A schedule of fireworks displays throughout the region.

The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navys flight demonstration squad, appear at the Cherry Festival every other, even-numbered year. This years air show will be from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. both today and Sunday and features the Trojan Horsemen, a six-aircraft team that performs across the country.

No one was injured when two small sailboats capsized in Sleeping Bear Bay.

Teachers and administrators negotiating a contract in Traverse City's public schools agreed to continue discussing district finances to settle differences in the way both sides interpret the numbers.

An appeals court upheld the conviction of a man who killed his roommates cat during a violent domestic dispute.

A million-dollar view from the top of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore could cost taxpayers nearly that much under a proposal to construct a tunnel and boardwalk.

Board members in Elk Rapids Schools will hold a special meeting Monday to discuss the search for a new superintendent.

A man could face criminal charges after he rammed his boat into a pier.

Police arrested a man who allegedly had a concealed weapon without a permit.

Ken Renaudo is on multiple waiting lists for affordable housing, but he doesn't expect to find an apartment anytime soon. To Renaudo, who is homeless, the issue is simple: Create more low-income housing, and more people would have an address. More of them, in turn, would be able to find work, and they wouldn't need to depend so much on public assistance.

Two area townships won't wait for Grand Traverse County to decide if it needs a road millage to fix its crumbling infrastructure.

A slew of new venues, events, and products will be on display at the 83rd National Cherry Festival, which gets under way on Saturday.

Richard K. Connell-Sanford clutched a cane and slowly limped to the podium in 13th Circuit Court. He can't stand for long periods, so judge Philip E. Rodgers let him sit in a chair next to his defense attorney. Connell-Sanford, 24, was badly injured in a Jan. 2 traffic crash on Garfield Road near Potter Road. The crash killed Kira Kirchler, 24, of Traverse City, and Connell-Sanford was in court to be sentenced on a negligent homicide count.

Biologists at Sleeping Bear Dunes are reporting what appears to be another botulism-related bird die-off.