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

1 hour, 8 minutes ago  Exactly how do desperate parents know when it's best to leave their children in a presumably safe place or race into the face of danger?

Yesterday at 5:23 PM  Sara Bageris' third grade class of 30 students at Central Grade School in Traverse City were busy Tuesday coordinating and kicking off a school-wide penny drive for the tornado victims in Oklahoma.

Yesterday at 4:28 PM  The National Weather Service says that the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., topped the scale as an EF5.

Yesterday at 12:50 PM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 12:50 PM  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 12:34 PM  The local chapter of the Red Cross has placed volunteers on standby and will be ready to respond with volunteer support if they're needed.

Yesterday at 8:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Thursday, May 16, 2013  At least 6 dead, dozens left homeless as tornadoes leave trail of destruction in North Texas

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The Leelanau County Office of Emergency Management conducted a county-wide tornado drill this morning at 9 AM.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Each spring, the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Marquette, Gaylord, and Grand Rapids which cover our entire viewing area host these classes on various days across the region.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  A powerful winter storm brought snow to inland parts of the Northeast and driving rain and wind to areas along the coast Thursday, a day after it swept through the nation's middle.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Forecasts of snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters and powerful thunderstorms.