Traverse City Record-Eagle--Tuesday http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072211.html Donor gives $1M to Munson Medical Center http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072211.html Dan Edson was cross-country skiing when he noticed something amiss. After experiencing other troubles he decided to check with a doctor. Edson learned he had a defective aortic valve and underwent surgery to correct the problem. He recovered, but the experience at Munson Medical Center made an impression. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072217.html Stabbing death surprises neighbors http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072217.html Nancy Kenney lives in an old farm house tucked among the woods and rolling fields that border French Road in northern Leelanau County. Kenney's residence is a short distance from a house where police contend a man fatally stabbed another man during an early-Monday argument. "I guess you'd have to say shock that something like that would happen in this area," she said. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072226.html Inside Tuesday's paper: Economic Forecast http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072226.html Steep challenges remain in turning around a decade of economic malaise in Michigan, but area businesses are rising to the task. Find out more in our second annual Economic Forecast publication, "Forecasting our Future." Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072243.html GT Board revisits road commission makeup http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072243.html Grand Traverse County's board will take another run at changing the makeup and compensation of its three-member road commission. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072239.html Officials are 'reimagining' area schools http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072239.html The region's public schools soon could offer elementary foreign language programs, universal preschool and personal student computers, using state grant dollars intended to spur innovation. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072235.html TC officials want deputies to patrol city http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072235.html Some city officials are suggesting a cost-saving plan to replace blue-clad Traverse City police with brown-shirted deputies. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:49 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072312.html Father Fred cancels annual holiday meal http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072312.html An annual day-before-Thanksgiving dinner for local residents in need will not be held this year so funds to operate the meal can be diverted to other uses. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:50 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072306.html Financial aid is topic of event http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072306.html High school seniors and their families can learn at an upcoming event how to pay for college. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:51 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072300.html Five state troopers return to work http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072300.html Five state police troopers are back to work at local posts after state officials curtailed statewide layoffs that occurred in late June. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:52 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072257.html District will close for official's funeral http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072257.html A local school district will shut down this week after its superintendent unexpectedly died. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072249.html City to file lawsuit over access stations http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072249.html Traverse City Commissioners unanimously agreed to file a lawsuit against Charter Communications in a dispute about relocating two of four local access stations. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072044.html Social workers worry about threats http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072044.html One frustrated client hurled a piece of concrete through the window of a welfare agency. Another threw her car keys at a welfare worker before being escorted away. As Michigan struggles with the highest-in-the-nation jobless rate, state workers say they have never been so worried about their safety. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072050.html Court to consider affirmative action ban http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072050.html A federal appeals court is about to consider a lawsuit challenging Michigan's ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072053.html High bid of $583,000 for Silverdome http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072053.html A city official says a Canadian company has submitted a high bid of $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome and plans to bring a soccer franchise to the largely unused stadium. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072057.html Kilpatrick expresses 'love' for ex-paramour http://www.record-eagle.com/tuesday/local_story_321072057.html Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says he still loves his former paramour and remains strong despite being persecuted by those who are disappointed that he wasn't destroyed by a text-messaging sex scandal and criminal charges that drove him from office.