Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Northern Michigan

5 minutes ago  7&4's Classroom Salute returned to Cheboygan and Bishop Baraga Catholic School with a visit to Mrs. Mousseau's 3rd grade class.

37 minutes ago  Michigan's attorney general is backing a proposed new program aimed at preventing violence in the state's schools.

44 minutes ago  Little Traverse Bay Humane Society is offering three low-cost spay/neuter clinics to keep the pet population in check.

1 hour, 19 minutes ago  It's the last week of the Race to Bayshore program as our runners prepare for their races on Saturday. Coach Lisa is giving the team a special challenge this week.

1 hour, 49 minutes ago  The Department of Natural Resources will be holding public meetings on informal shooting ranges near Traverse City.

2 hours, 23 minutes ago  UPDATED WITH PHOTO: The biggest damage in the area came from the Walloon Lake area with power lines reported down, and 40 trees uprooted at the Walloon Lake Country Club due to ferocious winds estimated at 70 mph.

2 hours, 52 minutes ago  Severe weather in the overnight and early morning hours have left many homes without power.

Today at 7:50 AM  The Traverse City Wine and Art Festival is coming up next month.

Yesterday at 7:40 PM  Thomas Antobelli was sentenced to serve 3-15 years behind bars, but Shafer's family says that is "unacceptable."

Yesterday at 7:21 PM  The school year is winding down, but contract negotiatons between Traverse City Area Public School Administrators and teachers are heating up.

Yesterday at 6:25 PM  UPDATE: The Charlevoix city council voted Monday night 4-2 in favor of removing the fireplace.

Yesterday at 6:12 PM  Crisis response team called in for students Monday

Yesterday at 5:40 PM  Updated with video. Two Cadillac houses are destroyed and two others damaged after a house fire spread through a neighborhood near Lake Mitchell.

Yesterday at 3:44 PM  A frontal band is moving across the area and pulling warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico.

Yesterday at 11:35 AM  A 46 year old South Boardman man is facing multiple charges after leading police on a chase through Osceola and Mecosta counties Sunday night.