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Fact Finder: Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Do you know exactly where your property line is? Not ballpark, but actually within a couple of feet where your property ends and your neighbor's starts?
Fact Finder: $85 Million Census Letter?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The U.S. Census Bureau is spending $85 million to mail letters telling people they will soon be getting a census form. Several of our viewers wondered why? The bureau explained their logic in this Fact Finder.
Fact Finder: Convicted Felon Drives Again
Monday, March 15, 2010
A driving record that includes 50 citations and 2 neglient homicide charges isn't enough to keep a Northern Michigan man from having a license. One of the victim's parents wondered why.
Fact Finder: A New Look for the Bayfront
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A viewer wanted to know if plans are moving forward for developing Traverse City's bayfront. See the latest and how you can help with the design in tonight's Fact Finder Report.
Fact Finder: TCAPS Half Day Savings?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
TCAPS has eliminated half days and trimmed full ones off the calender, but does it really save that much money? Viewers wanted to know.
Fact Finder: Big Changes for Youth Baseball
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
American Legion will not run youth baseball at the Grand Traverse Civic Center this year. See why and what's next.
Fact Finder: Selling Schools
Thursday, March 04, 2010
You wanted to know, with more schools facing budget cuts, why do some still pay to advertise
Fact Finder: 5 Ton Addition Boosts Business
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
A Northern Michigan manufacturer takes a bold step to try and rebound from the recession faster. They hope new machinery will help them land work and keep employees on the job.
Fact Finder: Right of Way Roadblock
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Two dozen neighbors now have to drive an extra 25 miles a day after their usual route was closed for snowmobiles.
Fact Finder: Flasher Passing School Buses
Monday, March 01, 2010
It's Illegal, TCAPS bus drivers say that it happens everyday, and it could be putting student's lives in jeopardy.
Fact Finder: Unemployment Extension
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Lawmakers must decide soon whether or not to extend unemployment benefits. What happens if they don't?
Fact Finder: Mailbox Mess Outrage
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
How far should you have to go to get your mail? How far should the mail service have to go to get it to you?
Fact Finder: The Stimulus Plan and Your Taxes
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
See how tax changes from the federal stimulus plan may impact your return this year.
Fact Finder: DNR Deer Plans
Monday, February 22, 2010
For the first time ever, Michigan DNRE will soon have a comprehensive deer managment plan that will impact every hunter, driver, and almost every deer in the state.
Fact Finder: Where are the Stimulus Jobs?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
It's the one year anniversary of the economic stimulus plan, where are the jobs in our area?
Fact Finder: Wood Hauled Across Mighty Mac?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Rumors swirl that confiscated firewood is being hauled by the state across the bridge to be destroyed outside of the Emerald Ash Borer quarantine zone. Is it true?
Fact Finder: Census Concerns
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
We answer some of your questions about the upcoming census
Fact Finder: Future of 8th Street Unclear
Monday, February 15, 2010
Was a plan submitted for recovery funds to cover a project that didn't fit in Traverse City's Master plan?
Fact Finder: Targeting School Administration
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Schools with higher administration costs could face state funding cuts under a new
Fact Finder: Paying Back Unemployment?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A Northern Michigan single father may have to pay back $6000 of unemployment benefits. He wonders why so much time has passed before he even knew about the dispute with his former employer.
Fact Finder: Sleeping Bear Dunes
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
How a new plan before congress could impact you
Fact Finder: Pay to Handicap Park?
Monday, February 08, 2010
Is it legal to have meters at handicapped parking spots? A Northern Michigan man wondered. What we found out suprised us both!
Fact Finder: Road Realities
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Why are plows out on the streets when there's no snow?
Fact Finder: End Lawmaker "Lifetime Benefits"?
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Work 6 years and get retirement health coverage. That's the deal Michigan lawmakers currently enjoy. But some say its time for this perk to go away.
Fact Finder: Gas Tax Hike
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
How .04 cents could add up to hundreds of millions from Washington
Fact Finder: $2000 Scam Not Scam At All
Monday, February 01, 2010
The letter claimed a 7 & 4 viewer owed more than $2000 for a bounced check. It turns out he never wrote the check, and it wasn't a scam!
