How To Ring In 2025 In The North

By Rachel Pasche | Dec. 26, 2024

Staying up to ring in the New Year? Welcome 2025 with a ball (or other object!) drop, a staycation at a resort, or a quiet … Read More >>

The Ticker's Top 8: Our Biggest Stories Of 2024

By Craig Manning | Dec. 25, 2024

Fading retail epicenters, Traverse City’s weirdest winter on record, a pop star, and, road construction. What do these things have in common? They were all … Read More >>

Traverse City Makes Wall Street Journal's '10 Places To Go In 2025' List

By Craig Manning | Dec. 24, 2024

Congratulations, Traverse City: For Christmas this year, you’ve made another global list of top travel destinations. On December 19, the Wall Street Journal published its … Read More >>

Full Steam Ahead: Festival of Trains Chugs On

By Art Bukowski | Dec. 24, 2024

Kids certainly have a blast at the Festival of Trains, and the annual event is now one of the area’s biggest draws for cooped-up families … Read More >>

Man Killed in East Bay Snowmobile Accident

By Beth Milligan | Dec. 23, 2024

A 32-year-old Illinois man was killed in a snowmobile accident in East Bay Township Sunday. According to the Grand Traverse Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched … Read More >>

Jewett Sentenced to Five Days in Jail, Probation, $500 Fine on Prostitution Charge

By Beth Milligan | Dec. 23, 2024

Grand Traverse County Commission Vice Chair Brad Jewett was sentenced to five days in jail, six months probation, and a $500 fine Monday after pleading … Read More >>

Community Leaders Share Their Resolutions

Dec. 23, 2024

Regardless of your profession, there’s something special and refreshing about the promise of a new year. In this week's Northern Express, sister publication of The … Read More >>

Rotary Square Tops DDA TIF Priority List

By Beth Milligan | Dec. 23, 2024

Bringing a long-envisioned public square to life in downtown Traverse City topped a list of projects TC Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board members agreed Friday … Read More >>

Pavilions CEO Resigns

Dec. 22, 2024

Gerard Bodalski, CEO/Administrator of Grand Traverse Pavilions, resigned Friday following a meeting of the county facility’s Department of Health and Human Services Board. According to a … Read More >>

Always Have A Spare Suit (And Other Lessons From Santa Claus)

By Art Bukowski | Dec. 22, 2024

As children and their families first open the door to a rustic cabin tucked back in the woods, they’re hit with the thick, unmistakable warmth … Read More >>

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