Mardi Link

Traverse City

Senior News Reporter at Traverse City Record-Eagle

Enterprise reporter for the Traverse City Record-Eagle, Drummond Girl, true crime author, adoptee. Not necessarily in that order. https://t.co/2xbx5OpuhL

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Plea deal back on in Martin case

3 days ago | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

TRAVERSE CITY — A Peninsula Township man facing possible prison time after prosecutors in 2023 charged him with embezzlement has changed his mind and will accept a plea deal and keep his attorney. David Michael Martin, 74, in December asked the court to withdraw his guilty plea and have William Burdette withdraw as his attorney as part of a years-long case involving Martin’s care of a wealthy doctor who died in 2021, leaving behind an estate worth millions.
Mardi Link: Touching base on Father’s Day

1 week ago | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

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Mardi Link: What a time to be a woman!

2 months ago | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

In March, I spent a week in Chicago, sitting at wooden tables in quiet rooms, opening one old document after another. I’m researching a long-forgotten moment in our country’s social history, and looking into women’s lives a century ago is both sad and thrilling — a humbling combination. kAmp?5 @?6 E92E 92D >6 2=2C>65 @G6C H9:49 5@4F>6?ED H:== 36 =67E 7@C C6D62C496CD @7 E96 7FEFC6[ :7 E96 %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@?[ s~vt[ #uz yC] 2?5 @E96CD[ DF44665 :?
LAWSUIT: Former church music director sues St. Francis for discrimination

Mar 30, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

TRAVERSE CITY — A church music director fired for marrying his same-sex partner, is suing St. Francis Catholic Church and the Diocese of Gaylord for discrimination. Fred Szczepanski, employed by St. Francis for more than three decades, was fired last year by the church’s administrator, Rev. Michael Linguar, sparking national headlines and a rift between Szczepanski supporters and church leadership.
LAWSUIT Former church music director sues St. Francis for discrimination

Mar 30, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

TRAVERSE CITY — A church music director fired for marrying his same-sex partner, is suing St. Francis Catholic Church and the Diocese of Gaylord for discrimination. Fred Szczepanski, employed by St. Francis for more than three decades, was fired last year by the church’s administrator, Rev. Michael Linguar, sparking national headlines and a rift between Szczepanski supporters and church leadership. kAm“%96J 2C6 ?@E 23@G6 E96 =2H 2?5 H92E E96J 5:5[ :?
Mardi Link: FOIA forgetfulness. Or, 'Here we go again'

Mar 9, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

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When Linda Henry died: 'Explicit disdain for women' enabled her murder, her son says

Feb 16, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

BEULAH — McCord Henry is picturing his mom, Linda Henry, on South Manitou Island in her park ranger’s uniform, greeting visitors just off the ferry, with a smile and a history lesson. Sometimes, in his memories, he’s still a boy hiking in the woods as she tells him the names of wildflowers he can recite today — “trillium, lily of the valley or Dutchman’s breeches,” he says, “bloodroot and Indian pipeweed.”kAm~? H:?E6C 6G6?:?8D[ {:?52 w6?CJ’D 9@>6 @? r:?56C #@25 D>6==65 =:<6 7C6D9 A@A4@C?
Linda Henry draft version

Feb 15, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

BEULAH — McCord Henry is picturing his mom, Linda Henry, on South Manitou Island in her park ranger’s uniform, greeting visitors just off the ferry, with a smile and a history lesson. Sometimes, in his memories, he’s still a boy hiking in the woods as she tells him the names of wildflowers he can recite today — “trillium, lily of the valley or Dutchman’s breeches,” he says, “bloodroot and Indian pipeweed.”kAm~? H:?E6C 6G6?:?8D[ {:?52 w6?CJ’D 9@>6 @? r:?56C #@25 D>6==65 =:<6 7C6D9 A@A4@C?
TC businessman arrested in Kansas tech scam sting

Feb 9, 2025 | record-eagle.com | Mardi Link

TRAVERSE CITY — A local entrepreneur was arrested in Kansas during what police there described as a sting operation, after hackers convinced a 74-year-old woman to put stacks of cash in a shoebox and hand it over to pick-up drivers. Nathan William Greenwood, 42, is scheduled to appear for a hearing later this month in Great Bend, Kansas, to face felony charges of theft by deception and mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person. Greenwood has pleaded not guilty.
TC businessman arrested in Kansas tech scam sting

Feb 9, 2025 | cnhinews.com | Mardi Link

TRAVERSE CITY — A local entrepreneur was arrested in Kansas during what police there described as a sting operation, after hackers convinced a 74-year-old woman to put stacks of cash in a shoebox and hand it over to pick-up drivers. Nathan William Greenwood, 42, is scheduled to appear for a hearing later this month in Great Bend, Kansas, to face felony charges of theft by deception and mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person. Greenwood has pleaded not guilty.