Historical – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Memorial Morses

Staff Reports May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 0 comment

Local brothers take Honor Flight

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Native American Culture & History , Noah Sorenson , Print Editions

What’s In A Name?

Staff Reports April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 1 comment

Stories behind the names of Benzie County

2023 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

Then & Now

Staff Reports April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 0 comment

More than a century of the Mills Community House

2023 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 2 , Print Editions

1906: A Summer to Remember

Staff Reports March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 0 comment

Donated historical photos bring a family to life

2022 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Issue 3 , Print Editions

Rice Centennial Farm

Staff Reports May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 0 comment

All in the family, for more than 100 years

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , News , Print Editions

Roaring Dan Seavey

Staff Reports August 20, 2021February 6, 2022 0 comment

The pirate of Lake Michigan

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Print Editions

A Memorial Day Story

Staff Reports May 28, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

Northern Michigan daughter strives to bring home MIA airmen from a World War II mission

2021 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Issue 5 , Print Editions

Farming, Family Style

Nicole L. Bates May 23, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

Sixth generation of Lindgrens raise bovine in Benzie County

2021 , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 3 , Law Enforcement , Print Editions

Murder and Manhunt in March 1930

Staff Reports March 19, 2021June 3, 2021 1 comment

Officers and vigilantes search the hills of Honor

2021 , Baseball & Softball , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 1 , Print Editions , Sports

Not Getting Hank Aaron’s Autograph

Staff Reports January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 0 comment

Reconciling with the past

2020 , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Frankfort or Ludington? The Mystery of Father Marquette’s Death, 345 Years Later

Staff Reports June 4, 2020July 10, 2020 1 comment

2018 , Businesses , Doctor , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 8 , Medical , Print Editions

Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital

Kelly Ottinger December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 0 comment

Maintaining health in a climate of failing rural hospitals

2017 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Print Editions

Little-known local history from WWI

Staff Reports March 30, 2018March 31, 2018 0 comment

A Polar Bear Returned to Russia

2016 , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Print Editions

History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 2 comment

Frankfort’s U-of-M, Maize-and-Blue connection

2016 , Featured Stories , Historical , Humans of Benzie County , Iconic Person , Print Editions

That Guy Who Walks Doone

Susan Koenig June 9, 2016December 28, 2016 2 comment

A boulevardier and his “official” dog

Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person

Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?

Staff Reports August 14, 2014March 30, 2015 0 comment

Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy

2019 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Fishing Legacy Lies at Bottom of Betsie Bay

Jed Jaworski March 2, 2014October 14, 2019 2 comment

The tale of a faithful ship and the “Good Will” of a community