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

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Traverse City ended up with their 3rd wettest spring on record.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  The Great Lakes are on the rise following a year of record breaking low-levels. Lake Superior is reporting a 9-inch rise in levels for May, which is the second highest since 1918.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Any snow accumulation will be very light with a dusting up to an inch on the very high end downwind of the Great Lakes Sunday morning.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it will release about 100,000 Atlantic salmon into Lake Huron and two of its tributary streams this spring.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Traffic is backed up at the Soo Locks, creating a slow start to the shipping season.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Great Lakes Proud sells stickers that are made in the shape of the Great Lakes.The stickers sell for $5 and 15% of the purchase goes toward preserving the Great Lakes.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The highest totals we could find as of Wednesday morning were around the Wellston and Interlochen areas where a foot of more of snow has fallen.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  The Obama administration says it's making plans to continue a long-range Great Lakes cleanup program, although decisions about paying for it will be made on a year-by-year basis.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are "kick the can down the road," "trending" and "bucket list."

Friday, November 09, 2012  7&4 Storm Team Meteorologist Joe Charlevoix interviews Bruce Lynn, Operations Manager of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.

Friday, September 21, 2012  As duck season opens in the Eastern Upper Peninsula this weekend - Sept. 22 - a Lake Superior State University student who is doing a study on the diets of diving ducks is asking EUP duck hunters with assistance in gathering samples.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  Administrators from Lake Superior State University and the city of Sault Ste. Marie broke ground Tuesday on the entrepreneurial center will offer services for small business start-ups.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  The LSSU team dubbed "Superior AquaSystems" will be competing with 21 other teams from six universities across the state of Michigan.

Friday, December 30, 2011  If you think it would be “amazing” to “occupy” a “man cave” over the weekend, you may want to reconsider. Lake Superior State University released its 37th annual List of Words Banished for misuse, overuse and general uselessness.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  Major changes scheduled for a charter school in Antrim County tonight, and those changes are bringing mixed reactions from parents and students.