Before the feasting and football, kick off Thanksgiving festivities with some movement and fun. The Second Annual Traverse City Downtown Turkey Trot will be held at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
A human voice at the end of the line can be a great comfort to callers in distress. Volunteers at Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency's Triage department have the first contact with community members calling in for assistance.
Pvt. Michael Ray Arlt II graduated from Army basic training; U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Heidi Ellis, a resident of Fife Lake, recently assisted in Operation Handclasp in the Sutubondo region of Indonesia.
The victim is always in control. Whether kicking, slapping, punching, pulling hair or choking, the perpetrator follows the cues when actors are staging a combat scene.
Since 1993, more than 61 million Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes have been packed, shipped and delivered to children in desperate situations as part of the international relief effort of Samaritan's Purse Christian ministry. Northern Michigan volunteers packed 10,000 boxes on Saturday.
Pedestrian safety flags were recently installed at the corner of Division and Grandview Parkway as part of a joint project between Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Rico's Cafe serves Veterans Day meals; Boy Scouts taking cookie orders; Area Dems to meet Wednesday in TC; Course offered for lay rescuers; Mariners Memorial Service on Tuesday; Veterans honored at memorial park; Pavlova spa event benefits Father Fred