behind it

2025 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Issue 1 , Print Editions , Real Estate

Dollar General Targets Maple City Again

Jacob Wheeler February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 1 comment

Leelanau remains only county in Michigan without discount chain store

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Small-Town Grocery

Keith Schneider February 4, 2025February 18, 2025 0 comment

Outsized community role

2023 , Doctor , Featured Stories , Iconic Person , Issue 14 , Medical , Print Editions , Question and Answers

Lenny Merrill: Benzie EMS

Aubrey Parker December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 1 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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Sailing on Crystal Lake

Grant Brown October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 0 comment

A history of the Crystal Lake Yacht Club