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2 hours, 3 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.

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

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

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 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 10:27 AM  In an effort to “go green” and boost business, a local farmer is investing in a state of the art subsurface irrigation system.

Yesterday at 8:53 AM  This Classroom Salute goes out to Mrs. Deitz’s Kindergarten class at Bishop Baraga Catholic School in Cheboygan.

Yesterday at 8:40 AM  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Yesterday at 8:16 AM  Don Cunkle, the Program Director for TART's Recycle-A-Bicycle program spoke with 7&4's Megan Moore about the 3rd Annual Recycle-A-Bicyle Bike Swap starting May 31.