An ongoing, weekly series of stories focusing on the people of northern Michigan.
The Record-Eagle's past and continuing coverage of Grand Traverse County's jail:
The Record-Eagle's past and continuing coverage of key issues at Traverse City Area Public Schools:
Continuing coverage of COVID-19 and its impact. If you have a question about the novel coronavirus pandemic and haven't been able to find an answer, email it to us at renewstips@record-eagle.com.
Submit your best photo of the week to tcrecordeagle@gmail.com and we’ll post it online and pick our favorites to run in our reader shot roundup in the GO: Great Outdoors section that runs on Thursdays.
Despite their own personal struggles due to the pandemic, Sofia Moncayo and several volunteers are helping feed more than 1,000 families twice a week through a food distribution program run by Mosaic West Queens Church. (Feb. 25)
Two predominantly Latino cities in neighboring states were hit hard by COVID-19. But Rhode Island's Central Falls and Chelsea, Massachusetts, have had diverging fates in the global rollout of the coronavirus vaccine. (Feb. 24)
A video from the American Eagle Outfitters photo shoot in Arcadia and Frankfort from Keenan Company.
The U.S. Coast Guard, wildlife officials and volunteers teamed up to release about 146 sea turtles off the South Texas coast. These turtles and thousands more were found stunned by the cold after the recent freezing weather in Texas. (Feb. 23)
This Week's Circulars
GABORONE, BOTSWANA [mdash] Bob Rokos passed away January 25, 2021 in Gaborone, Botswana . Born September 24,1951 in Traverse City, Michigan, Bob was the son of Bob and Nan Rokos. He attended Traverse City High School before going on to graduate from Western Michigan University and George Mas…
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Kalkaska village council members are expected to discuss the future of village Treasurer Jennifer Standerfer at a special meeting Thursday night. She is currently on an indefinite suspension after claiming to have discovered more than $1,000 in missing village department of public safety cre… Read more
Traverse City planning officials are set to discuss how the city should respond to changes in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, as well as form-based code for development of the Eighth Street corridor. Read more
The Record-Eagle will livestream tonight's pregame festivities for the TC Patriot Game. Follow along starting at 6 p.m. TC West vs. TC Central will kick off at 7:15 p.m. part 1 Read more
A crew from Team Elmer's takes down the chimneys on Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Traverse City on Friday as demolition begins on the older of the two school buildings, which dates to 1905. A new two-story, $12 million building will be home to kindergarten through fifth-grade st… Read more
Kevin Copeland took Jan-Michael Stump up on his plane to show him a few air show moves. Look closely though, Jan forgot to secure his GoPro camera. Read more
Record-Eagle photographer Jan-Michael Stump ran a course Traverse City firefighters must complete in 8 minutes. Jan finished the course but missed the goal by 9 seconds, coming in at 8:09. The course involved lifting hoses, climbing ladders and dragging a dummy through the station's garage a… Read more
A winter storm blows through the region, bringing high winds, dropping temperatures and snow. Read more
Video clip taken from Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners' study session on Feb. 8, 2017. Read more
The Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Items on the agenda include a request to rescind a Commission on Aging millage rollback and public comment. Read more
Traverse City police officers suspect two Chicago men, both 23, used counterfeit $100 bills at a Traverse City grocery store. Police Chief Jeff O’Brien said officers found a “substantial” amount of suspected counterfeit bills in the men’s car. Video by Carol Thompson Read more
Two participants plunge into freezing water for the 2017 Polar Plunge at North Peak Brewery on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Read more
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Traverse City Saturday to join the Women's March. The Traverse City event is a sister march to a national march in Washington D.C. and was one of about 600 events nationwide. Read more
A special Christmas message from the Record-Eagle. -- TC Record-Eagle Read more
A brass quartet busks in downtown Traverse City. From left, Nick Suminski, Colin Huls, Alex Lord and Ivan Suminski have been reuniting over their holiday breaks from college to play popular Christmas songs in the brass quartet. -- Erin Sloan Read more
Strong waves at the Frankfort beach today. -- TC Record-Eagle Read more
We created a timelapse of today's snowy commute. (Hands-free, of course) -- TC Record-Eagle Read more
Leo Gabier has his buck inspected by the DNR Tuesday and shares his story from shooting it that morning. Video by Mark Johnson. -- TC Record-Eagle Read more