The Betsie Current Newspaper

From left to right: Matteo, Basile, Laurits, Linus, Alessandro. Photo by Aubrey Ann Parker.

2017, Featured Stories, Issue 2, Print Editions, Question and Answers, Sports

Foreign Exchange Students: What do they think about Benzie?

Questions & Answers with community faces

Behold, the mighty asparagus. Photo by Aubrey Ann Parker.

2017, Businesses, Farms, Featured Stories, Issue 2, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

All Aboard for Norconk Asparagus

Choo-choo!

A small group of moist, yawning, middle-aged people—dressed for the various occupations that they will resume later in the day—waits for a few boxes, bags, a couple of toothbrushes, and some Ayurvedic soap. Photo by Jordan Bates.

2017, Businesses, Featured Stories, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print Editions

Where’s My Cheese? A Food Co-op Story.

Still Grinning Co-op members have been rounding up healthy food and smiles since 1996

2017, Art, Featured Stories, News, Print Editions

Frankfort48 Film Festival

Filmmakers and film enthusiasts invited to participate

Thompsonville SummerFest 2017 Shirley Damore Sarah May human services coordinator for Benzie County

2017, Events, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions

The Sun Shines in Thomponsville

17th Annual SummerFest provides family fun and community resources

Jim MacInnis Crystal Mountain Renewable Energy Geothermal

2017, Businesses, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Nature, Print Editions, Question and Answers

Jim MacInnes: Benzie’s Renewable Energy Leader

Questions & Answers with community faces

Carolyn Thayer owner of Designs In Bloom Frankfort landscape designer Plant It Wild The Betsie Current native plants

2017, Featured Stories, Horticulture, Iconic Person, Landscaping, Non-Profit, Print Editions, Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Growing Native in Benzie County

Our local gardening and native plant network

Full-sized baby’s breath growing on Elberta Beach. Photo by Emily Cook.

2017, Featured Stories, Horticulture, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Trees, Shrubs, and Grass

Baby’s Breath: One Person’s Bouquet, Another’s Nemesis

Removing invasive species from Elberta Beach

ArtPrize 2015 wooden bike guy Kurt Swanson Schwinn Stingray bikes made of wood Always August Designs custom furniture maker Benzie County

2017, Artists, Businesses, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions

Phoenix Furniture From The Ashes

The “Wooden Bike Guy” is back in business, after quite a ride

Cory Bissell candy man Kilwin's Frankfort Michigan ice cream store Aubrey Ann Parker Photography

2017, Businesses, Culinary Artists, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions, Question and Answers

Cory Bissell: The Candy Man

Questions and Answers with community faces

2016, Art, Featured Stories, News, Non-Profit, Print Editions

‘Days for Girls’ Helps Women Thrive Worldwide

Every girl. Everywhere. Period.

Jim Harrison, the late writer, captured our wilds and wild characters for a worldwide audience.

2016, Author, Iconic Person, Print Editions

Northern Michigan Authors Remember Jim Harrison

Views on legendary Jim Harrison

Crystal Lake Alpaca Farm Crystal Lake Alpaca Boutique Frankfort MIchigan Benzie County kids activities children's activities Nicole Bates The Betsie Current

2006, Businesses, Featured Stories, Print Editions, Restaurants

Romance at The Cabbage Shed

Find your mate (or someone else’s) waiting for you in Elberta

Jim Clapp The Cabbage Shed owner Halloween Party 2015 Elberta Michigan The Betsie Current Aubrey Ann Parker Photography

2016, Businesses, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions, Question and Answers, Restaurants

The Cabbage Shed Revisited

An interview with Jim Clapp, en route back to Elberta from Florida

2016, Art, Artists, Featured Stories, Iconic Person, Print Editions

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…

Oceti Sakowin Camp DAPL Dakota Access Pipeline protest Stand Rock North Dakota Native American protest American Indian protest

2016, Featured Stories, Non-profits, Print Editions

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…