Craig Manning

4 days ago | traverseticker.com | Art Bukowski |Beth Milligan |Craig Manning

Sizzling, home-cooked meals made from the freshest ingredients aren’t the only thing on Kevin Whiting’s plate these days. If you look (and listen) closely, you’ll notice ample helpings of uncertainty, responsibility, duty and obligation. These are heavy emotions for sure, but they come with the territory when you’re at the helm of a place that means so much to so many. Whiting and his wife Toni own and operate the iconic Round’s Restaurant on Eighth Street in Traverse City.

5 days ago | traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Craig Manning

Traverse City planning commissioners voted this week to schedule June 3 public hearings for two projects: a potential rezoning of part of Union Street – which could allow a mixed-use development with 24 residential units to be built in the 400 block – and the proposed redevelopment of the TC Millworks property on Woodmere Avenue.

6 days ago | traverseticker.com | Craig Manning |Beth Milligan

“‘No pizza for you,’ Munson execs tell nurses for Nurses Week.” So proclaimed the headline of a press release sent to northern Michigan media by the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) on Thursday. In the release, Munson nurses claim that Munson Healthcare has interfered with several volunteer-led efforts to recognize local nurses during a nationally-recognized nursing appreciation week.

6 days ago | traverseticker.com | Craig Manning |Beth Milligan

Should Traverse City’s tourism industry foot more of the bill for local expenses like road maintenance, emergency services, or water treatment plant upgrades? A pair of local residents thinks so, and they’re forming a new coalition – and lobbying lawmakers – with a goal no less ambitious than changing the way hotel taxes work in the state of Michigan.

6 days ago | traverseticker.com | Beth Milligan |Craig Manning

A 40-year-old Grawn man has been arrested for aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit - Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announced the arrest Thursday of Brett McElderry. McElderry was arrested following an investigation that began when a tip was received from the Newbury Massachusetts Police Department.