Traverse City

Munson Healthcare officials hosted a groundbreaking event and turned shovels Thursday afternoon on a project that will replace Munson’s current NICU, which will operate until construction is complete.

High gas prices have some in the tourism industry worried that summer vacationers will choose to stay home this year. But it’s complicated up north, where high travel costs nationwide could actually drive more visitors to northern Michigan—visitors who would normally look to travel farther away.

The Botanic Garden at Historic Barn Parks in Traverse City has a tree whose seeds were flown on a NASA shuttle to the moon as part of the Artemis 1 mission in 2022.

Munson Healthcare announced it will begin the next two phases of drone research this May. A recent report showed the first tests had a 91% success rate after nearly 70 flights.

The victim and his lawyers allege Walmart failed to follow its own safety policies designed to prevent attacks like this one.

Authorities say one of the teens shot and killed a city Parking Services worker and shot at — and narrowly missed — a Traverse City police officer during a later foot pursuit.

Authorities believe the shooting death of a man found Sunday morning is connected to a Saturday night foot chase in which two teenagers were arrested.

Traverse City's Cherry Capital Airport is experiencing flight cancellations and delays as a result of the Federal Aviation Administration's 10% flight reduction.

Northwest Michigan is giving books to preschoolers in response to decreasing literacy rates. Declining donations and state funding uncertainty cast a shadow on the program. Other states fully fund the efforts.

From the outside, US commercial shipping may look like an industry past its prime. The American fleet, called the US Merchant Marine, comprised 16% of the global commercial fleet in 1960. Now, it makes up less than half of a percent of commercial ships worldwide.