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Ultimate Air Dogs competition held at National Cherry Festival
(WPBN/WGTU) -- Nearly 100 dogs showed off their skills at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. The annual Ultimate Air Dogs competition started Thursday at the Open Space Park. Dogs of all sizes and breeds took turns jumping into the 45-foot pool for the event. If you missed the...
Two Michigan Resorts in Running for Best Wine Country Hotel in the U.S.
Want to take a trip to wine country? Two Michigan resorts are being honored among the best wine country hotels in the nation. Northern Michigan and the Michigan lake shore are getting recognized more and more as excellent wine regions. Areas around the Great Lakes, carved out by glaciers, have...
Smokey Bear hot air balloon visits the NCF for his 80th birthday
80 years ago, the nation got one of its most iconic mascots, Smokey Bear, who of course reminds us that only you can prevent wildfires!. To celebrate, the National Cherry Festival invited the Smokey Bear Balloon for its first ever visit to the cherry capital. Michael got the chance to...
Shanty Creek Resort: 5 world-class golf courses in 5 miles
The resort offers one of the largest concentrations of golf courses in the world, with a diverse terrain and a range of difficulty levels — and all five courses are located within minutes of each other. Steve Scheuermann, PGA, has played hundreds of golf courses, but there is one in particular that keeps him coming back: Cedar River GC at Shanty Creek Resort. Designed by Tom Weiskopf, a 16-time PGA Tour title winner, Scheurmann says the course has “a very clever, very collaborative design” that provides a great experience from start to finish, with tree-lined pathways, wide, rolling fairways and a view of the Cedar River in two spots. It’s a course one reviewer describes as having “quirky holes that you could resent in any other setting but work perfectly in a northern Michigan forest.” “I’ve been a golf professional for 45 years. This is the one course I would play every single day and never get tired of it,” said Scheuermann, who serves as director of golf operations for Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, Michigan.
Traverse City police still seek tips 11 years after unsolved hit-and-run
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's been 11 years since a Traverse City woman was killed in an unsolved hit and run. Kelly Boyce-Hurlbert was riding her bike home from work when a vehicle hit her and did not stop. Kelly's case is still open and waiting for closure. "We're...
It's still 'an amazing ride,' after 50 years exploring the cosmos on IPR
Moler's interest in astronomy started at age 13. "I got really into it big time," he said, "and joined the Grand Rapids Astronomy Club and put together a telescope and became connected with the planetarium after high school." He's now 82, and has been on Interlochen Public Radio for five...
Eric stops by the Cherry Farm Market at the NCF
No visit to the National Cherry Festival would be complete without stopping by the Cherry Farm Market, a celebration of local businesses throughout Northern Michigan. Eric chatted with Bob Witt from the Traverse City Sauce Company about why shopping local is so important.
King Orchards shares how they became a hot spot for presidential campaigns
KEWADIN — After the First Lady Dr. Jill Biden made an unannounced stop at King Orchards, owner and president John King explained how the connection began. “The Biden campaign originally heard about us because my youngest son, Mike, is a filmmaker and had made it a little documentary on his ski life and and the farm and how climate change impacts things for him and for us. So the Biden campaign liked that, and that’s how they came to find us,” said King. RELATED: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden makes campaign stop in Traverse City Dr. Jill Biden and then-candidate Joe Biden visited the orchard in separate stops during their campaign four years ago, now a total of three visits from the first family. King and his family were able to meet Dr. Biden Wednesday and said she made quite an impression.
'It will be a memory': Conductor Cristian Macelaru introduces WYSO to Ray Chen
Cristian Macelaru is the music director designate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is also Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra,. This Sunday evening, he takes center stage in Kresge Auditorium alongside star violinist Ray Chen. "When you have a superstar come in, everyone feels a...
Thomas W. Mattson
TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Thomas W. Mattson, age 80, of Traverse City, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, with family by his side. Tom is a 1962 graduate of Graveraet High School in Marquette MI. After high school he attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a degree as an optician in the Ophthalmology Department of the UM Hospital in 1968. Tom followed his entrepreneurial spirit and founded The Sight Shop in Ann Arbor, a business that grew to become a pillar of the community “back in the day”. Tom also worked at DOC Optics in Ann Arbor and Traverse City. His dedication to quality service and genuine care for his customers earned him respect and admiration throughout his career. He loved his customers and especially enjoyed inviting them to pick raspberries in his yard every year.
Election 2024: Candidate Q & A – Isaiah Wunsch
Election season is upon us! I’ve sent out a list of questions to all the candidates running for office in Peninsula Township, and I’ll be publishing them here on the Gazette in the order they’re received. Read on for thoughts from Isaiah Wunsch, who is running for a seat on the Township Board. Candidates include:
Benjamin Liebertz
Benjamin Allen Liebertz, 60, of Ellsworth, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024. He was born December 24, 1963, the son of Frederick (Rick) Liebertz and Jean Weiss. He grew up enjoying life to the fullest. Benjamin married Sally Ann Franczek on September 8, 1990. Benjamin’s first job while in high...
First Lady visits Traverse City, reaffirms Biden will run
A plane carrying First Lady Jill Biden touched down at Cherry Capital Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Her first stop was the opening of a new coordinated campaign office in Traverse City, intended to combine the efforts of the Biden-Harris campaign and the Michigan Democrats. It’s the 45th of its kind in the state, dedicated to training and mobilizing volunteers.
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