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Friday, May 10, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Ludington-based health system made the announcement at a meeting this morning.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A new 12,000 square foot building is in the works for a busy intersection in Traverse City. The Larkin Group of Traverse City is planning to build it's new headquarters at the intersection of M-72 West and Grandview Parkway.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Paperworks Studio in Traverse City is teaming up with the Special Olympics and the Visual Imaging Technology class at the Traverse Bay Intermediate School District Career Tech Center to make Mother's Day cards.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  7&4 News has learned that in early April, Baker College Cadillac Campus signed a purchase agreement for the O’Neill building or the old potato factory on West Harris Street in downtown Cadillac.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  UPDATE: Traverse City commissioners pass ordinance to allow food truck vendors within city limits.

Friday, May 03, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Police are looking for a woman who they say sold several hundred fake silver bars to local metal buyers under the guise that it was real silver.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  It was the location where Disney brought its smash hit “Oz the Great and Powerful” to life, a film that debuted in first place at the box office generating nearly $80 million in its first weekend.  It’s called Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Pontiac and right now it's preparing for yet another major Hollywood close-up.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The Hiring Our Heroes event took place at Northwestern Michigan College's Hagerty Conference Center on Tuesday afternoon.   Hiring Our Heroes, a program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, was launched in March 2011 as a nationwide initiative to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Business owners are getting get ready to open the first-ever brewery in Frankfort, which will create new jobs and hopefully attract more visitors to the area.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Michigan will start selling two new license plates featuring the Pure Michigan tourism logo.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Montcalm Sheriff's Deputies tell 7&4 News that happened just before 11:00 Saturday morning  at the Chemical Bank in downtown Edmore.