Fact Finder: Monster Bear Killed by U.P. Combine?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
A monster sized bear was killed by combine in a field in southern Chippewa County. At least that's what it says in an email that viewers have sent me. It sure sounds real. It has a ton of facts, names, dates, even colorful quotes, but does it have any truth to it? That's the subject of this Fact Finder.
Fact Finder: Would you Pay for Road Repairs?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Grand Traverse Road Commission may ask for a tax increase to pay for road repairs.
Fact Finder: Bucking Trends In Buckley
Monday, January 25, 2010
While others schools are slashing budgets and cutting programs, one in our area is expanding what they offer and earning nationwide recognition. How are they doing it?
Fact Finder: Changing Community College
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Could and Should NMC offer 4 year degrees?
Fact Finder: Leaking Gas Line Frustrations
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Concerned and frustrated neighbors reported a leaking gas line, but were told that it would be more than a week for the repairs to be done. They wanted to know why. We found out in this Fact Finder.
Fact Finder:Undeveloped Dreams,Tax Realities
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Counties are seeing a spike in tax foreclosures and blame one sector
Fact Finder:Part Time MI Legislature Proposal
Monday, January 18, 2010
Candidate for governor calls for end of full time state legislature and lifetime health benefits.
Fact Finder: Want to Fix State Government?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
2010 offers voters a rare opportunity to change state government. See how in tonight's Fact Finder report.
Fact Finder: UFO Pictures Over Front Street
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
A Northern Michigan photographer couldn't identify the lights and shapes he found in some of his pictures. With the help of UFO investigators we were able to.
Fact Finder: Cross Deputization Plan
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Grand Traverse Sheriff's Office is considering a cross deputization plan with the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Details in tonight's Fact FInder Report.
Fact Finder: Concerns on Fatal US 31 Crashes
Monday, January 11, 2010
It has become a tragic tradition along a single stretch of Northern Michigan highway. This year proved to be no exception.
Fact Finder: New Zip Code Plan for Traverse City
Thursday, January 07, 2010
A viewer heard a rumor that Traverse City was getting a new zip code. See the details in tonight's Fact Finder Report.
Fact Finder: Clinics Saved By Funding Change
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Budget cuts in Lansing six months ago forced area youth clinics to consider closing, but now they are not only open, but looking to expand.
Fact Finder: Wind Power
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
With more focus on renewable energy, and plans to invest in more wind power, a viewer wanted to know how the TCLP turbine has performed over the years.
Fact Finder: Tax Payer Questions 9 Cent Bill
Monday, December 21, 2009
Chances are if you opened a bill for 9 cents, you might be happy. But not one Northern Michigan farming family says it will cost them and you way too much to settle their debt with the state. The reason is the subject of this Fact Finder.
Fact Finder: Guns On Tax Form Email
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Will gun owners need to let the IRS know exactly how many firearms they own on their next 1040 form?
Fact Finder: Snow Days and Sports
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A viewer wanted to know why when class is cancelled because of weather do socme after school activities still go on as planned?
Fact Finder: MSU Extension Shrinking
Thursday, December 10, 2009
MSU Extension is safe from elimination, but still faces major cuts and restructuring. Details in tonight's Fact Finder Report.
Fact Finder: Reaction To Job Creation Plan
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Congressman Dave Camp reacts to President Obama's job creation plan announced Wednesday in Washington
Fact Finder: Child Care Changes
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
An agency that helps parents and child care providers is undergoing some changes that will impact both groups. The details are tonight's Fact Finder Report.
Fact Finder: Rail Cars Roll Away
Thursday, December 03, 2009
We have been reporting on them for months, those shiny commuter rail cars that showed up one day on tracks near US 31 in Grawn and stayed. Viewers called and wondered what they were doing there. As it turns out, they were just waiting for the day when they would be moved somewhere else. That day has come.
Fact Finder: Why Schwans on Food Stamps?
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
A viewer wondered why home meal delivery was an included service for Michigan Bridge card recipients. The answer is the subject of this Fact Finder.
Fact Finder: More Snow, Less Plowing
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Drivers be warned. When the thick snow falls, it will stay longer on roads in one Northern Michigan county. Simple put, according to the road commission budget cuts mean they won't have the resources to plow as quickly as they have in past winters.
Fact Finder: Planning for the Future?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Less state revenue sharing, less local tax revenue, less money to do the things that county has done in the past. That's the situation in Benzie County, and the Planning and Zoning Department may very well be the next casualty.
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