http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075119.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075119.html Traverse City Mayor Michael Estes leaves office Monday, two years after he promised to listen to voters and change the course of local government. His active, engaged style differed from that of predecessor Linda Smyka, whom he handily defeated in 2007, and he garnered praise from some for his budget-cutting efforts and grumbles from others who lost long-held influence when the Estes-led commission took control. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075127.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075127.html A union representing two Leelanau sheriff's deputies filed a grievance contending their recent firings were "unjust," the latest incident of discord that's pitted officers against administrators and caught the eye of civil rights advocates. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075139.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075139.html Students in Josh Veith's social studies classes like to talk about politics, especially when issues surface that concern their daily lives. But Veith noticed they tended to express opinions to each other within the classroom walls. So he had his students at Traverse City High School put their ideas on paper and address them to politicians. The teens write letters every Friday to various government leaders, from President Barack Obama to outgoing Traverse City Mayor Michael Estes. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075146.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075146.html School board members in Elk Rapids focused their search for a new superintendent on a school chief from a local district. Steve Prissel, superintendent of Buckley Community Schools, is in contract negotiations with Elk Rapids' board to lead the Antrim County district. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075151.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075151.html Officers arrested a Cadillac man after he allegedly tried to commit suicide. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075155.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075155.html Police identified two teens who allegedly stole a purse from a church parking lot. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:52 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075205.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075205.html Traverse City Planning Director Russell Soyring received the Roger Williams Planner Award and Steve Largent, land management services director for the Grand Traverse County Conservation District, received the Frank Purvis Stewardship Award. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:51 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075210.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075210.html Police identified a male who could be responsible for a string of recent break-ins at a local pharmacy. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075005.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075005.html General Motors Co.'s top executive said Thursday that the automaker could tap some of its $50 billion in U.S. government aid to help restructure GM's European Opel unit. The statement came as thousands of Opel workers walked off their jobs across Germany in protest of GM's decision to abandon the unit's sale to new owners. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075009.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075009.html Michigan Supreme Court justices have adopted formal rules for stepping aside from cases if they have a conflict of interest. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075013.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075013.html The Michigan State Police is recalling 55 state troopers who had been laid off this summer to save money. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075016.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075016.html The Michigan House voted Thursday to tap federal stimulus money set aside for next year to soften a cut in school funding now, but it's unlikely the move is going to win the support of the state Senate. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075124.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075124.html President Barack Obama opened a conference that drew leaders from 386 tribal nations, including Derek Bailey, chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075020.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075020.html The issue: Wayne Schmidt and Michelle McManus sponsored recent legislation that would prevent the state's public universities, colleges and community colleges from banning concealed weapons on campus. Our view: Overturning existing school rules and allowing guns on campuses is bad public policy. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:53:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075335.html http://www.record-eagle.com/friday/local_story_310075335.html